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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1932
Page
2
C H Jenking informs the public of Cloncurry and district about available contracting services including wood wool and furniture work. He urges residents to avoid trespass as any stock or property found straying will be prosecuted and impounded.
Local church announcements list Holy Communion and services at St. Andrew’s Church with Evan Lang at 7 30 p m. Presbyterians show Australian Inland District with Rev Whittey and Sunday School at 40 p m. Federal Methodist and Gloncurray notes include Sunday School and Evening Worship with Rev J J Mahoney. Mt Isa Reev lists 10 a m Sunday School and 7 90 p m Evening Worship. Mines church reports Bondsy School at 7 90 p m and Saturday events in clerical listings.
A lengthy piece reviews road maintenance activity and transport by trucks in Australia. It profiles local councillors Creatienl Cheploit and Gr. Heete and notes shifts toward foreign imports, fuel shortages, and repairs funding. It mentions speeds, work sites at Warings and Duyane, and the broader impact on the town and district.
Local notice states the advertised sale of Donaldson's property at Gregory Street has been postponed. The new sale date will be announced later. Also reported is the sudden death of Master Buldiey Powell son of Mr and Mrs Powell a Thornborough College pupil who died after relief efforts at Charters Towers. The family mourns with deep sympathy.
The committee began decorating Aud. Hid Mall for the convent tall on October 7 promising an unusual program with new dances and entertainment. Weather at week start turned nippy then overcast with rain by Wednesday, and Friday saw continued damp conditions. Obituary notices report the death of MA. G. Bites longtime Peel River Land and Mineral Co. executive. details note his prominence in regional affairs and local legal officials traveling to Mackinnay.
The Cloncurry Geneert Band will perform a short music program on the corner of Sheatte and Hamsay Street on alternate Sundays after a parade. A collection will be taken to raise funds for purchasing dates and citer as recommended by the fund committee.
Mr Winter, a prospector at May Downs, denies a Southern newspaper report that gold was found by him and Isaacson. He notes he is reworking an abandoned shaft sunk 20 feet, deepening to 50 feet, with no payable gold found. He stresses only “paint” gold has appeared and urges publication of the truth. The item also notes upcoming racing events and a race ball for Glencurry District Hospital fund.
News of Detective Campbell being arrested for alleged procuring two items for study sparked a four mill sensation in Cloncurry. The long prominent investigator known for past murder cases faced charges and related legal actions, with local interest high as the town recalls prior trials and his role in major local investigations.
Dr Vickers and Donaldson piloted an ambulance plane to Campoweal after a rifle misfire caused a man named Alex Purdie of the Melbourne Cold Prospecting Syndicate to sustain a severe chest wound. Purdie was flown to Guncurry District Hospital with the bullet removed. another patient was moved from Garroowen to Cloncurry. Purdie, exhausted but stable, is under care with word of the recovery hopeful.
Mrs C Walton of Walton Vite Garden informs Glawentry and District residents of a sale at Fresl Vegelabies featuring Chelste Mua, Thenroal Lettues Carroty Turnip and Exehallots at set prices. Additional items include Hunehos and Thules-Fone Tore brunetew.
A correspondent argues against a controversial dingo bait product. He recalls buying five hundred baits, using them to deter pests, and seeing unintended sheep deaths. He questions the bait’s design and warns readers about possible damage to flocks, seeking expert guidance from the inventor or others.
In Cloncurry the 1939 cricket season kicks off with the Oolig and Pripoe teams meeting at 1046 Viet Reserve. Local bands and public notices accompany the event with a fort nightly concert planned at Sauul's Monument and a collection for gold producers receipts discussed in ministerial talks.
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