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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 11, 1931
Page
2
Communications addressed to 8 P SRUCHE and Mackinlay will be absend ed to promptly. The text appears altered and may reflect a forwarding or address notice.
The Obors Motel in Townsville is now managed by CHAS BURROWS of the Paragon Hotel. The property has been renovated and offers a lounge with a wide range of drinks and spirits. Guests are encouraged to call for service.
Notice warns all entering Lanirk region to surrender bottles at the Homestead and to avoid evading fences driving stock or leaving gates open on holding. Offenders face seizure and lack of respect to persons.
Notice warns that any person found trespassing at Fort Constantine paddocks will be prosecuted and livestock found there will be impounded.
Listings show multiple churches with service times and leaders. Holy Communion and sung services appear at various hours. Sunday School sessions are scheduled. ministers include Rev Booth, Rev Whitesy, Rev Mahoney, and Rev Hayro across Mt Isa and inland missions.
The Divorese screens at Owling’s Talkies with Norma Shearer and Chester Morris. In Mt Isa, the Shire Council case against about 20 defaulting ratepayers, led by Councillor Staning Wilson, concluded with verdicts in favor of the council and costs awarded.
At the Licensing Court presided by Licensing Magistrate Stanley Wilson several license renewals were heard with some adjourned for one month. Senior Sergeant Ingram objected to four renewals three of them temporary licenses. A Townsville report notes progress on Isa and Cluncurry ore treatment with plans to begin May 16 and scale to 10 500 tons weekly in six weeks.
The London Directory lists manufacturers and dealers in London and provincial towns with over 2000 trade headings. It includes export menus, steamship lines, and agency ads. One inch business cards cost £1 10s per trade heading. Directory published annually by TelomyA Directory Co. Ltd. Established 1815 in England.
The Losal and General News notes that the Cloncurry Advocate receives telegrams daily. Subscribers and advertisers may view them in the publishing room after arrival in Cloncurry.
The striking appeal posters are issued again this year and a supply is sent to the War Shire Clerk in every municipality along with Returned Sailors and Soldiers of the Temporary League. Honorary Secretaries will forward copies on request at Box 165 O.P.O. Brisbane.
The local basketball association leader is urged to mobilize members of the former teams who await orders to resume play. Report notes the ground is in fair condition requiring only minor up dressing before spring play begins.
Local notes announce the Annual General Meeting of the Cloncurry Rugby League at the Central Hotel on Tuesday next April 4. Attendees will hear the past year’s accounts and elect officers for the coming year. Also reported are quiet Wealer holidays, Easter film showings, and Boy Scouts river camp along the Cloncurry River with leaders Bert Burrows and Alf Howorth.
A splendid programme at Blue features Warny Dros outstanding attraction Disraeli and The Sheet of Chance with Powell Arthur Kay and Arliss. Fox Movietone brings Bo this is London with Rogers and Irene Rich. First National presents The Foreman Party with Fairbanks Jr and Loretta Young. Musical John MacCormack performs Song Of My Heart.
An ad describing Bisurated Magnesia as fast relief for indigestion. It claims relief by neutralising excess acid and soothing inflamed stomach lining, with a water-dissolved dose after meals and availability at chemists. The copy emphasizes instant relief and long term stomach health.
Patrons are urged to attend the Aus Rio Theatre on Saturday night for the world’s greatest tenor in Song O My Heart. The musical treat promises a memorable performance with enthusiastic audience anticipation.
A mixed cinema page notes Hell's Herons, The Three Godfathers theme, and The Racketeer with Robert Armstrong and Carol Lombard. It details cast, plot hints, and the showings, plus a separate note on the Olongurry Shire Council monthly meeting and quorum concerns.
A defendant company faced a claim for 68 11s 4d alleging unpaid corboldgut wages and court costs. The plaintiff described prior roles at Corbould and Kur dale, detailing monthly pay reductions from 29 to 15 pounds and a February 7 dismissal handover. The case includes testimony on employment duties and related expenses.
An advertisement seeks a person familiar with Trepplal and Poleco ng Diteoes. For more details contact O. HIRST, Tee.
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