The Morning Bulletin, October-November 1905
(Rockhampton, Queensland)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
FROM OUR BACK FILES
The following are extracts from the issues of the "Bulletin," of October 30th to November 4th, 1905:—
The "Mackay Chronicle" of October 26th states:—"We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Henry John Jayne, of Glendaragh, which sad event occurred at the Hospital last Monday. He would have been seventy-six years of age next April. He came to Mackay thirty-five years ago, being one of a number of squatters who came here about the same time. He was born, we understand, at St. Anstell, Cornwall. His father served under Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, and he himself went to sea at an early age, entering the mercantile marine. He first came to Queensland on a visit, at the time being in the employ of the East India maritime company. He was persuaded to go to New Zealand and remained there for some time. Returning to Queensland, he went to the Diamantina and Thompson River country with Messrs. Landsborough, Rule, Lacey, and others. He was later interested in the pastoral industry. He returned to England and married and came back to Queensland with his wife. On his return he managed several stations, the last one being Langton Downs. He then came to Mackay. He interested himself in local government affairs, at one time being a member of the Pioneer Divisional Board, now the Shire Council. At the time of his death he was a member of the Mackay Hospital Committee, occupying the position of vice-president. He was a man of unassuming manners and to know him was to respect him. He left three sons."

Contributed by Bob Bolitho