Mr H M Chester

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Mr H M Chester

Assumed Duties As	Cooktown Police Magistrate^[4]
Assumed Duties As	Police Magistrate Cooktown^[5]
Appointed Police Magistrate Cooktown	true^[1]
Historical Career Path	1866-1890 various postings^[1]
Joined Service As	police-magistrate Charleville 1866^[1]
Reentered Service1875	true^[1]
Appointed to	succeed Mr. Milman at Cooktown^[2]
Joined Government Service As	police-magistrate and commissioner of Crown lands at Charleville January 1866^[2]
Title Mr	true^[3]

ex:mr-h-m-chester

Mr H M Chester has 31 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 10 references, with 1 live disagreement.

31 facts·28 predicates·10 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:assumed duties as(4), appointed police magistrate cooktown(1), historical career path(1)

Assumed Duties Asin dispute`assumedDutiesAs`

Cooktown Police Magistrate^[4]all time · 3521361 Tuesday 20 January 1891 Queensland From Our Own Correspondents Toowoomba January 19
Police Magistrate Cooktown^[5]all time · 123048920 Tuesday 20 January 1891 Cooktown Monday January 19
Police Magistrate Cooktown^[6]all time · North Shore Full
Police Magistrate^[6]all time · North Shore Full

Appointed Police Magistrate Cooktown`appointedPoliceMagistrateCooktown`

true^[1]all time · 010 Nla Gov Au Nla News Article20289291 Html Extracted 3e0ecdee8414

Historical Career Path`historicalCareerPath`

1866-1890 various postings^[1]all time · 010 Nla Gov Au Nla News Article20289291 Html Extracted 3e0ecdee8414

Joined Service As`joinedServiceAs`

police-magistrate Charleville 1866^[1]all time · 010 Nla Gov Au Nla News Article20289291 Html Extracted 3e0ecdee8414

Reentered Service1875`reenteredService1875`

true^[1]all time · 010 Nla Gov Au Nla News Article20289291 Html Extracted 3e0ecdee8414

Appointed to`appointedTo`

succeed Mr. Milman at Cooktown^[2]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 034

Joined Government Service As`joinedGovernmentServiceAs`

police-magistrate and commissioner of Crown lands at Charleville January 1866^[2]all time · Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 034

Title Mr`titleMr`

true^[3]all time · 5962660 Monday 10 November 1879 Beche De Mer Outrage

Holds Title Governor`holdsTitleGovernor`

Governor^[3]all time · 5962660 Monday 10 November 1879 Beche De Mer Outrage

Provides Explanation`providesExplanation`

null^[6]all time · North Shore Full

Stationed at`stationedAt`

Cooktown^[6]all time · North Shore Full

Departing From`departingFrom`

Croydon^[7]all time · John Davis

Inbound mentions (9)

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`associatedWith`Associated With(1)

W Johnsonex:w-johnson

`attendedBy`Attended by(1)

Commodore Erskineex:commodore-erskine

`carriedPassenger`Carried Passenger(1)

Duke of Argyllex:duke-of-argyll

`conductedBy`Conducted by(1)

Inquiry Secondex:inquiry-second

`honorsDepartureOf`Honors Departure of(1)

Croydon Testimonialex:croydon-testimonial

`newlyAssumedBy`Newly Assumed by(1)

Cooktown Police Magistrateex:cooktown-police-magistrate

`receivedHatFrom`Received Hat From(1)

Boe Vagiex:boe-vagi

`referencesPerson`References Person(1)

Trove Article 5962660ex:trove-article-5962660

`reportsAppointment`Reports Appointment(1)

Article Trove 123048920ex:article-trove-123048920

Other facts (16)

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16 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Tendered Handsome Testimonial	Croydon Departure	[8]
Former Role	police-magistrate	[8]
Performed Duties	able manner	[8]
Received Compliments	highly complimented	[8]
Received Testimonial	handsome	[8]
On Board	Hms Espiegle	[9]
Police Magistrate at	Thursday Island	[7]
Telegraphed to	Colonial Secretary Cooktown	[7]
Passenger for	Brisbane	[7]
Is Passenger for	Brisbane	[7]
Has Assumed Role Recently	Police Magistrate Cooktown	[5]
Has Title Governor	Governor	[3]
Role	Police Magistrate	[10]
Rdf:type	Person	[10]
Associated With Governor	Governor	[3]
Historical Role	Cooktown official 1879	[3]

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

31 undated

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appointedPoliceMagistrateCooktownrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-nla-gov-au-nla-news-article20289291-html-extracted-3e0ecdee8414

true

—

appointedTorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-034

succeed Mr. Milman at Cooktown

—

associatedWithGovernorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/5962660_Monday-10-November-1879-beche-de-mer-outrage

ex:governor

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assumedDutiesAsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3521361_Tuesday-20-January-1891-queensland-from-our-own-correspondents-toowoomba-january-19

ex:cooktown-police-magistrate

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assumedDutiesAsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123048920_Tuesday-20-January-1891-cooktown-monday-january-19

ex:police-magistrate-cooktown

—

assumedDutiesAstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:police-magistrate-cooktown

—

assumedDutiesAstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

Police Magistrate

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departingFromtrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:croydon

—

formerRoletrove-cooktown/cingalese

police-magistrate

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hasAssumedRoleRecentlybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123048920_Tuesday-20-January-1891-cooktown-monday-january-19

ex:police-magistrate-cooktown

—

hasTitleGovernorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/5962660_Monday-10-November-1879-beche-de-mer-outrage

ex:governor

—

historicalCareerPathrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-nla-gov-au-nla-news-article20289291-html-extracted-3e0ecdee8414

1866-1890 various postings

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historicalRolebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/5962660_Monday-10-November-1879-beche-de-mer-outrage

Cooktown official 1879

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holdsTitleGovernorbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/5962660_Monday-10-November-1879-beche-de-mer-outrage

ex:governor

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isPassengerFortrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:brisbane

—

joinedGovernmentServiceAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-034

police-magistrate and commissioner of Crown lands at Charleville January 1866

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joinedServiceAsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-nla-gov-au-nla-news-article20289291-html-extracted-3e0ecdee8414

police-magistrate Charleville 1866

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onBoardtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer

ex:hms-espiegle

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passengerFortrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:brisbane

—

performedDutiestrove-cooktown/cingalese

able manner

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policeMagistrateAttrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:thursday-island

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providesExplanationtrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

null

—

typedocument/037009a0-e818-4518-bf41-29bb17a14413

ex:Person

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receivedComplimentstrove-cooktown/cingalese

highly complimented

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receivedTestimonialtrove-cooktown/cingalese

handsome

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reenteredService1875rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-nla-gov-au-nla-news-article20289291-html-extracted-3e0ecdee8414

true

—

roledocument/037009a0-e818-4518-bf41-29bb17a14413

Police Magistrate

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stationedAttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full

ex:cooktown

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telegraphedTotrove-cooktown/john-davis

ex:colonial-secretary-cooktown

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tenderedHandsomeTestimonialtrove-cooktown/cingalese

ex:croydon-departure

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titleMrbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/5962660_Monday-10-November-1879-beche-de-mer-outrage

true

References (10)

10 references

[1]010 Nla Gov Au Nla News Article20289291 Html Extracted 3e0ecdee84144 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/010-nla-gov-au-nla-news-article20289291-html-extracted-3e0ecdee8414
[2]Catchup Archive Downloads Batch 0342 facts
customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-034
[3]5962660 Monday 10 November 1879 Beche De Mer Outrage5 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/5962660_Monday-10-November-1879-beche-de-mer-outrage
[4]3521361 Tuesday 20 January 1891 Queensland From Our Own Correspondents Toowoomba January 191 fact
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3521361_Tuesday-20-January-1891-queensland-from-our-own-correspondents-toowoomba-january-19
[5]123048920 Tuesday 20 January 1891 Cooktown Monday January 192 facts
customctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/123048920_Tuesday-20-January-1891-cooktown-monday-january-19
[6]North Shore Full4 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
[7]John Davis5 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
[8]Cingalese5 facts
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
[9]Beche De Mer1 fact
customctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
[10]The Brisbane Courier. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1886.2 facts
trove.nla.gov.aucustomctx:claims/document/037009a0-e818-4518-bf41-29bb17a14413
- full textThe Brisbane Courier. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1886.
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  14 Apr 1886 - The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wednesday 14 April 1886, page 4 ®hc fgvijstyftttt ëmmx. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14,18S6. "Wl publish tins morning tho report in xv Inch the Executixe Commissioners foi the …

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Mr H M Chester

Assumed Duties Asin disputeassumedDutiesAs

Appointed Police Magistrate CooktownappointedPoliceMagistrateCooktown

Historical Career PathhistoricalCareerPath

Joined Service AsjoinedServiceAs

Reentered Service1875reenteredService1875

Appointed toappointedTo

Joined Government Service AsjoinedGovernmentServiceAs

Title MrtitleMr

Holds Title GovernorholdsTitleGovernor

Provides ExplanationprovidesExplanation

Stationed atstationedAt

Departing FromdepartingFrom

Inbound mentions (9)

associatedWithAssociated With(1)

attendedByAttended by(1)

carriedPassengerCarried Passenger(1)

conductedByConducted by(1)

honorsDepartureOfHonors Departure of(1)

newlyAssumedByNewly Assumed by(1)

receivedHatFromReceived Hat From(1)

referencesPersonReferences Person(1)

reportsAppointmentReports Appointment(1)

Other facts (16)

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References (10)

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Assumed Duties Asin dispute`assumedDutiesAs`

Appointed Police Magistrate Cooktown`appointedPoliceMagistrateCooktown`

Historical Career Path`historicalCareerPath`

Joined Service As`joinedServiceAs`

Reentered Service1875`reenteredService1875`

Appointed to`appointedTo`

Joined Government Service As`joinedGovernmentServiceAs`

Title Mr`titleMr`

Holds Title Governor`holdsTitleGovernor`

Provides Explanation`providesExplanation`

Stationed at`stationedAt`

Departing From`departingFrom`

`associatedWith`Associated With(1)

`attendedBy`Attended by(1)

`carriedPassenger`Carried Passenger(1)

`conductedBy`Conducted by(1)

`honorsDepartureOf`Honors Departure of(1)

`newlyAssumedBy`Newly Assumed by(1)

`receivedHatFrom`Received Hat From(1)

`referencesPerson`References Person(1)

`reportsAppointment`Reports Appointment(1)