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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1936
Page
2
Caution notice warns that any person found trespassing culling or opening fences or shooting ducks on Dalgomr ally holding without special permit will be prosecuted. Manager.
A Lake Nash Station manager warns that any trespass or shooting on Lake Nashum will be prosecuted without respect to persons. Deavers must give potios before e tacts, per official notice.
City Chambers Brisbane 230 Edward Streel issues warning to persons found trespassing or interfering with stock at Rogelands Holding. Warning of prosecution. Signed G. B. Jagg Manager.
Memorial notice for Walter Aveyard. Died August 1055. Inserted by his mother and brother, the Manley family. Rest in peace.
SP Andrew’s Church holds Holy Communion and Evening Song at 3 p.m. The Presbyterian Church led by Rev. Thos. A. Hall offers 8 p.m. Church Services and Sunday School. Federal Methodist Mission Cloncurry reports services at 7.30 p.m. U.P. Wilms’ church calendar lists 7.30 p.m. services. All welcome.
Announcement for the Glencurry Geo tre of then Q. A. T. annual meeting to be held Thursday, Aug 8 1930. All jurg invited to attend. The notice has garbled wording but mentions Meo Andual General Meeting and a kingly motif with playful verse about Woods' Great Pepper mint.
The article notes the decision to demolish the old hall and erect a new one at the Shire site. Completion is not expected for at least six months, with a hoped opening next year possibly by Labor Day during a visit by Hon. John Mullan.
Work on the destruction lighting project has progressed with most poles erected and cables connected. Completion is expected in about two months, but the power plant will not be ready until November, delaying the switch on to late November or early December.
The piece notes a glut of vegetables in Glouviery with daily hawkers selling produce from garden to table. A. Morea reports bringing a lorry of vegetables from Kajabbi but cannot dispose of much despite reasonable prices, forcing dumping of cauliflowers and other staples amid abundant market gardens and varied quality.
Community fund appeal lists donors and pledges for a hospital sewing guild effort. August event at Yio Hall and August 24 at Bio Hall promote fairs, dancing, and prize draws to support the Soldiers Monument clock project in the main street.
ALBINO OINGO and Mr George Hirst near Towog report widespread dingo activity with dogs in town and near the hillside. A large white dingo was trapped and killed after a strike on a property, its scalp delivered to the Shire Clerk as proof, authorities note pure white dingoes are rare and feared by bushmen.
Thirty one horses paddocked for the Diggers Races in September near Melbourne. Nomination closes Tuesday with secretary Mrs Bulley of the Prince of Wales Hotel. The Boyd Trophy, a silver plaque valued at £20, on view in Mr N J Powers' window. Prizes include a gold mounted ribbon stone bracelet in a 44 furlong event. Diggers Week draws Aspen country visitors and awaits crowds. Events span Friday and Saturday with dances and a clay pigeon school, plus a cricket match and One Shira Moll show with vocalists. Screenings of pictures nightly complete the program for September 4th and 6th.
Fragmentary notes describe a shootout like event with distances around 600 yards and marks by Staunton and Seymour. scores include Staunton 28 and Seymour 29 while Latheai and others post 32 and 29 on a winding course.
The text references upcoming shooting interest, elementary schools and staff like Walsh and Glery Morit, and a Central Methodist church remedy note. It includes garbled numbers and phrases about coughs and bronchitis suggesting an ad or notice segment with mixed content.
Council notices residents that dogs must be registered by Saturday August next and warns penalties. Special water rates apply if paid by August 34. By‑laws outlined for Cloncurry Electric Line Authority and related authorities.
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