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Newspaper
Mackay Mercury
Location
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1900
Page
2
Shipping arrivals report Cane and Meghan among others docking at southern port with captains and crew names listed. Departures list includes McThonald and Croker agents aboard ships bound for Tyran on April 2 under Captain Joy with port calls and passenger notes.
A highly garbled OCR passage mentions ships and various names and phrases with no clear events. It lists many proper nouns and scattered terms such as US, TVR, and references to people like Mike and Pruitt without a coherent narrative or readable details.
A lengthy OCR fragment lists various shipping and agency firms, including China Navigation, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Melbourne mercantile entities, and several others. It also mentions insurers and wholesalers such as sugar, wines, and spirits merchants, plus several Australian and New Zealand firms. The text appears as a catalog of business names with scattered place references.
Amid garbled notes, readers learn of a disrupted tram schedule tied to a changed fare or pass. Unclear details point to a transit agency issue affecting riders and service.
The Sugar refining debate intensifies as raw sugar from northern mills often fetches lower prices than in the south. Local farmers push Brisbane authorities to encourage a refinery, arguing proximity to mines and reduced freight costs would boost markets, cut costs, and aid northward trade.
The article discusses higher raw sugar prices and a move to concentrate skilled engineering in sugar refining. It notes ample raw sugar supply for a refinery, with current plans to export raw sugar from Colonial Sugar Refined Company and adjust volumes from Mackey’s estate. The piece mentions market expectations, producers’ interest, and potential price impacts on refined sugar consumption in the North, alongside related local industrial and civic notes.
Reports from Fourtees Sreame near Kimberley describe Boer forces driven back by a withering fire as two missing men from Geners Randie’s column enter a Bose camp. The Porsic with Australian troops aboard reaches Capetown amid dispatches from Capetown.
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