21 Feb 1905
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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Leader
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 21, 1905
Page
1
A long, unsettled report covers industrial strikes, political debates, and public notices across Hobart and Hobart-adjacent areas. It notes labor disputes, naval intelligence, legislative moves, and a nurse awarded for bravery, with weather impacts and a series of local incidents and accidents.
A fragmentary poem from Hayes and Russell's production critiques social inequality. It extols the socialist ideal of shared resources and opposed private gain, urging justice, dignity, and the right to work and breathe clean air, while condemning greed and exploitation. The piece contrasts the Angel of Discontent with the social ethic of equal rights.
A distorted prophetic passage on awakening conscience and the downfall of tyrants. It laments stolen lands and the suffering of the oppressed while urging the toiler to rise. The speaker vows that the tyrant's power will crumble as the bones of kings break and stars witness a world cleansing justice.
The piece invokes Rev Father McGrady to argue socialism harms religion, claiming Christianity rejects science yet supports morality in labor. It contrasts capitalism and socialism, condemns industrial bondage, lauds early workers, and cites public relief deficits, Fiji coolie labor, and colonial figures while railing against atheism and materialism in a period voice.
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