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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1947
Page
3
A dense entry lists horses and participants with times, distances, and odds across multiple races. It includes names like Drecian Fort Indaras, Amayes Miterlaine, Pendulum Bombadier Rey, Grey Handicap, and King Kur, with race times ranging from 1 to 4 p.m. and mile distances noted.
Fragmented OCR list mentions numerous names, places, and items across a chaotic catalog. Reads like a crowd of figures, venues, pets, and brands with scattered dates and times. No coherent event details emerge from the readable text.
A blast at a northern land facility caused extensive damage and a deadly incident. Officials report nine male casualties and a powerful blast that leveled parts of the building. Standby for further details as national police coordinate the investigation.
A crowded entry list for the Pringham and Tosernéve handcaps shows numerous horses and riders with odds and classifications. The page records detailed names including Armentieras, Nilam, Thumpe, Messengers and many others alongside locations, timings and track notes, reflecting a busy racing card.
An engagement is announced for Cre Aly child of Mey and ery, with Jan Rees at Clemenrey Haney Chick. The couple plans a ceremony at Waa of Me and expects the presence of J A Blo of Oeewoedda.
Fragmented note describes marsupial skins selling amid market demand and price guidance. Mentions Fenwick Un and a sales manager, with references to Bris ban report and a general uptick in vendency. Names appear garbled but point to trade activity and value shifts in marsupial skin markets.
Fragmentary OCR lists mixed figures and places with names like Black Rok Woridala and Kur thle along with quantities such as 144 mixed and 120 come cant. Mentions movegreen and Koohoares with early Imnas Kemilaeny Kajahhi coitte from Jaren Pein.
Fragmented 19th century notices listing names William Juke Maltman Alexander Leckie Alfred Frederick Matthew Whitare Wilton Mayberry Robert Vane and others with dates of death between 1944 and 1948, plus public official mentions in Townsville area. Scattered occupation notes appear alongside addresses and dates, reflecting a probate or death register page.
Fragmented text describes harvests of rice in Australia and New South Wales with references to droughts, crops, and wartime food distribution. Mentions Mize Marketing Board announced bumper crop, war relief plans, and collaboration with United Nations agencies. Notes about 17,000 beable ware harvested and economic factors shaping harvest prospects.
The Dajarra Water Authority operation order has been adopted by the Council. A copy of the by- laws will be imposed in the Shire of Cloncurry during October. By Order of the Council.
A fragmented report discusses underground flooding and safety fears in Australian mines, professor-led dust reduction advances, and a 1947 mining clearance at Cloncurry. It links wartime industrial research, Australian government action, and postwar shipping and naval considerations with references to British and Australian mining authorities, and to Texas City inquiries regarding ship safety and fuel handling.
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