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The Sydney Gazette Wednesday 13 December 1826
Drunkenness.-There is scarcely any hope of adrunkard reforming in a hot climate : It is reportedin Halts Columbia, that, of 3000 Europeans whowent to Columbia a few years since, not more than300 survive ; and three parts out of five of thismortality may be attributed to drinking.
The Sydney Gazette. Thursday 4 March 1
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A man that procured his livelihood by bird catching, named (we believe) Edward Maidman, for the last fortnight or three weeks gave himself up to intense drinking. One day last week he was in a Pitt-street public-house, apparently well in health, when suddenly he leaped towards the ceiling, fell [...]
SITES TO SEE- TRULY PLANTING THE DREAMING DEEP.
Papaveraceae, Papaver somniferum L.
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Star (London, England), Monday, June 15, 1789
THE price of OPIUM has risen from 350 to [...]
