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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 01, 1947
Page
1
A garbled inventory shows items like shaving soap in 6 oz bottles, hair dressing in 6 oz or menthes cologre 6 count bottles, boxes of 4, shaving bowl 6 oz, and talcum powder 6 oz. No clear quantities or brands due to OCR errors.
A fragmented notice lists venue names and dates for eyesight savings campaigns. It mentions Mines Club at 164 Flinders Street Towneville with sessions on September 15 and 16, plus SMITH'S HOTEL on September 17 and 18, CLONCURRY Post Offices Hotel on September 19 to 21, JULIA GREEK Cummins Hotel on September 28 and 23, RICHMOND Royal Hotel on September 24, and HUGHENDEN Central Hotel on September 25 and 26.
The notice lists multiple holdings including Roxmere Clonach Gipsy Plains Jersey Plains Mindie Mapperly and Belection Tommy's Creek. It warns trespassers shooters or anyone interfering with stock will be prosecuted and roads and gates are protected with notices to give adequate warnings and permission. Includes reflections on Leichhardt area and cattle industry.
Public recruitment listing seeks writers clerks and assorted roles with experience and age requirements. Applicants must submit forms with parent/guardian consent and provide a statement of eligibility. positions include varied duties and training over a stated period.
Statutory notice requiring all creditors and others with claims against the estates of George Alexander Scott and Walker Oswald Marcombe to send claims to the Local Deputy Public Curator Townsville by September 19. After that date the curator will distribute assets according to notified claims, with deaths listed in Mount Isa in 1947. Dated July 21, Townsville. The ad ends with an unrelated Woods advertising copy.
The Shire of Burke invites tenders under The Main Roads Acts for clearing and rubbing along both sides of the C L on the Hurketown Quamby Road between W and 130. Specifications from the Main Roads Commission Office or the undersigned at £4 4s per set. Envelopes marked Tender for Job No 23/5/5 to be sent to the Chairman Burke Shire Council Burke Town with a cash deposit of 7 percent. Lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Closing date 26 August 1947 at 5 p.m. T A Walle Shire Clerk.
Queensland based leading pastoral company seeks a Stock Manager in Brisbane Stock department requires general administration experience and solid knowledge of all stock classes good prospects apply by letter with writing sample age salary details and references enclosed to Stock Manager GPO Box M D Brisbane confidentially handled
Burke Shire Council invites applications for a valuer to perform a fresh valuation of the Shire of Burke. Applicants must indicate available times to complete the valuation and be prepared to defend appeals. Applications due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday 20 August at Burketown Queensland. Shire Clerk T. A. Wolfe.
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