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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
4
Doomben Saturday card lists acceptances with barrier positions across divisions for two year olds and older horses. Entries include Better Duke Bramp Simfort Consign Dull Morning Felmoon Pacific Plight Allenid Roadborough Black Cloud True Girl Hesiod Proud Rose Aratula Lady Aqua Silver Box and other contenders with weights and field numbers.
A note of gratitude to Doctor, Matron, and Nursing staff and friends who assisted during the time my daughter Mary was an inmate at Cloncurry Hospital. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. R, 8, Ah Sam.
Racing betting notes list horses and pairs for Brisbane Sydney and Melbourne venues with selections and odds. Entries include Earl Warrah Bedlam Gaylex Junior Marking and many others with numbers and placements noted.
A daughter was born on 9 December at Cloncurry Base Hospital to Mr and Mrs Roger Dent of Maxwelton.
A list of acceptances for Sydney races includes Two Dear Old Fillies at 44 furs with contenders such as Bunshine Express Noble Love Li anda Merry Archer and Golden Chariot among others. The two year old colts and geldings race 4 furs is quoted with weights up to 5 lbs and features Ben Rouge Field Prince Henry the Seventh Tilbridge Colonel Whirl wind Beau Cass Mercury and more.
Notices state trespassers and shooters on CLONAGH GIPSY PLAINS JERSEY PLAINS ROCK LANDS LANARK FORT CONSTANTINE MINDIE ROUND OAK WALTONVALE DEVONCOURT and other properties will be prosecuted. Managers named include Clonagh Fort Constantine Mrs L L Shute J C Robertson P A Rebeluke and R Miller.
A list of acceptances for Melbourne racing at Moonee Valley and surrounding meetings. Names include Tulaking Belle Yorker Bonnie Balloon Culver Quern Domeile Flying Fairy Weldewax Just Jenny Sally Ferris Lady Havers La Novia Panta Sweet Balkan Theka Twilong Vauntful Zecchina Bahadur Blue Begear Burdinel Eager John El Soying Pak Great Lou Guellum Muzeluov Moongulls Moonpat Morsh Riding Queensland Colonel Prince Revelry Rolland Sarak Tulanian Weikin Bun Kadinos Ciaton Sam Russo Coledale Just Jane Rhodes Redbird Bovina Queen Captain Red Hop Scotch West Peak Dashing Beau Prince of Fairies Erriton Colin Henley Plevarius Beau Felt Promise You Mira High Production Amoebn All Hope Clipper El Falcos Vuria on Greek Legend Zanni Prince Noell Balbeck Glen Yarra Tinker Man Wooloowyn Gay Devon Pagan Belle Society Belle Chatspa Dark Marne Baldur Heather Rose Sun Lrolic Speak Liame Solray Not Proven Beau News Bronze God Buturn Weks.
Drovers passing through Monstraven must give notice and obtain permission to take the river shortcut. The short cut is cancelled. drovers must stay on the stock route. Noncompliance will be prosecuted. Parker, Monstraven.
The ad promotes wholesale retail and mail orders for upholstery materials at Franks Leather Stores 98 Broadway Sydney. It lists English Leatherette in shades, English Rubberised Hood Materials in large widths, Pram Linings, Slide Fasteners, and fabrics from featherweights to heavyweights with sample requests.
Fragmentary OCR text lists names and terms such as Ben Crag Gay Donna Land Tax Melorna and various odd phrases. No coherent event or action is identifiable from the readable portion.
An exposé on Sir Ernest Oppenheimer and De Beers tracing their control over global diamond output. It covers the rise of De Beers, Rhodes, and the Diamond Producers Association, and explains how diamonds are kept scarce to sustain high prices.
Four women join a prime minister appointed committee to organise next year's Jubilee celebrations. They include Mrs. Guy Bakewell, Mrs. H Sterne, Mrs. Isabel Green and Mrs. Herbert Brookes who will invite prominent women from Britain America and Europe. The Countess of Albermarle and Mrs. Sayre will headline a Canberra Jubilee Convention with special lectures by Dr. Margaret Mead and a British federation representative touring Australia and New Zealand.
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