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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1944
Page
1
A coastal town tale recalls a wary diner who spots a worm in curry and questions a busy proprietor. Warrant Officer and gun sight explanation follow with a soldier named Paddy Lee famed for exemptions and lax church parade discipline.
A compilation of notes mentioning Liberia rubber plantations and Goodyear, Ford and Cunard names, Magnetic Island, Halifax disaster misstatements, the Mary Celeste mystery, and caste dynamics in India. The passage weaves historical anecdotes, maritime lore, and colonial-era figures with scattered factual points and dates.
An Army Captain uses a ship in distress metaphor to warn a sinner as a half-drunk sailor nearby reacts with growing intensity. The ship drifts toward rocks with yards and masts failing while onlookers beg for rescue.
Advertises fruit for sale with prices per bushel including apples bananas pineapples and mixed fruits. Lists apples 15 shillings 6 pence and 14 shillings 6 pence per bushel bananas 25 shillings per bushel and mixed fruits 16 shillings 6 pence per bushel.
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