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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1939
Page
3
Antonio Rossi, an Italian national born in Possenago Treviso and resident in Australia for twenty four years, now living at Duchess, intends to apply for naturalization under the Nationality Act 1920-30.
At Cloncurry, Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m. Evangelical service at 10:00 a.m. for Children. Evensong at 4:00 p.m. Minister Rev. G. F. Williams. Sunday School at 10:00 a.m.
The article profiles Mr Kennedy a veteran fencing contractor at Brunette Station Northern Territory now fifty four years after placing a corner post. It notes his health independence driving a car and reading without glasses and his ongoing contracts for the coming year while claiming the title of Advocate's oldest subscriber dating back to 1889.
Christmas in Cloncurry passed quietly as many fled to the coast for the holidays yet town shops stayed busy and hotels were crowded. The New Year began with crackers and Auld Lang Syne as families gathered, while local industry and mining prospects, including Mt Isa area copper plans, promise renewed activity despite scarce rainfall.
Police will assume control of all traffic in Clonewry and Mount Isa after a notice by Commissioner J. Carroll. The move follows concerns over speeding and accidents as authorities warn speed hogs to change their ways. The police takeover begins fourteen days after publication.
In a vivid critique a writer laments growing Aboriginal and mixed-race presence in town and questions mission education. The piece contrasts old camps with now constant street presence and asks if education truly produces useful citizens or merely prayers and songs. A Minas Day dinner for black locals is noted with critics wondering about treatment and inclusion.
Extreme heat in Xmas week drove temperatures to 114 to 120 degrees near Cloncurry with livestock losses and water shortages. A major dust storm swept the town center while scattered rain fell north of town. A severe whirlstorm unroofed a home near the State School injuring no one. Local officials report stock deaths and wells drying up, prompting calls for relief.
Queensland's oldest fencing contractor, Mr Jack Kennedy, is in town to-day. Kennedy earned fame in 1885 by fencing the tyre course reserve, a fence still standing. Last year while on a motor drive he asked a driver to pull up near the corner Post of the fence on the road to the aerodrome, then Kennedy tried.
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