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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1945
Page
3
Legible fragments show a printed notice from the Cloncurry Advocate Pty. Ltd.办公室 listing names Henry M. Culloch QuaMBE Hotel and a storekeeper, with carrier Rodlalance and a person named Joseph Daniel Twimee involved in publishing at Seart Street. Further details are unclear.
An advertisement touts Arthritic Relief and Rheumatism treatment Rheumatio pstne Moorhead as a reliable cure. It promises quick relief after a two week application with a postage paid offer from St Pauls Pharmacy Brisbane including box 100mne.
Delivery of Choice Pork Chores Fork to homes addressed to Gate of Pout Office Cloncurry will receive prompt attention. Prices will be salt as stated by Ra D O'Sullivan.
Advertiser seeks turkeys ducks and Powis for kill in town. Crates supplied and freight arranged. Write Patricia to 0 Daniels 102 Mundock Street Townsville.
Readable text shows fruit price list from FRUIT SUPPLY on Bridge Rd Mackay. Items include bananas 30, paw paw 10, mixed fruit 18 8 per case per freight. Named seller McNamara appears in the line.
Short ad seeking a boy for office work at Advocate Office. Describes a good opportunity to learn, with emphasis on entry level tasks and on the job training. Applicants likely to show initiative and reliability.
Fragmentary text advertises the Australian Legion of Exercise Men and Women, Branch 16, Wickham Street Brisbane near Rex Theatre. Appears to request wearing a badge and contains a contact reference. No clear event or date. The legible terms suggest an organization or recruitment card.
The Central Oval dining room is now open to the public with tariffs listed for board, meals and room rates. The hotel emphasizes central location with balcony rooms described as oval and airy and invites visitors to view and consider staying.
Classified notice offers used Army tents in fair condition with worn ends and walls damaged. Also mentions parts and repairs and lists contact details for CHILDS in Wawuran.
Fragmentary report details a local repairer named Alvingano plus references to repair work and a street in Mulinery Orage Runway. The legible portions mention a book repairer and expert involvement, but the overall meaning is obscured and place names are uncertain.
A scattered report from Tulia Creek recalls a wild windy warm Monday night with no rain and a strong gale. social notes mention Church of England Grand soirée at Waweaton, visits by Constable Tonerty and others, local weddings, hospital arrivals, and a Pow era transfer. The piece also references the Bunnerong Power mobilization and federal ministers in wartime context.
A mother visiting a hospital husband left four children alone when three brothers aged six four and three played with matches and paper leading to a blaze. A passerby rescued three victims but could not save the fourth. The incident underscores fire danger from children at play amid reports of rising child fire deaths and property losses from fires in the year.
Mrs Len Elliott and Ina return to their home on Gunday's train from Brisbane. She left her little daughter Mary at the Children’s Hospital for further treatment for Matentile Paraiges recently connected.
The notice references a cricket dance tonight and lists probate matters in Queensland. It notes the widow Doris Byrne and others connected to the deceased Dyorne and Mescnters, with Toms applying to the Supreme Court Townsville for probate and caveats possible in the registry.
The report notes a sharp rise in Australian whiskey output for the period 1930-31 to 1943-44, with whiskey production jumping from 271,000 gallons to 640,721 gallons. Gin production also increased, reaching 626,785 gallons, while overall beer consumption and wartime production shifts influenced distillery output.
Fragmentary text references an authoritative stance and increased civil time but lacks clear context or identifiable people places organizations or dates. The readable bits suggest a historical legal or civic note but details are insufficient to summarize a concrete event.
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