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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 02, 1931
Page
2
Caution to trespassers any person or persons found trespassing in the Fort Constantine Paddocks will be prosecuted without respect to persons and any stock straying therein will be impounded.
To Mr and Mrs Norman Smith of the Mp Hotel an infant son is reported in good health. Local Pinews in slliendanes and Surse Plation ani te provide miscellaneous notices with this birth brief.
The Beiglous Services schedule lists Holy Communion at 7 30 pm and a Sung Bucbarist at 1 00 pm. Woepsong and a Presbyterian Church are mentioned with Australian Inland 1880n minister Rev G M Soot. Assistant Rigg G Whitney. Dives Service Sunday 8 0 pm. Sunway Gospel 0 am.
A motor garage and workshop in Cloncurry is for sale by tender to be in McLale’s or MacGillivray’s Motors hands not later than 6 PM on May 2. The works are regarded as the town’s best for motor repair, equipped with all kinds of machinery. See another part of the issue for full details.
Sunday schedule for Federal Methodist Church includes morning and evening worship. Rev J J Mahoney ministers the Inland congregation. Mt Isa event notes Sunday School at 7 30 pm and evening worship follows.
The brief note acknowledges the Journal’s advertising and favorable play, while lamenting limited circulation gains. It thanks the Journal for its efforts despite modest reach.
Communication from the son Jyakn M.LA. states the Hon John Mullan would arrive in Glenemrry by tomorrow's mail and remain a few days in town before proceeding to Mt lem.
An eccentric schoolmaster claims to teach proper English while abusing his own methods. The public watches as he sets out to instruct the world and his mother in correct speech, often ending with self choking for amusement.
Charles Farrell and Janet Wayder star in High Society Blues a Fox Movietone romance. David Buber directs with Lucien Littlefield and Louise Farenda among cast. Australian Cricket Eleven and Mickey Mouse feature. The Return of Sherlock Holmes with Glue Brook follows. Powell stars in The Shadows of the Law. Putting on the Ritz by United Artists. Dangerous Nan McGrew and Young Eagles also listed. next week Parte with Irene Beardon and Jock Bucha man noted.
Advertised plans promise a Labor Day celebration at Morreathon Reserve on Monday May 4 with a procession led by the Clapeurry Con Bert Band and a later show at Couwling's Theatre. Prizes for best displays will be awarded during the procession and in the procession participants may display motor cars and vehicles.
Readers gather in gratitude to Mr Kirk for inspiring loyalty among students to place a wreath on the monument. The message salutes the future generation of Australia and their remembrance of Anzac Day and national sacrifice.
The English air mail aboard the Apollo with the Bretietie rug arrived at the aerodrome around 6 a.m. Monday and left the next morning continuing toward Frivbona. It carried $4 back of anall, routed to Cloncurry Post Office for the night. Departing Darwin at 6:45 a.m., the flight reportedly landed at Darwin Waters Brunelle Downs and Camp on its way to Glencurry, suggesting a miscount in feet. The next flight to Darwin is scheduled for May 20.
In days long past workers toiled twelve hours a day with little pay and many suffered from want disease and crief. The verse laments harsh labor conditions and notes no sure cure for colds, comparing to Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a distant hope.
Apparent notification indicates Cookman Mobels and Applicania have completed a filing process. The notice references an above-position submission and its current status.
A letter from Darby Hordan criticizes the 6000 pounds prospecting grant for Queensland under the Precious Metal Prospecting Fund. It reports £2007 advanced with £3903 remaining and cites cases of families and soldiers seeking gold near Soldier's Cap, plus other prospectors denied grants but later finding mineral shows. Warden Wilson says all grants pass to the Mines Minister. locals plan deputations to Cloncurry and present their case ahead of the minister's June visit.
The Gloncuary Concert Band returns to full strength after a conductor’s absence with Anzac Day performances, including leading the procession and playing at the sports and dance. Frank Millican, solo cornet with Townsville Halfway Band, enhances the performance. Rehearsals shift to Crowling's Mall due to council decisions and free hall offers. Homestead leases announced by W A Scott include four miners’ holdings in a central location.
The April Aussie issue debuts Ten Years with Madame Melba by Lind ley Evens with entertaining life stories from Melba’s career. It also previews letters from prominent men on the New Births Movement and highlights Archerfield’s first electrically equipped fueling pit for the Queensland Aero Club with Shell’s underground system and safety features.
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