24 Oct 1905
Page 1
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Newspaper
Mackay Mercury
Location
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1905
Page
1
Extensive advertisement lists WM. GEO. HODGES auctioneering services for stock, mining and forwarding, detailing land parcels for sale. It names properties, areas, terms, and payments, mentioning Dowling’s and McEachurn tracts near Portington and New Plane Creek Central Mill areas. The notice covers acreage figures, payment terms, rents, and implied deadlines for interested buyers.
Readable text recounts a fatal railway event near Vienna involving a tram driver and a woman identified as his wife. It mentions a Catholic church, a ward, and police or official actions. Details are jumbled but indicate a death, a domestic context, and an investigation emerging from the scene.
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