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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1936
Page
2
Classified note offers a 1994 model Ford Utility four cylinder priced at £100, a Bareriod four cylinder at £60, and a light six bash utility at £0. All claim perfect mechanical order and easy terms with inspection and trust. Listed by LONGS BEAVICR ETATION opposite Advocate Office.
Fragmented notice warns against doing business without advertising and illegal acts including opening gates or driving stock without authority. Names appear: LANARK area, Tommy's Creek, Homestead, Barton. Alleged penalties and enforcement hinted, urging compliance with local rules and police notification.
In loving memory of our dear son and brother Gharten William Richard Dick Payne who departed this life in December 1928 aged 413 years and 10 months. Inserted by his sorrowing parents Mr. and Mrs WY Payne and Payne family.
Mr and Mrs L Gordon advertise in City Chambers at 230 Edward Sires Brisbane noting price details. The note appears as a brief personal notice with limited context from the era.
Children at 10 am Holy Communion at 1 50 am Evening Service at 5 pm and a message Bs Just and Fear Not.
An advertisement notes a furnished house for let in a good locality and lists donations for November 1936 from various towns. It also promotes household refrigerators by Gulf Engineering and Molwer Co, highlighting new electric supply in Glenelg and inviting calls after a demonstration.
Neighbors helped battle fires that burned thousands of acres of Braig. Lightning and storms forced residents indoors. J H Bonnet reports three studio horses were killed by lightning at Mindie, found along a wire fence. Bennet notes fair rain and water flow improving his property.
Earnings for November 1936 shown at Cloncurry Railway Station compare total revenue with the same month last year. Figures include freight tonnage for inbound and outbound traffic, shipments in shed and outside, and passenger and season ticket counts though some data appears garbled. The record lists tonnages, cattle and sheep counts, and play or passenger totals with several illegible entries.
Postal office observations detail holiday schedules with varying open times on December 25 1944 and January 1 1947, plus limited service on other days. No money orders or savings transactions will be conducted during the holidays and mail handling will close on the morning after New Year.
Over the last week storms caused heavy rain in Jersey City and nearby towns. Power outages and flooding followed as crews reported strong winds, while a bush fire started by a probable dry storm burned near a property stake.
Notice warns that any pursuit or person trespassing passing cutting or opening fencon or leaving gates over on Buffalo Plains will be prosecuted.
A largely attended meeting of the Progress Association on Thursday urged a united campaign for a gulfg treatment battery in the district. Speakers including AL O Callaghan, Wellington, Fanmet, Bert Katler, and others advocated government action and a petition from all residents will be sent to the Mines Department via the local member Litlin.
The article notes heavy rains in Gloncurry and surrounding districts with higher lamb prices expected as lambing completes. It mentions rising wool production prospects, improved market conditions into the Australian wool trade, and hope for a strong 1087 season driven by good pasture and strong animal numbers.
In northwest Queensland years of drought have left major sheep regions understocked. Notable holdings such as Hyltod Park and Cammeray changed hands as overdrafts forced dispossession. A New South Wales buyer secured part of Cammeray, once prime desert-grass country near Qorlndl trucking yards.
The Boulia race meeting was abandoned on December 8 with plans to stage the same program on January 17 open to horses at the owners option. Nominations close January 6 and may be sent by telegram to Crois Falconer, Hon Secretary, for further particulars.
An old advertisement notes a local stamping and brass plate maker offering a linen marking outfit with stamp pad and ink for quick marking. It promotes rubber stamps of various designs and emphasizes affordability for customers seeking handy marking tools.
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