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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 03, 1951
Page
3
Prospective trainees sought by Queensland Railways as Night Officers with promotion prospects to Station Master. Pay during training ranges from £4 6 8d to £5 12 3d weekly with higher rates for older entrants and night shift allowances. Applicants face age limits 17 to 35, medical and educational checks, and must sign a study covenant.
Advertises youth opportunities to join Queensland Railways as Locomotive Cleaners in all divisions. Details age 16.5 to 35, application deadline August 15 1951, wage scales by age, allowances for residing away from home, and potential progression to fireman driver and locomotive inspector. Includes examination and proof of age requirements. J. L. E. Lingard, Secretary.
Queensland Railways offers 16 to 17 year olds a lad porter role across divisions. The selection includes education and medical tests unless exempt by scholarship results. Pay scales range from £3 11d to £5 12d weekly with allowances for away‑from‑home residence. Applicants must apply via General Manager offices or Railways Secretary in Brisbane.
The advertisement from Laundry Mr and Mrs L Gordon at 230 Edward Street Brisbane offers medical goods and home remedies including continental rupture devices and abdominal bells. They promise a price list on request.
Twenty children entered the Jubilee Essay competition Why We Celebrate the Jubilee run by the Cloncurry Jubilee Celebrations Committee. The Cloncurry Returned Soldiers League offered a prize of £5 5s in each division. Judges were Dr. Harvey Sutton and Mr. Frank Evans with chairs Miss Del Lidster and Miss Dorothy Rendall, St Joseph's Convent, Cloncurry.
A sermon-like piece extols Australia’s fifty years as a nation from 1901. It credits Sir Henry Parkes and the federation movement, cites a George Bee[cs] poem urging unity, and urges brave leaders, strong youth, and national resolve under the flag with the motto One for all, ALL for one.
The article reflects on Australia’s jubilee as the nation’s birthday and marks federation as key to progress. It honors Sir Henry Parkes and Sir Samuel Griffith, notes benefits of federation, and urges strong public leaders and unity. The piece ends with a prayer for peace and national solidarity in the Jubilee year.
Tenders are invited by the Department of Works and Housing Brisbane for the erection of a new concrete brick post office and removal of an existing timber framed building at Mount Isa. Plans and tender forms available at the City Office Brisbane or Townsville Divisional Works Officer and Mount Isa Postmaster office.
A list of race events with prize money and distances including Keith Middleton Maiden, Air Force Flying Handicap, Monash Restricted Hack, Diggers Plate, Navy Hack, Blamey Novice Handicap, French Maiden Handicap, Flying Handicap, Vase Restricted Hack, Diggers Memorial Cup, Army Hack Handicap, Milne Bay Novice Handicap among others.
Delegates at the Queensland Local Authorities Association conference urged the Federal Government to boost financial assistance for inland and northern shires. Dr D M Lynch cited 1000 miles of dusty roads on his Brisbane trip and urged better amenities and westward development plans. Dr R C Katter warned locals were kept in the dark on Premiers' conference outcomes.
For sale Austral Gents Free-Wheeler bicycle with Phillips dynamo and light. Good order throughout. Apply to Tom Schwabe Care Advocate Office.
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