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Issue Details:
First known date:
1931...
5 March
1931
of
The Queenslander
est. 1866
The Queenslander
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* Contents derived from the 1931 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Breaking Into,
single work
short story
crime
(p. 4)
Reminiscences between a transferred detective and currently innocent criminal, of opium trading in North Queensland, where with the help of Chinese smugglers' champagne, a white temptress tricks an honest policeman into intoxication, while others break into the jail to steal a load of confiscated opium.
Note: In Column: Tales of Illicit Trading, Part 2 -
The Mailman,
single work
short story
(p. 6)A lonely bush girl isolated by an inhospitable father watches for a wave from the mailman every Thursday. When his car overturns near their gate and he is injured she rescues and then nurses him. He falls in love and proposes, but has to save her father from a fire before she accepts.
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