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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1932
Page
6
Describes The Granites desert goldfield in Central Australia as a rival to Mount Morgan Boulder City Coolgardie and other major fields. Notes it now yields to hardy exploiters echoing Michael Terry’s expedition and E P Magazine article with photographic reproduction.
In 1928 a four man party set out from Port Hedland in two Morris trucks to prospect for gold across Western Australia and the Northern Territory. They traversed Tanami, faced isolation and tension with Aboriginal groups, discovered gold at Ivy Lenses near The Granites, then crossed 200 miles of dry country to Lander Creek before returning to Melbourne with samples. The botanical and meteorological data were saved for Melbourne and the Lands Department, respectively, underscoring a wider knowledge of the interior and the author’s love for Australia’s vast interior.
An inventor in Paris pursues turning sand into gold using ultra violet rays. He contends ingots were previously made from Mediterranean shore sand, echoing medieval alchemy quests for the Philosopher's Stone and the possibility of metal transmutation through radium-like processes.
A Pisa cleric, Father Piccardo, proposes to excavate under the Leaning Tower foundations and raise the structure with jacks to straighten it. The project, claimed risk free, aims to restore the 180 foot tower nearly seventeen feet from vertical, drawing skepticism from locals who rely on the landmark for tourism revenue.
A passenger night journey on a U.S. train becomes a danger scene as two gangs attempt a robbery. A diversionary standoff ensues with dynamite threats and gunfire, ending when the engine escapes and the robbers realize the train has slipped away. The event exposes the peril and bravado on night rails.
The article recalls fifty years since New Zealand started sending frozen meat to London. It notes that last year over 10,000,000 carcasses of mutton and lamb were shipped to Great Britain, with this year expected to rise. Early meat ships faced breakdowns and cold storage challenges, including the Dunedin voyage where the refrigeration shaft failed and most passengers did not sail.
The best man tries to steady the groom as he admits fear before his wedding. The groom jokes that marriage is nerve-wracking for a first timer, while the best man chides him, implying fear is natural yet humorous in such moments.
The article recounts Roman concrete use and the rise of reinforced concrete. It explains how embedding iron rods strengthens cement mixtures, enabling durable roads bridges and buildings. It notes wartime shipbuilding and concrete repairs, plus seawalls and various common applications like pipes and tanks.
A poetic note on a house with a baby brightens domestic life while a frontier express train carries gold worth over 200000 dollars east from California. Two armed guards sit near the safe in the Belmont bound car as sleeping passengers rest through a perilous night.
A Texas train car becomes a hideout for Steve Mannies and Captain Snake's gang as masked robbers seize the sleeper and confront passengers. Mannies proclaims his bandit persona while the crew braces for a face‑to‑face with the gang leader in a tense midnight hold-up.
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