Plane Creek Distillery visit reveals modern expansion plans
A visitor to Plane Creek Distillery observes vast upgrading including a central laboratory for pore yeasts and a redesigned cassava section. Plans foresees a single long building replacing three vessels and a larger continuous still to handle doubled capacity. Weather disrupts operations and nearby mills plan Xmas closures.
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Plumer Creek
Anmimet
Quecisaland
Mackay
Farleigh
Srope
The Oyster Praised in Bond Poetic Tributes
An excerpt surveys oyster lore in literature from Swift to Byron, noting poets who praised or mocked the shellfish. It traces attitudes from grim pity in Cowper to Byron’s playful claim that oysters have feelings, and recalls the historic belief about eating oysters only in months with an R.
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Dean Swift
Anya
John O
Cowper
Scent of lilac on a rainy Australian train romance
In a North Australian railway carriage a chance meeting triggers old memories between Noel Hedley and Kitty Macseum. Kitty, eighteen at the time, recognizes Hedley on December 18th as he recalls Eastbourne youth and lilac scents. The pair, after shared confidences and plans, contemplate a future romance in a distant village.
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Talbeland
Cairne
Gorlis
Avril
Kuranda
Mareeka
Hedley
England
Kitty Macseum
Carla
Katty
Noel
N. Aledley
Eastbourne
North Australia
Benwth
Mason
Marevla
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Earn Strong Endorsements
A reader from West End Townaville recounts a long relief from chronic kidney trouble after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims rapid, lasting improvement with no return of symptoms over a decade and notes availability through general stores and mail order.
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Duan
Myre
Murray Ouya
Woan
Penter Mei Hut
Black Man's Land Poem Reflects Racial Disparities Across Lands
A poem by Joe Wilson contrasts life under colonial and racist hierarchies from Capetown to London and beyond. It laments alien skies and sunless days while depicting black men facing oppression, poverty, and social exclusion across nations and industries.
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London
Joe Wilson
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Hacham Pastoral Agencies Limited
Land and General Commission Agents
Malanda
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Jean Howse
Cinterest
Jersey
Prom
Ion A
Malanca
International Harvester Coy. Ltd
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Uleo
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Clatillery
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Cabbava
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Pickwick Papers
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Mir
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Peter
Late de Lua Therton
Atherton
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Next Exchange Hotel
Mareeba
J. J. Roberts
Massey-Harris
Chevrolet
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Athert
M. E. Froustcher
Tari
Tully Falls
Boz
Lilac
Nancy Francie
Nancy
Australian Co-Operative Fertiliser Ltd
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Sheridan
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Xchange Innisfail
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Lid
Trail & Winstone
Iady Louis
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Oxford
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Phone
Almonsi
Drage
Los Almada
Mon
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Arnott
Joven
Carr
Linde Man
Lindeman
Foster's
Resch
Stolt—Guinness
Tose
P.O
Thornburgh
Blackheath
Hoys
Girls Towers
Thornburgi
J. L. Rossiter
M.A
G. H. Jenkins
BR. F. Bacon
W. Charge
Charters Tower
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