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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1940
Page
2
The secretary of the Camio west Jockey Club said the Deneilt race meeting was postponed due to weather. Jury summonses issued in Cloncurry last week notified those summoned of service needed. The Mount Isa hustler case had no court action ready as the tower courthouse isn’t complete and the defendant not committed for trial.
Boulla Race Club announces races on Thursday and Friday April 18 and 19 with six races each day and trophies as prizes. Horses will be sold via Boulla yards on April 17, and nominations must reach the secretaries by 8 pm that day. Two thirds of profits go to Bonin Hospital and one third to the Boulia Sub-branch RSSILA. contact Messrs Major, Bee, G., or L Croil Falcones for details.
A Friday night event on March 15 will host the annual Patrick's Day Dance in Memorial Hall. The evening features a hand-sounded supper and orchestra music with affordable prices encouraging attendance by youths and the community.
A disorderly report notes a youth was prosecuted for riding a bicycle at night without lights and fined after conviction. Officials warn cyclists to use lights, with threats of higher fines for future violations. The piece also touches on Chillagoe copper prices and local industrial concerns amid pricing debates.
Minutes note a Monday meeting of the Cloncurry District Hospital committee with members present including Mesdames Bbult Uases Paare Em met Macdonald Lyii Scott Jen kin Woodhouse Katter Armstrong and Dr Gall Beervlury and Mr A Thmfield The secretary read the notice of moving at Jolien Consideration of aiding allowance to the median pincer other than salary of CTI etc The committee discussed an additional weekly allowance to cover travel to and from the Post Office.
Local notices report heavy rain and widespread flooding with high creeks and stalled traffic. Residents discuss a Memorial Hall meeting on March 8 to decide funding for a new Cloncurry swimming pool costing around 5000 pounds and its financial viability.
The report mentions Mrs Dawson serving as a telephone operator in BN land during a holiday visit and later moving around Britain. It notes high copper consumption in the United Kingdom, rationing, and demand in the United States after a late year surge. Copper output from Trekelane mine near Duchess in the Cloncurry district runs about 1000 tons monthly with 38 workers. Rumours of re opening the Go Lum Murder case circulate, but police deny any new details or plane arrivals.
The long awaited bout between Richards and Henneberry at Sydney concluded in the eleventh round with Henneberry favored and Richards hurt. Crowd noise rose as the match saw heavy exchanges and a dramatic late sequence before the finish.
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