Mail Service

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Mail Service has 59 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 27 references, with 6 live disagreements.

59 facts·45 predicates·27 sources·6 in dispute

Mostly:calling at(6), established between(4), confers benefits on(3)

Inbound mentions (54)

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`advocatedMoreFrequentService`Advocated More Frequent Service(2)

Mr Hodgkinsonex:mr-hodgkinson
Sir S W Griffithex:sir-s-w-griffith

`carried`Carried(2)

Current Ministryex:current-ministry
Present Ministryex:present-ministry

`presupposesReliability`Presupposes Reliability(2)

Steamersex:steamers
Steamersex:steamers

`providesQuickService`Provides Quick Service(2)

Ship Barcooex:ship-barcoo
Steamer Barcoo Quick Mail Serviceex:steamer-barcoo-quick-mail-service

`advocates`Advocates(1)

Hon T Mcilwraith Mlaex:hon-t-mcilwraith-mla

`areFor`Are for(1)

Mail Tendersex:mail-tenders

`benefitMostBy`Benefit Most by(1)

Brisbane Inhabitantsex:brisbane-inhabitants

`benefitsFrom`Benefits From(1)

Queensland Colonyex:queensland-colony

`carriedOut`Carried Out(1)

Present Ministryex:present-ministry

`characterizedAs`Characterized As(1)

Mr Griffithex:mr-griffith

`claimedMailServiceBenefitedNorth`Claimed Mail Service Benefited North(1)

Mr Hodgkinsonex:mr-hodgkinson

`concerns`Concerns(1)

Misconceptions of Griffith Policyex:misconceptions-of-griffith-policy

`concludedNotFortnightly`Concluded Not Fortnightly(1)

Mr Hamiltonex:mr-hamilton

`consentedTo`Consented to(1)

Postal Departmentex:postal-department

`consideredSensational`Considered Sensational(1)

Premier Predictionsex:premier-predictions

`consideredTimeForAdvance`Considered Time for Advance(1)

Mr Sayresex:mr-sayres

`contractuallyObligatedToGovernments`Contractually Obligated to Governments(1)

P and O Companyex:p-and-o-company

`defended`Defended(1)

Premierex:premier

`denouncedMailService`Denounced Mail Service(1)

Sam Griffithex:sam-griffith

`dependentOnMailService`Dependent on Mail Service(1)

Northern Queenslandex:northern-queensland

`dweltStronglyOn`Dwelt Strongly on(1)

Thomas Mcilwraithex:thomas-mcilwraith

`emphasizedAsQuick`Emphasized As Quick(1)

Barcooex:barcoo

`emphasizesReliability`Emphasizes Reliability(1)

Shipping Companiesex:shipping-companies

`endorsesQuickService`Endorses Quick Service(1)

A U S N Coex:a-u-s-n-co

`essentiallyGovernmentContracted`Essentially Government Contracted(1)

Royal Mail Steamshipsex:royal-mail-steamships

`established`Established(1)

Qld Premierex:qld-premier

`evaluatedAsQuick`Evaluated As Quick(1)

Barcoo Shipex:barcoo-ship

`evidencesCertaintyOnGrievance`Evidences Certainty on Grievance(1)

Mr Earlesex:mr-earles

`experiencedSeriousInconvenience`Experienced Serious Inconvenience(1)

Publicex:public

`facesShortageOf`Faces Shortage of(1)

Cloncurry Goldfieldex:cloncurry-goldfield

`feltFullBenefitOfMailService`Felt Full Benefit of Mail Service(1)

North Queenslandex:north-queensland

`foundFaultWith`Found Fault With(1)

Mr Rutledgeex:mr-rutledge

`gladForImprovementOf`Glad for Improvement of(1)

Mr Griffithex:mr-griffith

`hasLittleValueAs`Has Little Value As(1)

British India Lineex:british-india-line

`inaugurated`Inaugurated(1)

John Douglasex:john-douglas

`includeEntireService`Include Entire Service(1)

Tendersex:tenders

`isEvaluatedAsQuick`Is Evaluated As Quick(1)

Bargo Shipex:bargo-ship

`necessarilyInvolves`Necessarily Involves(1)

Ausn Contractex:ausn-contract

`opposedTo`Opposed to(1)

Mr W K Higsonex:mr-w-k-higson

`presupposesExistenceOf`Presupposes Existence of(1)

Articleex:article

`presupposesPriorSubsidy`Presupposes Prior Subsidy(1)

Subsidy Withholdingex:subsidy-withholding

`promisedToInquireInto`Promised to Inquire Into(1)

Mr Wiltonex:mr-wilton

`promisedToPutRight`Promised to Put Right(1)

Mr Wiltonex:mr-wilton

`reliesOnPrivateCompanyFor`Relies on Private Company for(1)

Government of Queenslandex:government-of-queensland

`tookOver`Took Over(1)

New Mail Companyex:new-mail-company

`triedToTraduce`Tried to Traduce(1)

Mr Blackex:mr-black

`type`Type(1)

Royal Mail Serviceex:royal-mail-service

`valuesEconomyOverFrequency`Values Economy Over Frequency(1)

Queensland Legislative Assemblyex:queensland-legislative-assembly

`willBeCompelledToGrant`Will Be Compelled to Grant(1)

Government Queenslandex:government-queensland

`workedIn`Worked in(1)

Thompson Creek Menex:thompson-creek-men

Other facts (59)

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59 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Calling at	Flat Top Island	[3]
Calling at	Bowen	[3]
Calling at	Cairns	[3]
Calling at	Keppel Bay	[3]
Calling at	Port Douglas	[3]
Calling at	Townsville	[3]
Established Between	Hodgkinson and Cooktown	[15]
Established Between	Thornborough and Cooktown	[16]
Established Between	Thornborough	[20]
Established Between	here and Cooktown	[26]
Confers Benefits on	North Queensland	[1]
Confers Benefits on	Queensland	[1]
Confers Benefits on	Whole Colony	[1]
To Be Improved	null	[17]
To Be Improved	Herberton	[19]
To Be Improved	null	[27]
Teleological Purpose	Benefit Colony	[1]
Teleological Purpose	connect regions	[9]
Alleged Unsatisfactory Since	New Mail Company	[5]
Alleged Unsatisfactory Since	New Mail Company Took Over	[12]
Teleologically Benefits Colony	Queensland	[1]
Benefits Whole Colony	Queensland	[1]
Benefits North	North Queensland	[1]
Likely to Confer Benefits	true	[1]
Has Deontic Value	beneficial	[1]
Causes Benefits	North Queensland	[1]
Teleological Benefit	Northern Queensland	[1]
Iniquitous According to	Mr Griffith	[2]
Connects With	Branch Steamer	[3]
Conveyance of	Coast Mails	[3]
Frequency	once a week	[3]
Route Between	Brisbane	[3]
Route to	Cooktown	[3]
Connects	Brisbane to Cooktown via ports	[2]
Insufficient for	Rapidly Growing Requirements	[4]
Is Success	null	[3]
Unreliable	Normanton	[2]
Condition	£1 per week	[6]
Essential for Business	great inconvenience	[4]
Likely Favourable in July	{}	[7]
Running Regularly	null	[8]
Greatest Benefit Since Foundation	null	[7]
Is Valuable in Many Respects	true	[10]
Is Ridiculous As Mail Service	true	[10]
Deontic Obligation	regular schedule	[11]
Essential to	Torres Straits Route	[11]
Supposed Closes at	1 o'clock on Friday	[12]
Often Not Received Until	Friday morning	[12]
Still Closes at	4 o'clock that afternoon	[12]
Supposed Delivered at	4 or 6 o'clock Thursday evening	[12]
Necessary for	Global Communication	[13]
Essential for	Communication East	[14]
Established	regular October 1878 Port Douglas	[18]
By Boat Once a Week	null	[21]
Changed to Straight Through	in goods train reaching Maryborough at daybreak, delivered 9 a.m.	[22]
Succeeds Settler Activities	null	[23]
Marks Development Milestone	null	[23]
Weekly Brisbane Cooktown	true	[24]
Extended to	Bloomfield River Falls Mission	[25]

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59 undated

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teleologicallyBenefitsColonytrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:queensland

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benefitsWholeColonytrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:queensland

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benefitsNorthtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:north-queensland

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teleologicalPurposetrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:benefit-colony

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likelyToConferBenefitstrove-cooktown/john-davis

true

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confersBenefitsOntrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:north-queensland

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confersBenefitsOntrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:queensland

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hasDeonticValuetrove-cooktown/john-davis

beneficial

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confersBenefitsOntrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:whole-colony

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causesBenefitstrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:north-queensland

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teleologicalBenefittrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:northern-queensland

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iniquitousAccordingTotrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:mr-griffith

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