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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 05, 1932
Page
1
Lease prospect in Mount Isa for a refreshment room with terms of tenure arranged. The notice states potential leasing options and aims to secure the best business in its kind in Mt Isa. Publication credited to W. FP Danvers, Mount Isa.
The partnership of Bluey Hawthorn and Pengelly trading as motor mechanics and engineers at Turneay Street Cloncurry is dissolved. From now on the business will be carried on by Bluey Hawthorn sole proprietor with debts payable to him. Witness T Horton Cloncurry February 6 1992.
The Circuit Court sat at Cloncurry with about 200 people present as 15 cases were set for hearing. Crown Prosecutor J. P. Quinn received his commission from His Honour, who praised his fairness and service to the state. Mr. Johnson welcomed the court, noting drought and copper prices as town pressures, while the judge recalled past travels to Cloncurry and anticipated prosperity after the drought.
Frederick Olsen pled guilty to stealing £145 4s 6d and offered restitution. He claimed hardship from unemployment and illness at home. He received two years with hard labor and a £100 recognizance. Ru?us Perrin and Herald Ham Perrin also pleaded guilty to shooting a wagon near Duchess. both jailed two years with terms suspended on good behavior and £100 recognizance.
Hector John Golling faced charges of attempted arson and wilful damage to Annie May Scanlan's property. He pleaded not guilty as testimony described an incident on September 16 with Scanlan alleging a man matching Golling set fire to a bed after a dispute, with a witness recounting identification and related events.
Postal rates updated within the Commonwealth and to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Papua, and numerous Pacific islands. Rates specify prices for letters, printed matter, commercial papers, and parcels with varying charges by destination and weight, including special rules for the United Kingdom, the United States, and other regions. The document outlines charges for second and third class mail, printed papers, newspapers, and samples, with minimums and unit costs, reflecting imperial routes and international parcels.
The Longun Directory offers extensive listings of export merchants steamship lines and trade headings. One Inch business cards for firms seeking to extend connections cost £1 10s and larger ads 2 to 16 pounds. A copy of the directory is mailed worldwide for £2 nett.
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