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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1942
Page
1
A wartime call to curb curiosity about soldiers movements. It warns that asking servicemen where they come from or where they are going tempts disobedience, harms morale, and weakens the army. Citizens are urged to stay discreet to preserve courage and national security.
Rumors of a Japanese spy in Cloncurry provoked alarm but authorities identified an old Chinese cook as a friendly informant under the Allen Act. In the same period, three residents were arrested for public urination, with bail set at £2 each, prompting calls for publishing names in future cases.
A casualty list lists Private J. Walduck of Cloncurry as missing while serving in Malaya. Corrie Walduck, owner of Walduck's Cafe and a dance musician, enlisted and is believed captured by Japanese forces.
Mr L J Harley representing A P Greenfield (Northern) Ltd Optometrists and Spectacle Makers will professionally visit Cloncurry and may be consulted at His Majesty's Hotel from 9 pm Thursday August 20 and 6 30 pm Friday August 21.
The Rankine River meeting on Saturday August 1 raised about £200 for Patriotic Fund and War Purposes. Twenty seven horses ran, bringing £90 10s in purses. auctions added notable sums including a cake £25 and a lady's bag £10 10s. Jockey Mrs Crouch secured three wins, with many dignitaries from nearby studs in attendance.
Racing entries list AIRTEX AIRTEX 1 LE terege 2 Idle 3 plus two others in The ABC, The Creswell Stakes, and Avon Consolation with six furlongs events. A correspondent reports a wartime skin cure from bombing near a patient with psoriasis who improved within days. Allan Henry Finn convicted for stealing petrol, fined £5 or one month gaol, with judge warning against future fines in similar cases.
In Boulia on Monday a case of tomatoes was received from Mr Croft Falconer’s Riverview Garden Boulls. The high grade tomatoes were tasty and healthy and priced reasonably with about 80 lb in the case. Reports say Mr Falconer has made the desert bloom with various vegetables and invites requests for other vegetables.
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