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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
3
A decision allows League members who enrolled to attach the Defence Reserve badge to the Leag We badge. The attached item remains part of the official insignia process as outlined by the league authorities.
A fragmented wartime reminiscence recounts Australian soldiers in South Africa and World War I, detailing trenches at Aslenburg, Boer actions, and a legend around the term digger as gold diggers. It traces commemoration efforts, Haig Howes housing scheme, centenary flags, and postwar welfare programs in Britain and Australia, plus local notes on union dinners and tribunals.
The article recalls forgotten parkland leaps and names long tied to Croydon athletes. Mentions St Ledger at Hendon, 5ft 10in records, Chipman from Croydon, Chaplin and the Chaplins lineage, and a 1900s bout of remarkable running and jumping at Charters Towers and Cloney.
A lively reception at Brachesd the country home of Mrs end Mig Atine Tutton celebrated the forthcoming marriage of Dorothy Mavis Sikeln to Oliver Brith of the Raley Department. About 90 guests enjoyed supper, dancing, and games in a decorously festooned lounge. Miss Gladys Brackley and Made Biel shared a prize for idle games, with Mr. Dave Laird and Mr. Smith Wed for the eats. The guest of honor received many costly gifts. The couple plan a wedding at Walkerton near Mackay with a honey moon in Tasmania, then a home at Mount Tan.
A fringe piece on youth drinking, arguing that peer pressure drives many underage drinkers. The text notes that adults often rationalize alcohol use and that companions influence choices, with emphasis on social dynamics and conformity rather than individual desire or preference.
A reader recounts wondrous and dangerous serpents from many regions. It describes venom delivery by fangs, constrictors, and tales of massive Australian and Brazilian snakes, with curious measurements and legendary specimens, noting fear and fascination with reptiles worldwide.
On Monday morning officials and the public gathered at Cloncurry Court House to bid farewell to Police Magistrate and Warden Mr Power on the eve of his departure. He served in Cloncurry for five years earning respect, with duties resuming in Rockhampton on July 1. Mr D J Metean conducted duties as Power left for holidays in the southern capital.
A garbled clipping mentions a wolf incident on a racecourse where a wolf leaped from the rough toward a player named Jim, the ball striking the animal. It also cites Dr Oliver Lohr on bear health harms and a temperance note from a Scottish company. An ad offers first quality stimms from Steck and a Mailbox address Box 12 W Mitchell Borssy Street.
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