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Newspaper
Quorn Mercury
Location
Quorn, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
4
A garbled historical text discusses land rights, graft, and poverty in the North. It mentions a burglar or lawyer, promises of pay, and a plea for rightful work and legal action. The fragment references dawn, land ownership, and social struggles without clear names or dates.
Port Pirie Corporation met June 16 with Mayor and councilors present. Discussions covered the Baroote report, a Dunfermline delivery, distillery deposits near Solemnatown, health precautions for practice at Apia Moat, and funding for Halti Cifletes transport. A water scheme for truck watering was debated, and the Battie Wharf erasing price and stone shipment costs were clarified.
Council discussions cover street work and water supply plans, labor disputes, and contract tenders. Key items include scavenger pay concerns, use of calving wage rates, and proposed bathing facilities at Bolomanton beach. A Health Committee update notes typhoid cases and boarding-house conditions, with review of water supply and Queen's Wharf development.
A Washington Star excerpt parodies household efficiency and execution in managing a cigarette habit. It cites a wife’s memorandum method to control her husband’s smoking, imagines a public reform stance, and critiques moralizing preachers while noting executive skill as the key to behavior change.
A judge sentences a burglar to five years penal servitude while allowing hypnosis to excuse the crime, then discusses the hypnotist's power. Collier’s Weekly notes Queen Victoria’s private views on landlord tenant relations, praising sympathy for tenants’ hardships and observations on rent and improvements.
A garbled page recounts diverse topics from ancient trade to modern ships, noting Persians, silver bowls, and a China cruiser. It mentions Fingland, Neotland, and Melgian conviet earnings, with scattered references to Vanentsia fashion, vanilla, and tea.
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