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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1932
Page
2
Caution to trespassers and all persons. Farm for sale four miles from the railway station. Ten acre plot with dead water, Pratt trees, vegetables, and mangoes. New fencing, new house 80 by 16 with verandah, sulky, horse and barge, fowls. School under a mile away. Apply Cloncurry Advocate of Ge.
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Sunday services listed for multiple churches including Pressbyterian and Federal Methodist Inland. Sunday School times vary with 10 am and evening worship at 7 pm or 7:30 pm. Ministers include Rev Dorin, Rev C Whlinsy, Rev J J Mahoney, and A Hayes.
Review notes Will Rogers Fox Movietone picture with Louree Dressler and Helen Cohan in a fast paced comedy drama mix. Praises Henry King direction and photography, with strong performances across supporting cast. Also highlights Marilyn Miller’s upcoming Sunny role and Canaries Some Times Sing as next Lonadale feature with Tom Wells and Yvonne Armond in witty English farce.
A fragment from The Advocate dated January 46 102 presents a curious headline Be Just and Fear Wet. The line hints at a satirical or weather related theme with period style phrasing and no clear context or additional facts readable.
Discussion centers on Mt Oxide and The Orphan leases held by Franz Wallach and Mt Elliott Co. in the Cloncurry region. Applications seek exemptions citing copper price lows and production costs, amid industry disruption and calls by tributors about mine viability and potential reallocation. Hearing set for January 20.
The Clonewery Diktrivt Improvement Rowed invites applications for the position of inspector. Salary is £250 per year with £100 allowance. Inspector must provide his own horses and equipment. For full particulars see another part of this issue.
Mrs A Schulz formerly of Alpha, aged long time resident, died in Cloncurry after extreme heat. Survived by four sons and several daughters including Charlie, Dan, Henry, George, Matron, Christian and daughters J Gaiter and Mrs Hugi Clare. Husband William Frederick Schulz predeceased her. Funeral in Glencurry Cemetery with Nev Mahoney assisting.
The Advocate reports our printing prices compare more favorably with those of Somibara firms. The note highlights lower costs and better value for customers seeking printing services in the region.
A large crowd gathered in Glencurry to bid Rev. H A Norton of the Brotherhood of St Barnabas farewell on leaving after five years. Speakers praised his typhoid work, generosity, and service across a vast district, with a gold watch presented as a keepsake and hopes he returns to Cloncurry.
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