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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1933
Page
2
Drovers entering Eddington Holding with stock must give notice and state location. Trespassing fishing or shooting on Lake Nath rug ill be prosecuted. Manager Lake Nash Station warns drovers to inform before entry and to comply with all contracts and ceasing of carting.
Notice warns that any person found trespassing in Fort Constantine Padlocks will be prosecuted without regard to persons old blocks straying therein will be impounded.
Religious services schedule includes Sunday Divine Service at 7 pm with Rev G Whitney and ministerial notices for Rev W J Hogbin. Also lists Sunday school times at Bungay School and Mount Isa, with evening worship services at 7 30 pm and 7 pm respectively under Federal Methodist and Australian Inland missions.
A quotation appears in The Advocate dated Saturday August 12 with a call to justice and courage reflected in its editorial tone. The note signals a civic or moral stance typical of the period.
An item mentions the Diggers reunion in the Cloncurry district to be held on Armistice Day November 11. The snippet also includes garbled verse and references to local traders and a supply house in the North West, reflecting a colonial era newspaper fragment.
The July 1903 Sydney Bulletin notes Victorian state bylheties for the year ended June reporting 5 807 ounces from Bendigo 575 from Ballarat 268 from Maryborough and Maldon totals and 23 state batteries in full operation with fees paid £2922 3/4 a ton averaged 7 dwts.
Revenue and freight data from the railway show July totals for receipts and tonnage in shed and forwarded. Passenger tickets issued reached 420 in July 1998 and 396 in July 1993, with cattle and sheep forwarded numbers noted for those periods.
An advertisement extols Kruschen Salts for neuritis and rheumatic pains claiming the remedy dissolves needle-pointed uric acid crystals in nerves and keeps the body free of fermenting waste. It quotes a user who reports dramatic knee relief and full housework capability.
The Auxiliary Corps held a fundraiser at the mall with ticket sales and a supper. Prizes went to Miss Conte Pether and Master Ron Abedon, and a chocolate Waltz was won by Mika Evelyn Hawkinson and Mr Stevie. Donations supported Maw Goneurry District Hospital.
The Mt Iba excursion includes a Cloncurry District A team with captain D Gordon and players Delaney Keating and Ben nett among forwards and backs. The event showcases the mining town hospitality and opportunities for visitors to view the large plant.
Wise readers save money by making a family cough and influenza remedy with HEENZO. A bottle costs two shillings and when added to sweetened water yields a superior mix compared to eight bottles of ready made remedies. Order from your chemist or store.
The Cloncurry Shire Council held a weekly meeting in the Shire Hall with several members present. Discussions covered a main road from Leichhardt River bridge, hospital districting for Mt Isa, relief work plans, and requests to expedite culvert and road plans with Main Roads.
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