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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1946
Page
3
Apparent price guidance shows apples at £1 per bushel with cash and overcheques accepted. Exchange rates and freight charges to follow. Box 12 Pine roth Guvetshund.
Melbourne accepts a full card with listed runners across the Walindate and Warrong meetings. Notable entries include Premonition, Ashton Farr, Mercury Bay, River Clyde, and Chelsa Randicap contenders. Final fields and weights are posted for the Furfongr, Chelsa Randicap, Crilly Starfs and Warrong Welter events with numerous runners and differing distances.
Racing card lists Sydney events including maidens for two year olds with weights, odds, and runners such as Tragedy 40 Count Coan, Rotten Row, Silver Bibre, and Cherry's Bon. Also schedules for maidens and a Granville novice race with multiple horses and jockey decisions at Sydney Turf Club and Carlingford Welter events.
Auctioneer W. J. Powers offers at short notice a sale of a completely furnished home contents. Items include 14 piece and 18 piece bedroom suites, a dining suite, Beale piano, Westinghouse refrigerator, drapery, sewing machine, kitchenware, chairs, tables, and garden items. Sale begins February 2 at 8 pm sharp at the premises with a note that earlier bidding will not be accepted and the sale starts promptly at 9 pm due to quantity.
Somwary Wt 1946 notes report ongoing hardship from rain and illness while townsfolk attend social visits and holidays. Mention of Ruth Byrne at Blue Bird Cafe, visitors W Blyth and Taylor families, and plans for holidays and business trips. A non-graphic ambulance accident near Julia Creek is described with a patient treated at a local hospital.
The report lists multiple race divisions including FIRST HEAT and FIFTH DIV HANDICAP across distances 4.40 to 7 furlongs with numerous horse names such as Tobermorry Veiga Grana Canyon Rian Avon Loxonge Exhart and Royal Bitk. It also references PURSE WANDICAP and YOUTH DIY divisions with fields like Ma'e Ciel Gerela Grand Prince Andrew and The Warrior Fair Feit.
Article reports a protest by Mr Faddens and notes soldiers denied from buying former Army vehicles at a reduced price. It mentions the Commonwealth Commission, objections by Mr Ward, and a ministerial statement on eligibility rules. The piece references two agtier brothers and a broader discussion of military vehicle sales and approvals.
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