: "From The Cork Examiner, 26 September 1890 -

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THE black cannibals of Northern Queensland are
exceedingly partial to Chinamen. The reason is said to
be that the flesh of the Chinese is peculiarly tender and
palatable, owing to rice being their staple article of diet.

There is now a numerous Chinese population in the
North of Australia, and scores of them who have
ventured beyond the confines of civilisation have been
captured and devoured by the natives.

This explains the nonchalance with which the Northern Queensland
surveyor recently reported in these terms to the Government
:--'The blacks have stolen all my
provisions and sampled two of my Chinamen.'

'Sampled' in this connection is good.

Dennis Ahern |
Acton, Massachusetts | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts

thank you Dennis

I often skip your posts

google says View: Complete Thread (2417 articles


DETERMINED SUICIDE
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A man has deliberately committed suicide to-night, at Salthill, by
laying his head on the rails, and allowing the 11 p.m. train
from Dublin to pass over it. His features are not
discernable.

He is old, and of a gentlemanly appearance.
His name is not known, but inside his hat was found a
paper on which was written, 'I have been sleeping on the
rocks these two nights.'

KINGSTOWN, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 12 o'CLOCK.--
--The Cork Examiner, 1 August 1862 "

The oldest I can find

Google Search: "Ireland Newspaper Abstracts": "!! Connaught Journal; May 28, 1823
... Celtic Cousins http://www.celticcousins.net/ Searches of all the former newspaper
abstracts posted may be found at: Ireland Newspaper Abstracts - 22 Nov 2001 by Cathy Joynt Labath"

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From: Dennis Ahern (ahern@world.std.com)
Subject: Re: Excerpts from Irish newspapers
View: Complete Thread (2417 articles)
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Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.ireland
Date: 2002-11-25 20:37:41 PST

And so you've been doing it a year ?