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Issue Details:
First known date:
1908...
9 March
1908
of
The North Queensland Register
est. 1892
The North Queensland Register
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* Contents derived from the 1908 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Mangoes for Preserves,
single work
essay
The Victorian etymologist rejected the import of North Queensland mangoes because of fruit fly, but Victoria has now been found out exporting apples 'riotous with the grubs of codlin moth' to Sydney and Brisbane. This essay goes on to urge the production of mango jam.
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Hamed Preaches,
single work
prose
In this sketch a Mohammedan immigrant to North Queensland, Hamed of Yaddah, when unable to find a market for three bags of decaying oysters, condemns Christmas as an occasion for drinking and fighting.
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