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From the ELECTRONIC QUILL

An Inkwell of 19th century Australia Carefully putting the historic telescope to her eye , a 21st Century Descendant of Convicts and Emigrants focuses her attention on the Electronically Emergent Shades of 19th Century in the Colony of NSW. She sees Murder, Mystery and Mayhem. Drunkenness and Flood 25 feet deep. In the Gutters lie lasses and lads in Gross Indecencies and wee servant girls run into the streets with skirts ablaze. A twist of the scope and a ship is in sight, two storeyed and filled with fever and fiends. And up on the Macleay are mud holes into which two men could fall one on top of the other. Many a tale to be told. Lost Tribes and men greedy for Gold. THE WELL IS DEEP.

BRISBANE COURIER Saturday 15 March 1890

WRECK OF THE SCHOONER AGNES. LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES. We have been favoured by the Post and Telegraph Department with the following in- formation, the telegrams being dated tho 14th instant : Sydney wires-" Reliable report has just reached Ballina of the loss of the schooner Agnes and all hands six miles north of the Brunswick River. Two bodies have been re- covered. The vessel carried a crew of eight all told, and belonged to Mr. Kethel, Market Wharf, Sydney." The manager at Tweed Heads reports by post to superintendent at Southport:-" Mail- man from Brunswick yesterday reports that on the beach between here and Brunswick Heads a bottle has been picked up with a letter inside from the captain of schooner Agnes, saying that it is impossible to save the vessel. Further along the beach the bodies of Captain Power of the Agnes and one of the crew were found, and there is a quantity of wreckage on the beach about the same place." 'Tho Agnes was bound from'Maryborough for some Southern port evidently. A telegram from Brunswick states that a bottle was washed ashore last night six miles north from that place containing the fol- lowing message :-" Sunday, about 9th March. Schooner Agnes, of Sydney, thirteen days out from Sydney bound for the Tweed River. Captain Power, mate, cook, three hands, and two working their passages, eight in all, on a lee shore, blowing an easterly gale." A large search party of residents pro- ceeded along the beach in the morning, and found three bodies near the north end one being that of the master with the ship's papers tied round his waist. A boat, a deck frame, and spars were found on the beach. Tho Agnes was one of five vessels wrecked in Byron Bay last July, being the only one saved.

 

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BRISBANE CITY POLICE COURT Friday 20 December 1889

CHARGES OF FALSE PRETENCES.-George Angus (57), described as an ex-schoolmaster, was charged with having, on the 5th October, at the Brunswick River Heads, obtained goods and money to tho value of £3 from Edward Haines. Detective Parks having given evidence Help fix this text! as to the arrest of the accused, he was remanded until Monday
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ORIGINAL POETRY

ORIGINAL POETRY, THE PRAYER OF THE UNEMPLOYED. BY ONE OF THEM. O Lord, look down upon this Westery city ; Shed on its unemployed thy tender pity ; For though the fervid warmth of summer days Softly enwraps at night the houseless strays Who feed in dreams for lack of better fare, Yet feeding fade, for need of just a shara Of work and food that should be free to all, Yet's not obtainable. On Thee we call, O Lord, to shed upon the hearts of some, Whose voice to aid is mightv, yet is dumb, A ray of helpful love and gentle pity For willing workers starving in their city. C. Perth, January 31st, 1895

TALLEBUDGERA Thursday 4 February 1886 The Brisbane Courier

TALLEBUDGERA. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] January 30. THINGS are looking up considerably at Tallebudgera. Now that the main road to the border is in working order, I believe it is the intention of Cobb and Co. to send a daily coach through to the Tweed. The bridge over the creek, which was completed some time ago, is a first-class affair, and a very great con- venience to all. A new industry is about to start in our midst, as a steam saw-mill plant is now on its way from Brisbane, which the owner, Mr. Belgrave, intends setting in motion in a very short time. The venture should be successful, as there is sure to be a great local demand for timber besides the Brisbane demand. The township of Burleigh is almost in a state of nature, owing in a great measure to the difficulty of getting timber. A survey party is now at the Currumbin Heads, two and a-half miles from Tallebudgera, sur- veying a township there. The Government should have no difficulty in disposing of the allotments, as it would be hard to find a prettier spot for a summer retreat, and the fishing and boating in the river are excellent. In judicial affairs we are rather badly off. Now that three of our local men have been raised to the dignity of the bench, why not hold a Court of Petty Sessions here instead of as at present taking every case either to Nerang or South- port ? Even in a simple case of drunkenness the prisoner has to be taken, at the Govern- ment's expense, to either of these places. The police quarters lately built are quite good enough to do duty as a court-house.

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MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. John Charles Lewis, master mariner, was indicted for murdering a male adult person unknown, by shooting him with a blunderbuss, on board the Will of the Wisp barque, on the 15th November, 1849. The evidence adduced was similar to that on the police-office examinations. Captain Lewis was trading for sandal wood among the Loyalty Islands when he heard that the islanders of Maree, one of the islands, notorious for the treacherous and cannibal propensities of its in- habitants, had formed a scheme for enticing him on shore, murdering him and the crew, and plundering the vessel. On reaching Massacre Bay, the spot selected, he was boarded by three natives from the shore, and soon found, from closely watching their conduct and that of bodies of the natives seen coming down to the shore, that the report was correct. At this time the vessel was inside the bay, about half a mile from shore, and a strong breeze was blowing, so that a resolute attempt by the natives to take the ship would have placed her in great danger. Captain Lewis ordered the three natives to leave the ship, but they refused, even when they saw firearms brought up, and at last he fired at the leader, killing him, and wounding a second man, who fell into the water, where he was shot by the sailors ; the third man was also shot by the sailors in the water, and swivels were fired at the natives on shore, but without apparent effect, except inducing them to disperse. The three natives on board had urged a native woman there to throw herself into the sea out of the way, before they should commence the attack on the crew. Lieutenant Pollard, of H.M.S. Bramble, at whose instance Captain Lewis's conduct had been investigated, fully confirmed the account given of the treacherous character of the Maree islanders, and bore testimony to the high character given of Captain Lewis by other islanders. For the defence similar testimony to Captain Lewis's general character for humanity was given, and Mr. Foster, who with Mr. Holroyd conducted the defence, contended that Captain Lewis's conduct was fully justifiable, as he was clearly acting only in self-defence. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a" verdict of not guilty, and Captain Lewis was discharged.

WOMEN IN TIME

THE PLAGUE OF LIFE. To the Editor of the West Australian. Friday 10 December 1880 ' Dear Sir.-Can you do anything to urge upon the Government the necessity of introducing some female immigrants. The want of domestic servants is deplorable, and I am nearly driven wild in attempts to teach the only domestics I can obtain. Yours truly, A DISTRACTED HOUSEWIFE. Perth, Dec. 1st, 18S0. [Some remarks on this subject shall appear in our next.-Ed. W. A.]

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 1839The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser

To Painters & Glaziers. TENDERS arc required for Painting, Glazing,and Plastering three School-houses. For particular, apply to Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, Par ramatta-street, Sydney, opposite Newnham and Tooth's Brewery. 9th December, 1839.