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Newspaper
Mackay Mercury
Location
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1904
Page
2
Fragmentary ship notice lists vessels Arkin Abs October 13 with 3 00 tons Captain Davis from souther ports and passengers Mrs Fencer Miss Rawley Master Framer Jd Croker aged October 14 Tyrenn 9 2 600 tons with opiate Jey from Athens port and a list of names, ships and figures amid garbled OCR text.
A sale is held to auction the Fiworthy household furniture and effects, plus three town properties and one county property. Items include multiple tables, chairs, kitchenware, and various domestic goods from a central town hotel setting. The owner is leaving the district and all items will go to the highest bidder at public auction.
An opinion piece laments federal politics and labor unrest in Australia. It cautions about continuous elections, arbitration court decisions harming coal mining in New South Wales, rising wages, and fears over Chinese settlement in Northern Australia. The piece argues working men focus on immediate needs and criticizes political stagnation threatening national unity and industry.
A correspondent argues Australia risks stagnation as nations grow stronger while aliens move into the lands of the ninth, whites flee or sail away, and the north becomes a dumping ground for potential hostile foreign influx, warning of a near future that could place the country among great powers.
The report covers court verdicts at Plan Creek petty debts court, including Edith Cach suing RC William for funds and costs. fines for alcohol and public order offenses. It notes appointments, police actions, and local business ads while detailing planned inspections and calls for regional agricultural cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce.
The Courier reports on sugar districts boosting white labour and rising production, citing Mr Irvine’s findings. It covers the Bundabete and Childers areas, and notes officials discuss cultivation plans and labor trends while the School of Arts Committee reviews a piano rental dispute and an athletic club proposal.
Investigations confirm some patients report permanent relief from chronic backache after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. Advertisements claim cures by Lown’s kidney remedy, with testimonials from Mrs Bimorde and others asserting lasting improvement. Sold by Morley’s Pharmacy and Foster McClellan Co, price 15 shillings per box.
At Charters Towers early today a fire broke out in the Brilliant and Brilliant Black shafts. Rescue attempts failed. a man named Mutebelt died and several others remained trapped as crews fought dense smoke and shifting currents. Efforts focused on flood water and cautious evacuations while towns mourned.
Elienbech Wiese, a Hamburg baby farmer, was sentenced to five terms of death for the murder of five infants. One child was poisoned, others buried as part of a gruesome scheme involving feigned care and theft of large sums. The report notes other crime and a deadly incident involving the Duke of Connaught and a driver, with the duke sustaining a scalp wound but no serious outcomes.
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