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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1934
Page
2
G H Jenkins of Glencurry announces readiness to perform glass curing and related work including wood wool and furniture shifting. He invites all kinds of contracts and assures service at Ham Street Glonguary.
Public notice from WHI by Prosecuted and BARTON warns against operating without advertising permission. It prohibits cutting fences driving stock or leaving gates open on land at Tommy's Creek Homestead and Lanark Bales. Violations will be prosecuted.
Evening and Sunday services listed at Presbyterian Church and nearby churches. Rev W B Roberts leads Combined Sunday service at 10 38 pm. Other speakers include Rev Hebbs and Miss Mounlea with a 6 pm session. Evening talk titled Be Just and Fear Me.l
A notice warns that any person or persons found trespassing in the Fort Constantine paddocks will be prosecuted without regard to persons, and any stock walking therein will be impounded.
Calzion and others found trespassing near Black on Rocklands. Local officials warn interference will be prosecuted and mandate legal action. Authorities identified Manadors in the incident and will pursue charges.
A formal order targets any person or persons threatening Ceasey Plains, formerly Ginburra, with prosecution. All blocks found on any part of the property will be impounded by order.
A. L. P. delegates met in Cloncurry to decide the future of the Flinders seat with Mr Iva Cranches of Wie Acts P. Met. The meeting discussed nominating a candidate to oppose sitting member Hon. John Mullan ahead of next year's elections. Cloncurry reps on the party executive are strong for Mullan, while others seek to oust him. Village water costs and mine closures loom as issues affecting the district, with public funds questioned by locals.
The text argues for a central treatment plant and critiqued local leadership. It mentions Hon. John’s stance, a Gilded Rose battery, and opposition claims. It hints at an Independent Labor candidate with district loyalties and Communist pressure in the local election context. The piece notes voter power and calls for a genuine labor figure to improve the district.
A party of three from Sydney led by Mr H Wavanagh of the King River Gold Prospecting Company traveled through Cloncurry on Wednesday afternoon en route back to Sydney after eight weeks prospecting near King River in the Northern Territory. Their hurry to reach Sydney suggests success, and they carried buffalo horns and a collection of alligator skins as trophies from their chase.
Postmaster Harewell advises Cloncurry and district that the first overseas air mail will close in Cloncurry at 8 pm on Monday December 20. Mail departs for Campoweal and Darwin early Tuesday morning and weekly closures follow each Wednesday. The overseas inward mail departs Singapore on Monday December 17 and arrives in Brisbane Thursday December 20, with Glenourney expected December 18.
On Sunday at the Polloe Waterhole along the Corella River a young man named Loftus Thomas, part of a fishing party, slipped entering shallow water. He was hospitalized with a probable neck injury but is progressing. another incident nearby reports a motor lorry crash with a back injury.
A sudden death occurred Monday at Canoble Station. Hughie Gaden aged 67 single, worked at Iffley Station and injured himself at work. He hoped to call ambulances to Cloncurry Hospital but died before help arrived. The Masoalo funeral was held in Glencurry. The Gayden family were once known around Kynuna and Mackinley districts.
Stock movements list multiple consignments with owners and destinations across Malakoff Hoomarra Gloncurry Cloncurry and nearby stations. Entries include 7,000 weiners 10 plant horses 4 horses 2 horses 30 rams and 40 head of cattle with owners such as Choplaig Bros Malakoff Gleucurry de Lidsier and Geo Keyos in charge.
The Federal Government has secured a trade deal with Sal Sum to guarantee over half a million pounds of Australian primary products including Harley Maat and Wheat. The bulletin from the Australian Country Party hails the move as a policy success to improve international trade, secure export outlets, and reopen markets for Australian exports.
The article notes Belgium's 1839 embargo on frozen meat and proposed limits on wheat barley and fruit. It discusses Australia's dependence on Belgian imports, the potential losses if embargoes continued, and the negotiated agreement to lift the glass embargo and revive Australian exporting industries. It also outlines trade terms affecting Belgium glass imports and British supply options.
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