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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 02, 1937
Page
3
The piece blends anecdotes of sharp repartee at gatherings with reflections on memory and humor. It then shifts to a discussion of weather patterns and air currents influencing rain and how Australia’s gliding research may improve rain forecasting.
A historical survey notes Hatfield the Californian who contracted with a Alberta based firm to produce rain for a fee of up to 2000 pounds, with rain incentives based on inches produced. It recounts other failed attempts including rockets and ice sprayers, and highlights afforestation and damming as methods that can induce rainfall, while noting no reliable rainmaking method exists.
Mesara Dalgety and Company Ltd and Ownsvilla forward a cable noting September wool sales closed with brisk competition and wide price declines across grades. Higher quality merino showed sharper drops while scoured and crossbred lines also fell, with farmers facing substantial reductions from July series levels.
Application for a mining lease over ground known as May Downs South comprising tenures beginning at a datum peg marked FA PA and extending 7.07 chains west 14.14 chains north 1.07 chains east 44.14 chains to return to the start. Located about 4 miles north south from Mountain and on the Cloncurry Gold and Mineral Field. Shareholders Patsick Amftott Amftott and James Summons represented by solicitor F S Hope. The objection hearing set for the Warden's Court at Cloncurry on the fourth of November following publication. date of notice September 27, 1937.
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