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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1946
Page
2
Race meeting held at Cloncurry Racecourse featuring several handicaps. Details list prize allocations and entry rules for Maiden and non winning horses, with multiple handicap events and nomination and acceptance fees.
Tenders are invited for the installation of a new electrical switchboard at Cloncurry Hospital. The unit must be fireproof and comply with Fire Underwriter standards. Tenders close at 12 noon Friday 26 April 1946. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. R. Roan, Secretary, Box 6, P.O. Cloncurry.
Just arrived limited Swiss made wristlet watches for ladies and gents. Guarantees with warranty and full particulars available at Rose Brothers in Old Town Hall Arcade Street.
Employment notice seeks a gardener and a cowboy butcher with wages at £4. Applicants should apply by wire to The Mauger at Brunette Powers Station.
A terse local item reports a dispute over improper influence labeled as a horse shill issue involving community figures. Authorities urged transparency while residents debated the meaning and impact of the claim.
Voters in Cloncurry face a council election with candidates including Mr Retepayer and Mr G H Robertson. The piece notes attendance, local ties, and service history while urging honest consideration before Polling Day on Saturday April 6.
A resident writes to the Cloncurry Brire Council urging action over a road section near the Post Office and Holy Church. He cites continuous 24 hour traffic, heavy dust, and speeding endangering schoolchildren near State School and Convent. He requests immediate repairs and better control of heavy vehicles. The letter is signed by 4. F. Lane. The public notice also announces the Cloncurry Golf Club opening season with a cinema advertisement for Gaslight.
A political manifesto outlines aims for improved roads with modern machinery, lower costs, and continued anti dingoes campaigns. It calls for better stock water supplies, sewerage, power, country water reticulation, and public amenities in Cloncurry and surrounding areas.
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