16 Mar 1905
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Newspaper
Mackay Mercury
Location
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
1
An extensive listing details a large land auction led by WM. GEO. HODGES AUCTIONEER. Properties include multiple tracts with farm buildings, waterways, and surrounding leases. The notice names numerous parcels, descriptions, and prospective buyers, outlining terms and durations for the sale.
A damaged ad fragment touts Mackay Fresh Food and Ice Company Ltd offering low quality fish from Noble King of Fish to Warrwuja and other sources. It claims irregular supply and urges customers to prefer aleady stocked, well-ordered stock in a coarse, rambling regional sales pitch with questionable sourcing and pricing notes.
A garbled 19th century style piece rails at Mackay Fresh Food and Ice Co for lowering prices and wages. It laments competition driving down pay and warns readers of a supposed cycle of cost cutting and hardship while urging public awareness of the alleged manipulation.
A wholesale wine and spirit merchant and auctioneer with mining and accounting ties conducts a broad listing of estates and properties. The ad names J ERJOSEPH CORNER of Wood and Victoria Streets as a certificado auditor and agent with extensive mercantile listings. It details commercial properties, lands, and mansions for sale or lease in a sprawling catalog with prices, sizes, and locations, including Vict or Street and North Site areas.
Fragmented prose describes a discount retailer promising low prices, quality, civility, and fair dealing. The rambling note names seemingly random products and phrases, with unclear dates, locations, or people, leaving the core offer and identities ambiguous.
An OCR readable fragment markets tea blends with phrases like Tea, Golden Palas, Ceylon Tea, China and Caytou Taws. It promotes a “Pure Geylon and China oaty” mix priced at 16.34 and warns consumers about portions and rest restrictions.
Fragmented OCR lists classes and days for a technical college art program including drawing painting and theater. Dates and names are partially garbled but reference multiple terms and weekly sessions across a range of days. The readable items indicate a scheduling notice from a college or school arts department.
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