Chinchilla during 1902
Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Monday 27 January 1902, page 3
All the schools in the district resumed work this morning. Most of the teachers returned from their holiday trip to the South by yesterdays steamer, the only changes in the district being Miss Quirke, of Chinchilla, transferred to Warden Bend, in room of Miss M'Kenney, resigned.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tuesday 18 February 1902, page 4
I ^ INJURED BY A TRAIN ]
? man named Chas. CNe-il, caretaker of Traills Meatworks, near Chinchilla, was picked up on the railway line, in a semi-conscious- condition shortly after the mall train had passed through at 2.30 a.m. on Saturday last. He had a largo scalp wound on the back of the head, and he is supposed to have been lying y in the " cess" (between the sleepers), and to have been struck by the cowcatcher of a passing train. He was seat to Dalby by train for medical treatment.
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Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Friday 21 February 1902, page 7
Telegraph Line Cut.
By Traveller Perishing from Thirst.
At 4.42 p.m. yesterday the officer in charge of the telegraph office at Hawkswood, in the Taroom district, advised the Deputy Post-master-General that a telegraph polo had been burnt down by a traveller, perishing for want of water. At 4.47 p.m. a farther telegram was received as follows : " Re interruption Taroom side, line repairer arrived at 9, where he found a traveller on foot, named Philip Bolton, exhausted for want of Water, The man stated he was travelling from Redbank to Auburn on an old road. He got lost searching for water, and was without it for two days, when he struck the line. He thought by cutting the wire he would bring the line repairer's assistance. He fired the pole on 'Sunday afternoon and it fell on Monday morning. He then heated the wire in a fire and cut it with a table knife and stone. The 'other two breaks were caused by the pole falling, but the man did not notice them until after he had cut the Wire. After making repairs the line repairer took the man to the Auburn Hotel, three miles from where he cut the wire. The man left Auburn station this morning, on route for Chinchilla." The practice of cutting the telegraph wire was, at one time, very rife on the South Australian line to Port Darwin ; but there are few instances on record in this State. Under the circumstances, the department intend to take no extreme action in the present case.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 29 March 1902, page 9
LAND FOR SELECTION.
AN INTERESTING REPORT.
in connection with the proposal to introduce to Queensland a number of German farmers from "South Australia, some interesting information has been obtained from the Lands Department. This has kindly been placed at our disposal, and we make the following ex-tracts :
AGRICULTURAL SELECTION'.
The Under Secretary to the Lands Department, says :
I have the honour to inform you that there is a very large area of land open and available for opening for selection under the agricultural selection clauses of the Lands Act, along the Western Railway line, between Warra and Roma. This land is situated principally around the townships ' of Warra, Chinchilla, Miles, Wallumbilla, ' and Roma, and the annual rentals of that now open for selection are 3d. and 4d., and the purchasing prices 10s. and 15s. per acre respectively. The land is also available for agricultural homestead ' selection in areas up to Ï20 acres, at the 1 price of 2s., per acre, payable in ten years. . . »
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Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Thursday 10 April 1902, page 9
Queensland News. Telegraph from Our Correspondents.) DALBY, April 8. Messes. Muller and Donohue, delegates representing a number of South Australian farmers, were here on Friday and Saturday inspecting the land, and were very much impressed with the district. They have since journeyed to Chinchilla, accompanied by the land ranger, Mr. Gorringe.
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Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919), Saturday 19 April 1902, page 2
Races were held At Chinchilla, a few days ago. F. J. Fogarty with Monsoon, Beaumont, Yabberoo, and Patentee won five events out of seven.
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Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Saturday 3 May 1902, page 11
Queensland, News. (By Telegraph from Our Correspondents.) Dalby, April 28. There are two fresh cases in the accident ward at the local hospital "One inmate, Mark Kempthorne, was the victim of a peculiar shooting incident at Chinchilla. It appears that a man named Mulholland was examining a rifle which was for sale, and which happened to have a cartridge in the magazine. Unwittingly, or by accident, the cartridge was brought into position by Mulholland,' and in handing the rifle to Kempthorne, who came up at the time, the weapon went off. The bullet passed right through' the instep of Kempthorne's right foot, hit the verandah floor of the Commercial Hotel, then the roof, and finally lodged in the dining-room, fortunately missing several people who were standing about at the time. Kempthorne was despatched by the first train to Dalby.
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Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919), Wednesday 7 May 1902, page 5
THE ACCIDENT TO MB. B. J. CLUNE.
Concerning the death of Mr. B. J. Clune, at Chinchilla last week, particulars to hand state that he went out duck-shooting on Wednesday morning. A few hours later his dog returned without him, and his son Frank, feeling uneasy at this, set out to search for him, and discovered deceased just on the point of expiring. It appears that the cartridges were badly loaded, and the firing of one caused the breech of the gun to burst, the shot entering the abdomen.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Friday 9 May 1902, page 9
NEW RESERVES .
240,000 acres at Chinchilla, for timber. It is understood this area has a large amount of timber suitable for railway purposes.
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Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, Qld. : 1901 - 1936), Thursday 22 May 1902, page 6
Three brothers, the Fitzgeralds, well known Chinchilla station managers, went to South Africa with the Contingent which left Brisbane on Sunday morning,
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW : 1891 - 1954), Wednesday 4 June 1902, page 5
A NEW ENTERPRISE IN BRISBANE. Newstead Wharf, near Breakfast Creek, is at present in a state of great activity owing to the erection of refrigerating, cold storage and ice works for Messrs. Trails Limited. This firm heretofore have been principally engaged in meat preserving, etc., and have factories at Torrens Creek in the north, and at Chinchilla in the south of the State. Owing to the drought they are unable to operate either of those factories, and have determined to operate at NewStead wharf in the refrigerating line.
The machinery, which is on the ground partly erected, consists of a 35 ton ammonia compressor of the well-known Liude type. The boilers of which there are two, are of the multitubular pattern and are 50 horse power each. The refrigerated space is 40,000 cubic feet, and in addition to refrigerating this space the machinery is capable of making large quantities of ice. The buildings are of brick, and the insulation charcoal, and the works will be in operation on the 1st September next.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Friday 20 June 1902, page 8
OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.
TRANSFERS.
Judith Malone, assistant teacher. Chinchilla, to Harlaxton ;
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Friday 18 July 1902, page 4
The following trustees have been appointed :- Racecourse at Chinchilla : Messrs. R. F. Mackie, G. E. Downes, F. J. Fogarty, E. W. Quirk, and L. L. Atkins
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Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Saturday 26 July 1902, page 13
An aboriginal named Billy Fisher, while training a young horse for Mr. Fogarty, of Chinchilla, on Saturday last (says the Dalby " Herald" of July 23), was thrown against a tree and dragged for a considerable distance. His injuries were attended to by the good people of Chinchilla, and he was then brought' on to Dalby by the midday train, and subsequently admitted to the hospital. Dr. Stewart made an examination and found the patient to be suffering from fracture of the base of the skull. There are only faint hopes of his recovery.
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Camden News (NSW : 1895 - 1954), Thursday 7 August 1902, page 2
NEW DEVELOPMENT.— CATTLE FATTENED ON PRICKLY PKAR.
Pitt, Son, and Badeery, Limited, report having sold at Homebush this week, 120 -bullocks from Womblebank Station, Roma, Queensland, at an average price of £13 12s, the top yard making £16 12s 6d, the purchaser being Mr. T, Field. These cattle were bred on Womblebank and fattened on prickly pear in its natural state, the drought having compelled them to tackle this food, and for nearly two months they were with out water. They were dipped at Chinchilla and again at Wallangarra, and were carefully attended to by Mr. W. J. King, manager of Womblebank station, for which MrJJ. G Peele, of Jamieson-Street, Sydney, is the agent. To Mr. King's careful attention to the bullocks en route is due the fresh and clean appearance they presented on arrival. We may mention that the whole lot were dehorned, which prevents much so' pitching and .knocking about in the dips and trucks. The exact number started from the station, viz , 120 were landed at Flemington without a lame or injured beast.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tuesday 12 August 1902, page 4
I .WHOLESALE POISONING OF STOCK. I
. Cases of the poisoning of stock through the indiscriminate use of cyanide in the poisoning of opossums continue to be reported. Among the latest is the case on Mr. Phillip’s selection at Chinchilla, where thirty head were lost in one night, and eight next day. The cattle had been taken out of the paddock to water, when they were poisoned. Some ten healthy horses were also recently poisoned at Pittsworth through the same cause, while many eases are reported to have occurred in t'he Central district. The matter has been brought under the notice of the Com-missioner of Public Health, with a view to placing more restriction on the sale of cyanide.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Monday 22 September 1902, page 4
CATTLE AND PRICKLY-PEAR FEED.
A correspondent sends us a private letter received from Chinchilla in which the writer mentions that he saw at a slaughter-yard recently a large quantity of prlcklypear roots which had come out of the paunch of a bullock. He had not pre-viously known that stock eat the roots, but he thinks that this may account for the fact that in this district only in exceptional cases do the cattle fatten on the pear. This bullock, however, was very good and healthy.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wednesday 24 September 1902, page 6
ROMA CIRCUIT COURT.
Richard Albert Ward pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing £100 from Walter Wlamsley at Monmouth, near Chinchilla. The prisoner, who expressed regret for the offence, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment with hard labour, but the sentence was suspended under the First Offenders section of the Criminal Code, the money to be restored to the owner.
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Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), Saturday 27 September 1902, page 677
LAND COURT AT DALBY.
THIRD PERIOD RENTS. (By Telegraph from Our Correspondent.) DALBY, September 19.
Mr. F.X. Heeney held a Land Court Sitting here on Wednesday and Thursday, when the fixing of rentals of runs for tile third period was the chief business. Mr.'Heeney gave his decisions at noon to-day. as follows :—
Chinchilla (A.J.B. Bank), 28s. 6d., a reduction of 1s. 6d.; Pelican Station (S. W. Bassingthwaighte), 27s., no alteration ; Logic Plains (S. A. Taylor), 30s., no alteration .
The second period rental of Edmond Quirk's grazing farm was fixed at 1d. per acre, the same as previously.
The application of S. A. Taylor, or Logie Plains, to exchange certain freehold portions in the parish of Earle for an equal area in the parish of Hunter was considered, and it was agreed to report that there was no objection.
The court recommended that a portion of Logie Plains and Halliford runs be resumed, the lessees agreeing.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Friday 3 October 1902, page 4
I AREAS POR SELECTION. I
At Dalby on Friday, 7th November, eight portions on Chinchilla, ranging from 410 acres to 900 acres, will be made available as agricultural farms. On the same date, and at the same place, nine portions on the same holding will be opened as agricul-tural farms, agricultural homesteads, or unconditional selections. The areas range from 280 acres to 320 acres.
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Week (Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934), Friday 10 October 1902, page 15
MINISTERS AND MARRIAGE.
Saturday's "Government Gazette notices that the Rev. G. E. Kirke, of the Presbyterian denomination, has been authorised to celebrate marriages in this State; also that Rev. E. Baker, of the Methodist connexion, has removed from Cunnamulla to Chinchilla.
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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Friday 17 October 1902, page 3
OUR DALBY LETTER.
Our Orchestral Society in still going strong. Last week it visited Chinchilla to assist at the Church of England Anniversary Social, where it supplied the bulk of the musical portion of the programme, and received enthusiastic ovations.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wednesday 22 October 1902, page 4
RAILWAY WATER SUPPLIES.
The railway authorities have received in-formation that the water supply at Walton, 103 miles from Rockhampton, on the Central Railway, has given out, and this will necessitate the Longreach mail train hauling a water truck.
The recent rains in the West seem to have given a little relief to the department in some places on the Western line. In a report on the subject, the following par-ticulars are given concerning the water depots:—At Cunnamulla there is a fifteen months' supply in the river ; at Wyandra the supply has been exhausted since 24th April ; at Mungalore there is nineteen months' supply in the river ; at Charleville the bore water is unfit for engine use ; at Angellala there is four months' supply ; and at Dulbydilla, where the dam has been filled, there is six months' water ; Womalilla and Muckadilla have been exhausted since 19th May and 16th August respectively. At Bungeworgorai there is six months' supply, the creek having been filled on 25th September. At Roma, where the other water is exhausted, the bore water is unfit for engine use, and the same applies to Pickenjennie, where the bore water has been run into the creek. At Yeulba and Drillham the supplies were exhausted on 16th June. At Miles there is three months' supply in Wallon Creek, and at Chinchilla six weeks' water supply is available in the creek.
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wednesday 22 October 1902, page 2
Mr. John Gustavson has just returned to Manly after a fortnight's holiday in the bush. . Mr. Gustavson travelled' as far as Toowoomba by rail, where he left his family, and then drove with a commercial traveller to Chinchilla, passing through Oakey, Jondaryan,. Dalby, and Warra. The trip proved an eye-opener, in showing the terrible ravages of the drought. The country passed through had abundance of prickly pear, and thousands of dead sheep and cattle were strewn along the path. At Jondaryan they were shearing and skinning, many of the sheep being dead and dying, and what struck him with horror was a huge pile of carcasses, about the dimensions of an ordinary four-roomed house, waiting to be burned. The travellers had to be satisfied with plain fare at the bush hotels. No fresh meat was to be bad, though at one place they indulged in the luxury of a wild duck.
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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Thursday 30 October 1902, page 2
THE WEATHER
GLORIOUS RAINS THE DROUGHT IS BROKEN
RAIN ALL OVER THE DOWNS
From all parts of the Downs come welcome reports of the visitation of rains this week. Every part of the Darling Downs appear to have been visited, the average being over an inch. This will mean a quick shooting of the wheat sown and a good opportunity for sowing maize and potatoes. '
The rains appear to have been of a very soaking nature, the steady fall on Tuesday, followed as it was by the heavy fall on Tuesday night, thoroughly soaking the ' ground, and for a foot deep its effects have been asserted.
From the falls given below it will be seen that it is the best and most general rain we have had this year, and may fairly be accepted as a break-up of the prolonged drought. The manager of the Westbrook Experimental Farm states that this rain is the most serviceable experienced for over a year, and means an opportunity for planting every seasonable crop.
The following fall was registered at the Toowoomba telegraph office up to 9 a.m. yesterday morning:— Toowoomba, 1.15 in,; Laidley, 1.70; Gatton, 1.15; Dalby 0.90;. Jimbour, 0.36; Marnhull, 0.18; Bell, 0.50; Jondowaie, 0.19; Roma, 0.09; Warwick, 1.32; Texas, 0.48; Emu Creek, 1.00; Goondiwindi, 0.20; Inglewood, 0.66; Stanthorpe 0.58; Leyburn 0.82; Clifton, 0.77; Cambooya, 1.17; Nobby, 0.66; Allora, 0.90; Ellangowan, 1.27; Millmerran, 0.63; Cecil Plains, 0.70; Condamine Plains, 0.74; Cabariah, 1,01'; Kurrawah, 0.80; Pittsworth, 0.82; Tummaville, 0.61; Chinchilla, 1.55; Warra 0.35
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Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Saturday 1 November 1902, page 11
DALBY, October 28. The wife of the Rev. Edgar Baker, second Methodist minister in the Roma district, stationed at Chinchilla, was admitted to the Hospital last night, and died at 4 o'clock this morning from premature child-birth. Mr. Baker was away from home when his wife took bad, but he arrived home on Monday morning, and came down to Dalby in the evening by special train. Mrs. Baker was unconscious when admitted to the hospital. Much sympathy is expressed for Mr. Baker, who had been only a few months married. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. Fletcher, of Woodford. The body is being conveyed by train to Caboolture.
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Week (Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934), Friday 14 November 1902, page 13
. ■ DALBY DISTRICT COURT CASE.
' Mr. Lesina. asked the Attorney-General, is it true that the Attorney-General has refused to file a true bill in the case of one Robert Creswell who was recently committed by the bench of magistrates 'at' Chinchilla Police Couty to the District Court sitting at Dalby, on a charge of an offence against a child under age, to wit, 10 years.
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Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Saturday 15 November 1902, page 9
WESTERN MAIL ENGINE DERAILED,. TIE engine of the mail train which left Cunnamulla at 6.15 a.m. on Thursday, and due in Brisbane at 12.45 p.m. to-day, was delayed two hours and 40 minutes at a point six miles this side of Chinchilla, through one of the wheels becoming derailed. An inquiry is being made into the cause of the engine leaving the rails.
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Worker (Brisbane, Qld. : 1890 - 1955), Saturday 15 November 1902, page 7
At Chinchilla a number of sleeper-getters, who were only able to knock out a bare existence at the prices paid by the Railway Department, downed tools and cleared for New South Wales when the Leahy-Philp Government tried to impose a royalty of 10s. per 100 on sleepers.
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Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Tuesday 18 November 1902, page 2
Provincial Pickings.
The Chinchilla correspondent of the Dalby "Herald" of November 15 says that during the past couple of months there has been a good deal of that dread complaint, sandy blight, prevailing in the district, and scarcely a family escaped without one or more being affected, while in several instances every member of the household has had this most annoying and painful malady.
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Queensland Figaro (Brisbane, Qld. : 1901 - 1936), Thursday 20 November 1902, page 7
Archdeacon Rivers is likely to reside either at Chinchilla or Miles and carry on the work commenced there by the Rev. Maitland Woods, Vicar of Dalby.
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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Monday 1 December 1902, page 3
THE WEATHER.
MORE SPLENDID RAINS OVER THE DOWNS AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS.
Following up the welcome fall of rain on last Sunday, the downpour again yesterday will be particularly acceptable, and 'will do incalculable good to the Downs generally. The growing maize crop is now assured, and ere long there will be an abundance of green feed. ……
the fall at Miles was over two inches, and splendid falls occurred at other stations in that locality. In the central district good falls are also reported, and it would appear there is a general break up of the prolonged drought. The official falls up to 9 a.m. yesterday, morning were as follows: — …Warra, 1.60 Chinchilla, 1.28
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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tuesday 2 December 1902, page 5
RAILWAY SUPPLIES OF WATER. ,
The recent falls of rain in the West have come at an opportune time for the Railway Department The officials were just making arrangements for supplies at Chinchilla and several other places, but the tanks and-other sources have-now been replenished, and there is sufficient water for the-immediate future.
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Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Tuesday 16 December 1902, page 7
RAILWAY REPORTS.
Tho station-master at Chinchilla reports that on Saturday night, there was a heavy storm, when 1.15 inch fell, giving a three months' supply of water for the engines.
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Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Thursday 18 December 1902, page 2
Second Edition;
Heavy Rains.
At Chinchilla over 4 inches of rain have fallen since Saturday. Charlie's Creek is running strongly, and all the watering places along the line have been replenished to a gratifying. extent.
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