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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 22, 1940
Page
2
All persons entering Lanark Selection Tommy's Creek must give notice at the Homestead. Any person found cutting fences driving stock or leaving gates open on this holding without authority will be prosecuted. Barton.
Sacred to the memory of my dear mother Sarah Jane who departed this life on 23 March 1037 aged 68 years. Sunset and evening star and one clear call for me. May there be no moaning at the bar. Twilight and evening bell and after that the dark. I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar. Inserted by her sorrowing son, Robert.
The week ends with 102 points of rain improving conditions across the district. Bridge enthusiasts are urged to attend the Brotherhood House event on Tuesday March 26 at 8 pm. Farther afield, fishermen report mosquitoes and flies abating after floods while Fort Hole hosts over twenty anglers last Saturday for perch brim and cod catch.
Wool growers in the district are urged to note that the Julla Greek Wool scour will commence operations on Wednesday next March 27. Send wool to this up to date scour to cleanse impurities and fetch top prices at the sales. Manager at Julla Creek will supply further particulars.
The St Patrick's Day dance at Memorial Hall Friday drew a crowded, cheerful crowd. Miss Mary Stewart sang and Convent pupils danced Irish tunes with Mr Peter Parker performing and Mrs DArcy's orchestra providing music. A ladies supper committee led by Mrs E J Battle served a dainty meal as door takings surpassed £20, signaling a successful season opener.
Pend ing Amendment to Section 22 of The Diseases in Stock Acts from 1915 to be considered by sheep men. Acting Chief Inspector L D Carey reports details to Stock Inspector Caine regarding brand ing and disease control under the act.
The 1990 condition allows sheep to be branded by owner registered paint brand provided the sheep are not driven more than forty miles and are not transported to saleyards, slaughterhouses, or abattoirs by rail or road without T branding.
Social notes mention Rev John Lang moving to supervise a temporary unification of Mount Isa parish with Cloncurry as several ministers enlist. Lang will reside in Cloncurry and visit Isa and Julia Creek regularly. Other items include travels, holidays, and local court and station updates across Cloncurry and surrounding towns.
About 10 000 Yorkshire sheep left The Nobbles for home pastures under Drover F Quin lan. Various flocks moved from Cloncurry to home while others agisted by Mala kof Evandean Patricia Vale Mindle and nearby properties. Cattle outlook praised by W Bradshaw of Swift's meatworks amid a generally poor season.
Ticehurst of Cubaroo sold wethers to L Scanlon of Mount Isa who will move them to Bexley Longreach. Drover Tom Brown to take delivery next Tuesday. Ted Malone left to lift Haddington sheep agisted at BENDIGO Park. Quambytook and Rosegreen flocks moved home. Dowling takes shearers and bores. Blow fly and labor shortages challenge sheep crews. Grazier Shearing Co. flew in eight men from Narrine Dirranbandi to aid in shearing amid heavy rain making roads impassable.
The Cloncurry Patriotic Fund committee met in Shire Hall on Monday 18th instant with officers and members present. A Diggers Race Club race meeting on 20th July was agreed to aid the fund, a sub committee was formed, nominees were proposed for the committee, a circular for country distribution was approved, and rents for the hall to cover lights and cleaning were requested from the Shire Council. The next meeting is set for the third Tuesday in April.
Brotherhood House lists a Tuesday March 26 event with two admission price two shillings.
An area of 40 square miles in the parish of Percy near Forsayth Railway Station will be open for Occupation License at 11 am on Wednesday 1 April 1940 at the Georgetown Land Office. Annual rent is 1 shilling per square mile. For details contact the Land Agent, Georgetown.
To let or lease the Blacksmiths Shop and Tools recently carried on by Mr J M Seymour in Cloncurry. Easy terms offered. Apply this office or to Mrs Hensley Cloncurry.
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