04 Mar 1939
Page 1
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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 04, 1939
Page
1
The Advocate advertises as local agent for a rubber stamp and brass plate maker offering rubber stamps of any design on short notice. It promotes a linen marking outfit containing a stamp pod and marking ink in a compact case, claiming customers will be perfectly satisfied.
Minutes record the McKinlay Shire Council meeting held at Julia Creek with members including Dr. Allison Cribb Hickman Cooper Doubleday Woodhouse O'Sullivan Gannon and Clerk Parsons. Motions cover finance, road works, land leases, by law adoption, stock route issues, water supply, pest control, and budget accounts with various acknowledgments and authorizations.
A nostalgic note recalls Captain Eric Donaldson as a long time Qantas Inland Service pilot and Flying Doctor icon in Cloncurry. A teacher’s joke about Pontius Pilate highlights Donaldson’s fame among local children. Also reported are Dalgety & Company’s wire on Sydney wool sales and an advertisement offering Home Service opportunities with the Rawleigh Company in Cloncurry.
An advertisement promotes De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as a cure for gravel and bladder pain. It claims sluggish kidneys cause waste buildup, leading to cloudy urine and crystals. The pills are said to cleanse the kidneys within 24 hours and relieve pain from stones and urinary troubles.
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