Letter on Eyre's Creek and Mulligan rivers by P Ryan
A letter from Mr. P. Ryan of North Sydney discusses travel in 1884 across Eyre's Creek Mulligan and Hay rivers near the Queensland border. He recalls sand dune country near Lake Hope, water scarcity, and floods driving inland stock fodder. He describes desolate land, a salt lake, and a failed mail run ending with a camel replacement.
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S.M. Herald
P. Ryan
North Sydney
Eyre’s Creek
Georgina
Mulligan
W.Q
A.U
Taylor
Flinders Range
South Australia
Cooper's Creek
Diamantina
Warburton
Lake Eyre
Mulligan Country
Innamineks
Blanche Water
Lake Hope
Queensland
N.T
Tokio Ranges
Exploration Memoir of Western Australian Outback Routes
The narrator recalls ranges from lat 228 to 308, crossing sandhills to the overland telegraph line and turning back due to spinnifex. He notes 200 miles across, watering spots in the Lake Eyre basin, and rainfall patterns diminishing inland. Mentions cattle and horses, Aboriginal passes, mulga country, and debates wool growth along water routes near the Nullarbor. Concludes that settlement should target lands with reliable rainfall.
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N.T
Lake Eyre
Diamantina
Cooper
Bight
Israelite Bay
Fraser's Range
Laverton
Victoria Desert
Bay
Ands
Lacy
Nullabar
Griffith Taylor
Prohibition Enforcement Surges Cases and Convictions
A U S Department of Justice report shows 115000 criminal cases prosecuted under the Enforcement Act during four years of prohibition with about 80 percent convictions and fines over 3 million pounds. The TAS A Supreme Court judge notes prohibition has strained laws as millions quit long standing habits amid uncertain outcomes. A closing verse promotes Woods Great Pepper medicine for colds.
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U.S.A
Justice Clarke
Tas.a. Supreme Court
New York
London
Daily Telegraph
News and Notes from a period paper
A texted mix of court quips about drinking habits neighbors and witnesses plus bits on wireless reception from San Francisco Toowoomba and Melbourne. It notes the death of Murrumbidgee Mary aged 85 in Castlemaine Benevolent Asylum and details a Maryborough parcel post snakes incident. It mentions a Bank of NSW Orange building project.
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North Sydney Court
Laidlaw
R. C. Hopkins
Carcoar
San Francisco
Toowoomba
South Australia
Melbourne
Murrumbidgee Mary
Avoca
W. Swain
Peak Hill
Bank of
N.S.W
Orange
Queensland
Anson
Tichard Arthur
Daily Telegraph
Ford
Germainy
Australia
Teriff Boned
Parti Board
Hie
Plucky woman captures two intruders at Prahlert's Hotel
Mrs Paulsen proprietress of Prahlert's Hotel confronted two burglars who entered her private room while she wrote letters. She chased them with a revolver, ordered them to surrender, searched them, and had them escorted by a night watchman and a laborer before police arrived to take them into custody.
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Mrs. Paulsen
George Street
Appalling Waste Prompts Australian Baby Death Concern
A written appeal from A G Piddington urges better provision for Australian youths, citing a grim image of 10,000 tiny coffins yearly. Harvey Sutton of the Education Department warns Sydney infant death rates rival those of soldiers, with St Margaret's Hospital treating over 1000 cases and one baby lost daily. Competitions invite entries to fund hospital care with prizes including a house of furniture.
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A. G. Piddington
Ele
de Harvey Sutton
Education Department
Sydney
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Tonymoe Art Union
Limeriel
Queensland
St. Margarets
Hs Hare
Tdmerick
the Life Saver
Box
O.P.O
This King Business book review and royal exile tales
A humorous and tragic critique of Frederick L. Collins's This King Business describing how English and European audiences react to royal loyalty after the war. The piece highlights Windsors resilience, Russian princes in poverty abroad, and exiled aristocrats in Paris and Constantinople, noting their dignity amid hardship and the author’s travel observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Collins
England
Europe
Windsors
Western
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Pera
Colling
Paris
Marie
Winitri
Poliiantine
Moscow
Petrocrad
Reneras
Folies Bormeres
Dike
Prince Garavine
St. Petersburg
Willare
Armentieres
Wong
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Dopse Brothers
Dodge Brothers Touring Car
Dodge Brothers
Sianparpisep Motors Limited
Castlereagh Street
Sydney V
Y. J. Byrnes
Manilla
Coldsbrough, Mort‘& GO. Ltd
K. de &. Cudmore
Chas. Hope
Acc
Central Australia
Bakine
News and Notes
Wrigleys
Migle
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