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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
2
Local readers are urged to subscribe as the Cloncurry Advocate publishes all district and telegraphic news in its Saturday morning edition. The paper promotes ongoing access to the latest local updates and regionwide notices.
Warning to all persons entering LANARK Selection Tommy's Creek to fire notice at the Homestead. Any person found cutting fences driving stock or leaving gates open on this holding without authority will be prosecuted Barton
Persons in charge of travelling stock must give notice at the homestead before entering Fishers Creek Tun. Those not complying will be prosecuted without further notice.
Adolf Hitler’s armistice terms are described as merciless with a critic’s view of Marshal Petain’s government. In Cloncurry, Rev. J Lang, long popular for youth work, joins the Empire’s defense as a private in the AIF, urging able bodied men to take up arms while urging others to pray.
A charity canoe event at Malbon organized by Mesdomes Wraith and Lake benefited the Patriotic Funds with gifts from Mr. and Mrs. Pattle and Mrs. Wraith. £6 6d was raised. Sub Inspector Galligan notes police transfers within the Cloncurry district and new station openings.
Market brief notes appraisals for AAA 1544 AA 14d and Broken Ltd pieces 8d as excellent rates. These prices are described as very good and equal to the best obtained in the district.
The Minister for Supplies urges all Australians to save aluminum saucepans, ute walls, scrap iron, and paper to address iron shortages. The message notes local scrap heaps near Clon curry within a mile of the railway potentially yield high iron content, previously hindered by treatment costs and distance from the coast but now crucial as sea transport remains costly.
Norman Ladd a 47 year old bookkeeper at Miranda Downs Station was found dead with a bullet wound to the head on Thursday June 20. Inspector PJ Honan report notes no suspicious circumstances and no known motive. Ladd was well known in Cloncurry Julia Creek and Quamby areas and his wife runs a general store in Dobbyn. A croquet social for the Comfort Fund was held at Mrs K Wilmer's home, and Miss Imelda Ross received gifts at her tea party as she prepares for her marriage to Tod Hunter of Claudeville Springaure at the Roman Catholic Church next Saturday.
Burketown Hospital invites applications with references for a Cook Laundress position. Closing date is 3rd July. Wages are £2 10s per week with one-way fares after six months of service. J. L. Hargrave, Secretary.
A Cloncurry sub branch meeting stressed the need for a recruiting officer in Cloncurry to aid district men, noting the town as a regional center. The Secretary was instructed to petition the Defence Department for posting.
Mr Tom Jenkins organises a Bushman’s Carnival at Recreation Reserve on Saturday August 24. Events include 100 and 75 yard handicaps hops and jumps races for women and a Blackboys Race Wheel Barrow Derby Maiden Hunt with hurdles. Children events and a ladies refreshment booth with free entertainment. Details from the hon. organiser.
Rex Robinson of Buffalo Plains received a telegram from his brokers reporting wool prices. The terse message noted price levels and market conditions affecting the local trade as the week concluded.
Grassers urged to keep efficient fire beaters on hand and the General Public asked to take precautions to combat a probable grass fire outbreak caused by luxuriant Tas3 and herbage growth. Printed and published by Wallace Charles Gibson for the Cloncurry Advocate Pty. Ltd. at.
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