Steel Rails Contract

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Described As	Political Questions of the Day^[3]
Described As	topics of party warfare^[3]
Caused Excitement	In This Colony^[1]
Involved Payment of	50000^[6]
Involved Two Business Firms	null^[6]
Caused Much Excitement in	Queensland^[2]
Example of Government Misconduct	true^[4]
Causes Opposition Stance	Opposition Party Position^[4]
Remitted to	Select Committee Steel Rails^[4]

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Steel Rails Contract has 28 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 6 references, with 1 live disagreement.

28 facts·22 predicates·6 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:described as(6), rdf:type(2), caused excitement(1)

Described Asin dispute`describedAs`

Political Questions of the Day^[3]sourceall time · 0127a9be F1e2 4f33 A444 730286f8692b
topics of party warfare^[3]sourceall time · 0127a9be F1e2 4f33 A444 730286f8692b
plundering^[3]sourceall time · 0127a9be F1e2 4f33 A444 730286f8692b
left to rest in the obscurity of the past^[3]sourceall time · 0127a9be F1e2 4f33 A444 730286f8692b
matters which have been discussed and disposed of^[3]sourceall time · 0127a9be F1e2 4f33 A444 730286f8692b
blundering^[3]sourceall time · 0127a9be F1e2 4f33 A444 730286f8692b

Caused Excitement`causedExcitement`

In This Colony^[1]all time · 52021475 Thursday 9 September 1880

Involved Payment of`involvedPaymentOf`

50000^[6]all time · Mauritius Queensland

Involved Two Business Firms`involvedTwoBusinessFirms`

null^[6]all time · Mauritius Queensland

Caused Much Excitement in`causedMuchExcitementIn`

Queensland^[2]all time · Reynolds

Example of Government Misconduct`exampleOfGovernmentMisconduct`

true^[4]all time · Prostitution

Causes Opposition Stance`causesOppositionStance`

Opposition Party Position^[4]all time · Prostitution

Remitted to`remittedTo`

Select Committee Steel Rails^[4]all time · Prostitution

Involved Large Quantity of`involvedLargeQuantityOf`

Steel Rails^[6]all time · Mauritius Queensland

Required Early in`requiredEarlyIn`

Present Government History^[6]all time · Mauritius Queensland

Implies Corruption`impliesCorruption`

null^[6]all time · Mauritius Queensland

Occurred Early in Government History`occurredEarlyInGovernmentHistory`

null^[6]all time · Mauritius Queensland

Inbound mentions (10)

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`discussed`Discussed(2)

Cooktown Speechex:cooktown-speech
Thomas Rutledgeex:thomas-rutledge

`abstainedFromCommentingOn`Abstained From Commenting on(1)

Morning Bulletin Editorialex:morning-bulletin-editorial

`criesOfSettled`Cries of Settled(1)

Audienceex:audience

`criticizedForMisconduct`Criticized for Misconduct(1)

Sir Thomas Mcilwraith Governmentex:sir-thomas-mcilwraith-government

`denounces`Denounces(1)

Mr Rutledgeex:mr-rutledge

`describedAs`Described As(1)

Article Authorex:article-author

`expressedGroans`Expressed Groans(1)

Audienceex:audience

`hasEffect`Has Effect(1)

Article Authorex:article-author

`linkedTo`Linked to(1)

Freight Contractsex:freight-contracts

Other facts (11)

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11 facts

Predicate	Value	Ref
Led to	Inquiry With Premier Journeys	[6]
Reason	ironmasters being afraid of labour troubles in the colony	[5]
Tender Status	no tender received	[5]
Material	steel rails	[5]
Quantity	175000	[5]
Description	manufacture in New South Wales of 175,000 tons of steel rails	[5]
Causes Continuation of	Bitter Feelings	[3]
Has Status	Discussed and Disposed of	[3]
Rdfs:label	steel rails contract	[3]
Rdf:type	Contract	[3]
Rdf:type	Contract	[5]

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28 undated

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causedExcitementbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/north-shore-reynolds/52021475_Thursday-9-September-1880

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causedMuchExcitementIntrove-cooktown/reynolds

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causesContinuationOfdocument/0127a9be-f1e2-4f33-a444-730286f8692b

ex:bitter-feelings

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causesOppositionStancetrove-cooktown/prostitution

ex:opposition-party-position

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