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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
3
Notice warns that persons entering Lanark Selection Tommy's Creek must provide notice at the Homestead. Anyone cutting fences driving stock or leaving gates open will be prosecuted. Church and mission notices follow with times for services including Holy Communion Evensong and Sunday School at Cloncurry.
A weather bulletin details heavy rain bands from a recent north wind and lingering showers through Wednesday and Thursday. rainfall totals from Avon Downs to Winton and beyond are listed, with many towns recording significant totals. The report also notes rainfall in the Northern Territory and mentions shire notices and local ads about clerical positions and stock movements.
A visiting optometrist from the Optical House of Chas Sankey Fraser will be in Cloncurry at the Leichhardt Hotel on October 30 and in Julia Creek on October 31 to offer scientific eye exams and glasses fitting. Advance appointments may be made by writing to Fraser's offices in Brisbane or Toowoomba. Mr J. S. Livinestone Tadman, an experienced optometrist, will also be consulting in Cloncurry from the same dates, with services next to Atts Cafe and at Mount Isa. The notice promotes eye care for western residents and mentions related watchmaking and jewellery repairs by local firms.
Local items report race postponements due to heavy rain in Richmond and social notes on hair lacquer trends. Notices invite applications for temporary clerical work and tenders for mountain gum firewood with delivery timing required by November 20 1939. Includes health update on Mr Elliott and community visits to Mount Isa.
J Rudolph Spitz of Czecho Slovakian nationality born at Dwornikla and resident eleven years in Australia now residing at Mount Isa Queensland tends to apply for naturalisation under the nationality Act 1920 1036 dated October 14 1999.
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