Towneville Arrivals and River Travel Notes
Korands arrives every Tuesday for IG from Towneville and leaves Adelaide Company Limited. Moralta heads south on Wednesday December Accralas Steameye Lien Lass Gowrie arrives from Towns vm Bors Wednesday morning. Lew Corns 1 am Thursday for the Jobnetome River. Cardwell Socieds Champ Pr. Deak Is Townsville. Apogee seventh 63 pm December 1917. Full Moon December 21 1917 7 52 pm. High water 6 am 1 pm. Drink the best recreation gove. Macleay Duff Better than others Newman's gece.
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Lass & Gowrie Arives
Lew Corns
Jobnetome
Cardwell Socieds Champ Pr
Deak Isandard
Townsville
Russia and revolution judged by practical outcomes
A critical survey argues revolutions falter without food and steady governance. It says the Bolsheviks lack efficiency and patriotism, Russia fails to reform, and Allied plans should not count on Russia for decisive support. It contrast European autocracies and German aims with new regime flaws and rising murders after abolition of capital punishment.
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Russia
Yarra Bank
England
France
Soviet and Co
Teutendom
Bamboo Creek
Ambiguous OCR notes on Irish politics and whiskey references
Fragmentary text mentions Ireland, payment debates, and declarations in favor of Ireland. Includes scattered names and terms like Cairwa, Lode fill bits, Oaks, Mills United, Vulcan, and references to whisky brands. Overall, unclear and incomplete. no coherent event or person confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese
Berlin
Ireland
Borie
Fragmented War Casualty Note From Braet
An unclear fragment notes a severely wounded individual on a date in the seventh month. It mentions an improvised movement and a return toward health, with partial recovery described as nearly complete. The text is heavily garbled and lacks coherent names or locations.
Mulgrave Mill week ending December report mixed figures
The Mulgrave Central Mill records a week of cane and sugar production with season-to-date totals shown in parentheses. Figures include cane processed, sugar output, cane to sugar conversion, and related coefficients, alongside a note on wood burning and efficiency. The text also contains a separate local notice about a fatal incident and community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulgrave Mill
Mulgrave Central Mill
Jeane
Gordonvale Notes and Local Meetings Highlight Community Affairs
The Gordonvale Progress Association held its monthly meeting chaired by Mr. G Clem with members present and apologies from Mr Trater. Topics included road and footpath safety for cyclists, railways refreshment room, cane harvesting machinery needs, and a request to abate street noise. The Red Cross social at Shanahan's Hall drew strong turnout despite a thunderstorm. Statistics for Cairns show November births 32 marriages 8 deaths 1, while rainfall reached 57 points in Cairns and 13.40 points at Pac ker's Camp. Cattle and horse sale of F Russ estate planned for next Monday. Jackson to relocate sample rooms. Cairns merchants report rising demand and staff needs. A Cairns AP and M Association committee meeting noted a show profit of 1g ta and discussed train service losses with a rebate hope.
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Gordonvale Progress Association
G. Clem
Messrs
Gordon
Muir
Frankling
Gibson
Blake
Griffin
Doherty
Ab-rere
Ty He
Abcence
Trater
W. McCormack
Mulgrave Mill
Mulgrave Bridge
Gordonvale
George St
George Street
Ho B. McKay
Red Cross Socety
Shanahan
Miss Bown
Progress Pau
Cairns AP
M. Associan
Cairns A.P
M. Association
R. T. McManus
Tao
Oaysert
Prescient
Show Association
Chief Justice's Hope in Australian Referendum
A Queensland Rein forcements Referendum Council member shares a November 22 letter from Chief Justice Pope A Cooper urging a temperate campaign for conscription. He argues Australians must resist alien propaganda, cites Germany British-Frankish tensions, and pledges support with a cheque to fund truth and reason in defense of Empire and Australia.
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Queensland Reinforcements
Queensland
Rmisstor
Dana CT
Ramsay
England
Lord Kitchener
Belgium
Australia
Nureucens
Hull-Dow
Herois Ager
Germany
Cramb
Pope A. Cooper
Auction actions on Jersey bull at Mesars farm sale
Dougherty Bros offer a Jersey bull for auction on the Mesars farm three miles from Malanda near Thursday. The event lists fines or fees tied to calving and farming duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fetes
Mesars
Dougherty Bros
Malanda
South Africa Defence Act and conscription debate
A Daily Mail writer argues against using South Africa as a conscription curb. The act of 1912 makes men ages 17 to 60 liable for personal service in war, with a peace-period reserve term. Africa’s own war effort under Botha followed suppression of a German-led rebellion in 1914.
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Daily Mail
South Africa
Nothi
Oversea
Africa
Moritz
Botha
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