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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1950
Page
1
The A B C announces new high power transmission early this year accessible on short wave and medium wave bands across Brisbane Darling Downs Wide Bay Rockhampton Longreach Townsville Atherton and other stations. Listeners are invited to report reception to ABC Box 23E G F O Brisbane.
Notice from Shire Clerk M O Callaghan announcing that all residents within the Shire Area must register their dogs for the current year 1950. The directive stresses immediate compliance under local authority.
Notices warn that persons trespassing or interfering with stock on Clonagh Gipsy Plains Jersey Plains and Rocklands holdings will be prosecuted. Menaces include shooting on Fort Constantine Mindie and Mapperly tracts. Also includes dairy registrations, license renewals, astrology columns, and local notices from Cloncurry Shire Council and Thornburgh College.
Retail ad for Harry Webber Boot Shop invites customers to inspect men’s shoes on Ramsay Street. The short notice emphasizes sole selections and footwear options available for men.
Wholesale and retail options listed for English Leatherette and English Rubberised Hood Materials with various widths and finishes. Pram Linings and slide fasteners in multiple sizes, including open-end varieties, are available in featherweights, fine, and heavyweights. Mail orders accepted. Samples available from Franks Leather Stores at 99 Broadway Sydney.
For sale English galvanised wire netting in all gauges and widths. Full particulars to Shelale Sanderson and Co. Burnett Lane Brisbane. A humorous ad blurb notes a strong silent man is a bloke with hallenges.
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