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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1946
Page
3
Fragmented notice outlines Boulia council election processes with nomination rules and dates. It notes ballots, signatures, and division details, including a May voting window and deadlines for candidate eligibility.
A 146 page dated March 18 146 and February 28 1946 details nomination days for chairman and members across Divisions 1 2 3 and 4 at Cloncurry. It sets timing place and attendance for nomination papers and notes deposits and ballots as required by local rules. It also lists division by division polling places and tender notices for Cloncurry Masonic Lodge work with construction specs and delivery terms.
The page records social notices from Mr and Mrs Bwebill Wen and others. It notes Bridie Elliott of Dobby and congratulates Mr and Mrs Mins on an engagement. Jack Onimths and Brmie Wreine win £100 prize. An accident left a man hospitalized while others depart for Brisbane and Sydney for holidays. Community event features include a leave ceremony, musical turns, and speeches.
A fragmented reminiscence spans people and places as an old narrator recalls bygone days and journeys to the South. Letters, farewells, and a sense of longing mix with references to Clonagh, the Post Office, and planes bound for Brisbane and Brimetti Downs as lives drift toward change.
Report on the Anzac House Appeal led by chairman R. D. Huish with a collection of £2 10 0 from nine girls at Behow and £4 470 from Somerville Hollee pupils and 20 from IH Girl Guides. The drive aims to fund a memorial house for fathers and brothers who served, part of a broader £200,000 war memorial appeal.
A Seville resident walking home late at night is tailed by a stranger who asks for a match. The pair walk together until the man notices his wallet missing and gestures toward the suspect. Police arrive shortly after and begin tracing the incident.
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