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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1932
Page
1
Advertisement notes Heautiful Broughton fruits including oranges and mandarins available in any quantity. A cash with order policy applies and mentions a rail shipment to Charters Towers for consignments.
Graziers gather at Shire Hall to hear Campbell and Timbury Kelly outline the Homea Wool Scheme. Delegates from Queensland centers discuss wool grower committees, enrolment, and plans to form a national wool growers council to oversee welfare of Australian wool industry.
An obsequy notes the death of Mr A O Callaghan formerly of Ireland and North Queensland who died in Cloncurry on Sunday after residence in Port Douglas and Cooktown. He leaves a wife and a son, with a brother in law and ties to local residents. funeral held Monday at 4 30 pm from the Roman Catholic Church to the cemetery officiated by Rev Father O Mara.
A party of scientists leaves England for Fort Rae on the North Run of the Great Slave Lake to spend the 1992 23 winter as part of an international polar program. The British Polar Year Station at Fort Bar will conduct continuous meteorological observations and free atmosphere studies using pilot balloons and a battery powered generator. A 3% volt Exide Battery with 46 CX 8 cells is selected for instrument illumination and power for auroral and atmospheric electrical gradient measurements.
Announcement warning that any trespassers on Lake Nash will be prosecuted. Drovers must provide notice before entering the run.
An Advocate bloc agent advertises rubber stamps and brass item production services. It touts linen marking outfits and name stamps with special cheap pricing for those who apply early. The ad emphasizes design variety and quick procurement through the firm.
The notice details revised postage schedules for letters and mail classes from within the Commonwealth to Lord Howe Island and Pacific regions, including Norfolk Island, Papua, and New Zealand, with rates for postcards, printed matter, third class mail, and commercial papers. It also covers rates beyond the Commonwealth, for the British Empire and other destinations, including the United Kingdom, United States, and miscellaneous global locations, with minimum charges and class-specific rates.
For sale on Bluff Road a four room dwelling with detached kitchen, wash house, and outbuildings. Features include a lounge, two bedrooms, verandahs, concrete tank, water pipes, fowl house, and fruit trees. About half an acre near bus terminus with price £160 to £240 and terms arranged via Miss M A Latham, Charters Powers.
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