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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1934
Page
1
Cloncurry records show forwarding, credit, and donation items including Kellock's forwarding agency receipts, Elphinstones Ltd credit notes, and Taylora Eliott Ltd donation potential. Entries mention Surgical Ltd orders, hospital registration, deductions, and charity offers. notes reference McWhirters sewing machine, Aboriginal protector payments, and Lutobie Station donation of £174.
The district hospital board reviews the last meeting minutes noting inward correspondence audits and pensions claims. It reports patient numbers, bed allocations, and monthly accounts totaling £425 14s 8d with a projected year-end credit near £44, and urges new committee fundraising and staff comfort improvements.
A lengthy racing schedule lists races across two days starting at 2 p.m. including Hack Trials, Ladies Bracelet, Boomarra Handicap, Hack Handicap, and All Comers Handicap. Stakes range from small entry sums to several pounds with nominations and acceptance fees, furlong distances vary from 4 to 7, and conditions restrict horses by prior race winnings. Notable events include the D. S. MacGillivray Memorial Stakes and Second Mack Trial with specific purse and entry requirements.
The document outlines age by law exceptions for trials, a two shillings sixpence per horse permit fee with nominations, penalties per win, and lists clubs from Townsville to Cloncurry. It fixes deadlines in August for nominations and acceptances, mentions handicaps, and notes that ladies bracelets are to be won.
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