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McGuire returned with an assurance Dr O'Brien would attend after lunch. Also making a return appearance, Percy Le Vaux targeted the nearest convenient drunk. Already notorious as a lush, James O'Shea found real renown after the oft-told Alligator Creek incident. On that famous night, two pubs refused him service because of intoxication. Of itself, that was a somewhat remarkable occurrence in a town much enamoured of drink. Affronted by the unexpected refusal, O'Shea drove his cab home along the tram line. Crossing the Alligator Creek bridge, his horses lost their footing. They, the cab and James plunged into the water where he clung to a bridge pole until rescued by the police. In a stroke of good fortune, the crocodiles of Gator Creek deplored …show more content…

Whether he enjoyed a liquid refreshment with the eggs and bacon, he never mentioned. Of course, neither George nor his mother said anything. Publicans relied on regular positive reports from both the police and Inspector of Nuisances to retain their liquor licences. Widowed in 1887, Mary Dunwoodie raised six children while managing a succession of premises, each grander than the last. At times, she suffered setbacks. In Townsville, a business burned to the ground, but Mary persevered. When her daughter died, Mary applied for guardianship of her four grandchildren and reared them. Ever the pragmatist, Mary Dunwoodie knew not to incur the displeasure of the police. Hiding amid the bloodied sand, Dr O'Brien found another chunk of Peter's false teeth. Probing the wounds, he noted their length, breadth and depth. He concluded the murderer used two weapons, a knife two and a half inches long and a tomahawk. From the injuries and blood spray, he assumed the killer fled the site with his hands and clothes covered in …show more content…

He carried a ruler and measured to check no dirty bum overfilled their toilet pan. He even designed a 'perfect' toilet pedestal and lobbied to make it compulsory. Also his own design, his uniform, which he wore to evoke his wartime service. On significant occasions he wore his medals, all four. He related to local journalists his role in the Battle of Ulundi. During that engagement, 25,000 Zulus charged at the bayonets of 8,000 British soldiers and sailors. The Africans died in their thousands, butchered on the British blades. Tom Seaton, still a teenager, fought in that epic seven-hour hand-to-hand struggle. But today, Tom Seaton seemed less efficient municipal official or gallant war hero, and more a drunken

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