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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1945
Page
1
The Rhythm School on George Street Brisbane offers jazz swing and boogie woogie piano lessons for all grades including beginners. Advertised are simple methods, easy instalment payments, and a mailed booklet titled How to Play Popular while in the Piano.
A drift through racing lore discusses Fivepence and Great Primer as contenders, notes on official timing by J R Bulsey, and debates whether distance races draw fewer runners. Mentions Phar Lap and King of track records, with observer remarks on programme planning and sprint popularity.
Fragmentary notice describes portrait services and framing options offered by an artist or studio. Mentions personal specialty and possible branding terms, but details are unclear and names are incomplete.
An Australian veterans badge notice lists ex-service men and women from the Rex Theatre Brisbane area. The contact at Wickham Street is given with a phone line for inquiries about the badge.
Gijliat on Sunday hosted Oriket-Match with Colin Gox scoring 32 and Critchey 24. Miller added 21 and 82 not out as the top innings for Gloncurryltes. Giniat boys won by eight runs in a close finish.
A local fire gutted a cordwood truck en route to the Railway Siding. The blaze wrecked the vehicle and its load, causing a heavy loss to Sieve Martél who holds a large wood contract. Rescue crews attended but the truck was a total loss.
The inquiry shows demand for wallabies and wallaroos with first and second quality greys and reds at 6d per pound. Wallabies and wallaroos declined slightly per pound while other sizes remained steady or unchanged. Damaged greys and reds quoted at 3s 3d per pound for heavier skins and 3s 3d per pound for damaged skins.
Mixed fruit bushel cases 18/6 bananas 20/ , pawpaw 10/ , pineapples 12/8. Rallage 3/0 per ease. Must be paid at Mackay McNamara's Fruit Supply Bridge Road Mackay.
A set of false teeth was found at the rear of the Royal Hotel. The owner can claim the items by applying to this office.
An Australian advertisement invites readers to order Pond catalogue items from Weuter showroom on the fourth floor. It promotes radios and radio equipment built to order, highlighting high fidelity and long distance communications arts. The note mentions Moro Ply Ltd Queensland and stresses new editions after the war.
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