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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1939
Page
1
The Advocate local agent for an old established rubber stamp firm offers stamps for any design. A linen marking outfit with stamp pad ink case is advertised as a cheap, compact solution for those who send laundry out.
Copper and silver production reports from Mount Isa Chillagoe smelters and Gilded Rose battery detail November outputs. The mineral field records lead zinc copper and gold yields with values, plus inspector notes on accidents and mine inspections across Paradise Valley Kajabbi Dobbyn and surrounding areas.
The world’s fourth largest diamond, found at Minas Gerais Brazil, named President Vargas, reportedly sold for £90,000 to a Dutch firm and sent to Amsterdam for cutting, with potential shipment to Great Britain. Other notes cover the Cullinan Excelsior Kohinoor and Star of the South, plus a vessel Dolomite IV built with welded nickel plate and a population milestone reaching over a million in Queensland.
The article traces Queensland population growth from 18,544 in 1858 to the Federation era, noting 1860 separation, 213,925 in 1881, and a rapid rise through the 1890s. It highlights 1901 census nearly 498,129, Federation making Queensland a separate colony, and later figures 605,812 in 1911, 755,072 in 1931, and 947,594 in 1933 with a 21.9 percent increase for the commonwealth from 1921 to 1933.
Nickel, long used to enhance steel, now forms a base for a new alloy called "2" nickel developed at International Nickel's Huntington plant. Two percent alloying elements improve hardness, fatigue resistance, and corrosion resistance, enabling cold chisels, non sparking tools, and springs for corrosive, high load industrial applications.
The Bank of New South Wales notes that efficient land use depends on expanding cultivated areas to economic and technical limits while preserving soil productivity. It warns pasture deterioration can reduce sheep numbers per area, risking total production and competitive standing in world markets.
The article discusses drought pressures on Australian pastures, stressing soil depletion from continuous grazing and the need for scientific fertilization and new plant species to restore productivity. It notes overstocking as a prevalent issue, and suggests cooperation among small pastoral properties to share agistment during hardship. It mentions the Cloncurry Advocate upgrading printing plant and equipment.
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