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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
2
Travelling stockmen must file notice at the Homestead before entering Fisher's Creation. Noncompliance will lead to prosecution. Helpm an appears in misread text but not a defined party.
Listing of church services for June across Cloncurry Mount Isa Julia Creek and surrounding areas. St Andrews Anglican holds Holy Communion first and third Sundays at Cloncurry with Sunday School and Evensong. Presbyterian schedule lists June services under Minister Bruce at Cloncurry Mt Isa Julia Creek. Ladies' Guild gathers June 10. Inland Mission at Federal Methodist with Sunday School at 10 am and church service at 7.30 pm led by Rev G H Fletcher.
A caution notice warns Ald persons entering loan selection at Fonny Road. Any person found engaging in stock or log activities without authority may be prosecuted. R. Barton issues the notice and warns of enforcement.
Henry Benson of the Julia Creek Ambulance Brigade announces successful candidates in Home Nursing and the exam total of 120 marks. Names include Myre Fiddler 100 Wiry Gannon 110 gross, Mrs L Burrows 89, Mrs B Walters 48, Miss A Graham 77. Dr Carter commends all and Benson credits training staff. Proceeds of afternoon tea were donated to the ACF. Sergeant Plot W H Rose, RAF in England, sent his regards via radio.
In memory’s archives a brief sketch recalls Henry Kendall born 1641 in New South Wales and his life from whaling voyage to early poetry. It notes mentors like James Michael and Sir Henry Parkes, a Melbourne period, Kendall’s marriage to Charlotte Rutter, and the tragedy of his daughter Araluen. The piece highlights Kendall’s poems including Beyond Kerguelen and Leave from Australian Forest.
A wartime poem laments Australian troops stationed overseas, urging support and reinforcements. The verse praises the courage of volunteers, notes their inaction and readiness to fight, and asks Australia to remember and deploy them. It frames the Darwin and Moresby units as eager but stalled, awaiting orders.
An 18th century ale tester endured an odd duty to detect sugar impurity. The office tester wore leather breeches and sat in a puddle of ale poured onto a bench. If pure, he would rise. if sugar adulterated, he remained stuck to the seat for half an hour.
The fragment recalls Ken dall's youth voyage to the southern sea and the impact of whaling ships. It notes his death at forty one and hints at a continuation of the tale titled Beyond Kergueian with a focus on poetry and the sea.
Mesdames D Arcy and L L Shute depart Sunday for Mount Isa. Mr Harry Bulley of Eddington Arms Hotel Gilliat visits Mr W Clark for fishing. Mr Battle of Q N Bank returns from Brisbane with family. Mr and Mrs Bill Hodge visit from Bendigo. Mrs D Clancy and niece Maureen Bulley return to Gillist after stay in Cloncurry with Mrs Bulley. Mr W Absolon of the Advocate leaves for Townsville to join RAAF training with wife and baby.
Harry Burnett known as Long Harry an Englishman born in the Tower of London died at Even Tide Home Charters Towers at about 90. He helped build the Prince of Wales Hotel in 1885 and later served in Lellavale Station before moving to Charters Towers. An accomplished vocalist and craftsman, his passing closes a link to early Cloncurry history.
In Brownsville Texas a fish estimated at 500 pounds battled an angler for 16 hours. Spectators cheered A F Plarge as he fought the monster day and night before the line broke at midnight and the fish swam away into the Gulf. The exhausted angler was hospitalized after the ordeal.
A lost Eversharp fountain pen with a £1 reward offered on return to the Post Office Hotel. PMID
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