Police Court Ushers One Month Penalty For Vagabond
In December 1938 Bruce Chong, described as half caste Chinese and Aborigine, pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was sentenced to one month in Stewart Creek gaol after being found without visible means of support. The report includes a separate account of a death at Buffalo Plains, where J Mullins was found dead beside a running garden hose, with initial investigations deeming no foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Chong
McSweeney
Cloncurry
Les Adams
Lable
Stewart Creek
Dan Lynch
Lady Wallace Selection
Buffalo Plains
Rex Robinson
J. Mullins
Robinson
Sydney
Mr. Mullins
Mr. Lynch
Buffalo
Lynch
Mullins
Graefiada Station
Nurendor
Messrs
R. Barton
Dan Adam
Lady Wallace
Victoria
New South Wales
The Bradfield Plan for Queensland Inference
The item notes C O Connor and John Forrest moved a water supply almost 400 miles from the Darling Ranges to the goldfields when Western Australia had 170000 people and Australia 3500000. It asserts Bradfield’s Queensland plan should not daunt a generation that has seen Queensland reach one million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. ¥. O'Connor
John Forrest
Darling Ranges
Goldfields
Westralian
Australia
Dr. Bradfield
Queensland
Quiet wedding at St Andrew's Church in Cloncurry
Helen Dorothy Atkinson and Jack William Ely wed in a serene ceremony at St Andrew's Church of England. The bride wore a rust green georgette traveling dress with olive accessories, as guests and family witnessed a heartfelt union before departing for Magnetic Island and the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Church of England
Helen Dorothy Atkinson
F. Hurley
Cloncurry
Jack William
Ely
Brisbane
Isa
W. A. Bell
Gladys Hurley
Colin Ely
Mt. Isa
Water Supply Tainted By Green Slime From Strainer
Health officer watches town water as old rail way well feeds main supply. Green slime forms when strained or stagnant, with green scum on receptacle edges. A 30 000 gallon tank in the country held many birds, rescued by boards for drying. Dead hawks once found in the reservoir.
Railway Train Derails Near Cloncurry
A sheep wagon special from Cloncurry to Dajarra, led by Driver W. Anderson, derailed about 14 miles from its destination after bush fires burned sleepers and weakened rails. Five empty wagons left the track. A breakdown crew fixed the line by Friday afternoon and returned to Cloncurry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloncurry
Dajarra
W. Anderson
Sheep Trucking: Large Buckingham Downs Consignment to Coast
A large shipment of Buckingham Downs sheep was moved by truck during the week from Dajarra to the coast. Of 1800 head, 1400 were sent to Townsville while the rest went to Yungaburra. Master Harold Hubner of Cloncurry leaves for Gregory Downs to spend school holidays with the Schafferths. George and Bil Keyes of Glen Isla report a new bore at Glenisla delivering abundant water. M O Neill engineered the bore in four days, improving local supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham Downs
Dajarra
Townsville
Yungaburra
Harold Hubner
F. Hubner
Cloncurry
Gregory Downs
Glenisla
Sole Distributing Agent Wanted for Portable Air Conditioner
Wanted for the districts of Cloncurry and Mount Isa. Patented portable air conditioner of worldwide fame. Potential sales greater than car or radio. Applicants must be of good financial standing. Apply to Universal Air Conditioners Pty Ltd Box 2175T GPO Melbourne Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloncurry
Mount Isa
Universal Air Conditioners Pty, Ltd
G-P.o
Melbourne
Victoria
Regulation for Public Vehicles to Operate in Mount Isa
Notice announces bringing into operation general traffic regulations for public vehicles and drivers in Mount Isa. A copy of the proposed regulation is available for inspection at the Office of the Officer-In-charge of Police in Mount Isa for 14 days from the date of the notice. Commissioner C J Carroll signs on behalf of the Police Department in Brisbane. December 23, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government
Mount Isa
C.J. Carroll
Office of
the Commissioner For Police
Police Department
Brisbane
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Bank of New South Wales
G Hovey
Anymone
Bank of Death Wales
Lekkhardt Stores
OUS
THEM
Crockery
Harware
Leichhardt Stores
THE
House OF Quality
Rambay Street
Phone 103
Santa Claus
Nick PoWers
R. Power P.M
Tully
Herberton
Burdekin
Hell's Gate
Flinders Cooper Thomson
Lake Eyre Inlet
Hughenden
N. S. Wales
Bradfield
U. S.A
Germany
Russia
Italy
Libya
Northern Territory
Bradfield Flan
Sydney Bulletin
Will
Enia
de Witt
Ely—Atkinson
Cloncurry's
Qantas Inland Service
Brisbane Cloncurry
Daly Waters
Longreach
Normanton
F. A. Brodie and Co. Pty Limited
Synnott, Murray, & Scholes Pty
Qloncurry
Camooweal, Burns, Philp, & Co
Burketown
T. Boyd
Qantas Empire Airways
DOVER
Roanoke North
Ryvita
Red
Eis Ideolisies Das Ltd
Royal Hotel
AW &J Reprighratos
Hal Delaney
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