North Queensland sugar debate on labor and industry fears
A long discussion on the sugar industry in North Queensland questions its future, labor costs, and the reliance on protected prices. It notes high sugar worker wages, government support keeping mills viable, and the impact of potential price and labor shifts on southern producers. It also remarks on immigrant labor and racial tensions influencing regional attitudes.
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North
Keensland
Cairns
See South
Queensland
South
Im Carros
Java
Australia
Mimdeo
Italian cane cutters shaping Queensland sugar industry towns
The article notes a large Italian presence among cane cutters in Queensland with earnings of 25 to 30 shillings a day. It describes savings, mobility, and a community system in Babinda Johnstone River and Innisfail areas, plus the impact of labor politics and the emergence of settled, multiracial communities in Gordonvale and surrounding districts.
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Aioe
CIA
Brisbane
Sydney
Babinda
Johnstone
Australia
Este
Labor
Gordonvale
Cairns
Airman navigates a barrage over a factory in intense flight
An observer describes bombs bursting among factory buildings as searchlights carve the sky and red bursts threaten the aircraft. The pilot and airman endure a cauldron of fire and light, moving through green flares, white streams, and exploding shells with ecstasy and fear intertwining.
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London Daily Mail
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Illuminatine 1
Shel Don's New Discovery Found In Family Remedy
A brisk product notice promotes Dr Shel Don's New Discovery as an easy to find cough remedy for families. The ad urges keeping a bottle handy for waking coughs and sharing with children when colds begin.
Correspondence and Sporting Summaries From The Waria News
A condensed column from The Waria News blends correspondence with sporting summaries and notes on mining and commercial intelligence. It mentions Leaf Liccal and Tropical Interest and cites Taunt and Jeeney Muttlations in a playful, miscellaneous round of updates.
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Waria News
Conditions in Germany describe wartime food shortages
Mrs Anna Marguerita Spies of Toowoomba recalls life in Hamburg during World War I. She and her granddaughter faced police reporting, restricted movement, scarce food, and punishing rations including bread, coffee, meat, and milk shortages. They endured near-starvation, with bones boiled for soup and limited soap. The release came via the High Commissioner's intervention and a voyage home through a convoy.
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Anna Marguerita Spies
Toowoomba
Rever
Australia
High Commissioner's
Miss Libke
het _ wos
England
Iter
Germany
Mrs. Spies
Ecligimie
Holland
England. Mrs. Spies Gaa
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Holbrook
Holbrook’s Sauce
Lbrook S Worestershire Sauce
DR. Sheldon
Cedar
LW Waters
E. Daniel
Kaban
Bradshaw
Sexton
MW Sexton
Cairne
Elwie Wenning
Barrine
Purcell
Atherton
Traly
Council of War
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Notice
Brest
Ltovsk Litvinas
Alexandra Kollontay
Lenmarotsky
Bessie Love
Young Tablelanders
Axe Od
J. Deaper, Limited
Skeen's, Co-Operative Tailor & Mercer
Jack & Newell, Ltd
Mareeba
Edi
Qree
Lao Donk Bani Ae Ee
Jack & Newell, Ltd General Merchants
Peat — Great Builder
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Benaches
North Queensland Mortgage & Investment
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