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Newspaper

Cloncurry Advocate

Location

Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

Date

Oct 31, 1931

Page

2

G H Jenkins Oney 90 Dies

Obituary notice for G H Jenkins Oney aged 90 with brief mention of lifelong service and community ties.

Travel Advisory Notice From MNS and PAGR

The MNS and PAGR inform the traveling public that a notice regarding absent or delayed services has been issued. Details remain limited in the readable text, with emphasis on public awareness and adherence to updated travel guidance. Further information will be released by the issuing agencies.

Trespass Warning at Fort Constantine Paddocks

Caution to any person trespassing in Fort Constantine paddocks will be prosecuted without respect to persons, and any stock straying therein will be impounded.

Fort Constantine

For Sale Near Railway Station 10 Acre Farm

For sale a four mile from the railway station farm of ten acres with good water fruit trees vegetables and all descriptions. Mangora sold for £25 last week. Includes new fencing and an 80 by 16 foot house with verandah. Sulky horse and harness and owls. Location one mile from Ita Whin. Net price £100. Apply Cloncurry Advocate.

Cloncurry

Ural Newspaper Advertising Boosts Beet Value

Advertising in the ADVOCATE widely circulated notices raise beet values, with daily notices stating profits, market demand, and farmer gains. Local merchants report stronger sales and producers expect rising prices as buyers appear in markets.

Goss

Paragon Hotel Undergoes Renovation and Reopening

The Paragon Hotel in Towneville has been thoroughly renovated and now offers upgraded lodging and catering. A fresh lounge, improved bar, and expanded amenities promise a modern staying experience with new drinks and spirits available on site. Call for details.

Abor Burarowe Paragon Towneville Miva Aool

Religious Services Across Inland Mission Congregations

The notice lists Sunday services and Sunday School times for the Australian Inland Mission and Federal Methodist Inland Mission. Ministers Rev J J Mahoney and A Hayes are noted for MT Isa Abyv with morning and evening worship and Sunday School sessions scheduled at various times.

Federal Methodist Inland

Be Just and Fear Not

The Advocate issue from Saturday October 31, 1934 presents a period editorial or essay titled Be Just and Fear Not. The item reflects journalistic tone of the era with civic or moral rhetoric.

Local band and ambulance ham stall highlights repairs

Mr J H Hawthorn a well known meter mechanic has taken in Mr WN Petcully as a partner in a government grade licensed venture. Motorists are assured repairs will be done in a prompt manner at the workshop opposite the court house with a stock of motor accessories available.

J. H Bluey Hawthorn WN. Petcully Thag Gouri Howse

Public notice of Queensland press association resolution

The Public is notified of the Annual Conference resolution in Brisbane on July 20. It fixes minimum rates for classified and colonial newspaper advertisements. It sets 6/6 per single column inch and 4/- per additional inch for standard ads. Traveling Thestries Company ads charged at 6/- per column inch with a minimum of eight inches. No commission to advertising agents for Company Advertising. Brisbane August 6 1980.

Areherby Queen Country Press Ansoc Brisbane Cas Queensland Emel Traveling Thestries Company Toeniki- 1 Joseph Retary

Playout Band Draws Crowds on Moonlit Corner

On Sunday night a band performed at the corner of Skeaffe and Ramsay Street. A large crowd gathered, sitting on the guttering cement as a beautiful moonlight night provided a backdrop for the countryside concert. The Bond plans regular summer playouts at this corner to entertain locals.

Too Curry Dand Skeaffe Ramsay Street Ike Bond Munie

Prospectors Report Rich Gold Readily Outlook in Camp

NICE GOLD Ben Strong and party in town say they cleaned an old shaft to 50 feet and drive 16 feet toward the river. They found good wash and secured 44 dwts from a few shovelfuls. They expect richer yields as they drive on. They have water for sluicing, attracting other prospectors to the field as rain falls.

Ben Strong Sonlinlle

Free Wood Donation Helps Cloncurry District Hospital

About 15 cords of wood were donated to the Cloncurry District Hospital by Mesera C Jenkins Phillips Grahm Hutton Leflavale Station and Mr. Haydon who carted it to the institution. T Wardhouse supervised the loading to balance the budget and thanks are extended to all who helped.

Cloncurry District Hospital

Miners Rally Over Wages at Oxide Mines

A Sunday night meeting in Glovcurry exposed miner grievances at Oxide, Dobbye, and Orphan mines. Delegates urged government action, urged workers to stay on or quit, and called for tributers to be forced to work or abandon the mines.

Glovcurry Klocton Square Amy Len Whitehouse McCormack Dobbye Oxide Petersen Butlodse Collagog Smelters Pshedpelsky Peterson Powell Chillagoe Quiem Pahedpolsky Uney Pahodpelsky Newbery Mt. Elliot, Company Dobbin Gaide Orphan A. Jones Burke J. Mullan Flinders A. EB. Atherton ML Elliott Company London Sik Whitehouse

Barkly Shire notices sanitary charges under Local Authorities Act

Barkly Shire Council informs under section 242 of the Local Authorities Acts that owners of premises are liable for sanitary charges for the period. Owners are advised to communicate with tenants to protect themselves. T L Robertson Shire Clerk Camooweal October 1984.

Min Council Feapeat T. L. Robertsom Camooweal

Mackiniay Branch Ballot and Plans at O'Donnell Hall

The Mackiniay branch of the GWAL met in O'Donnell Hall on Saturday afternoon with Mesdames Bode Wells Gollings Palmer Fogue Tighe Crawford Maxwell and others present. Minutes and financials were reviewed. a credit balance of £56 4 9 remains and a £20 cheque was authorized.

O'Donnell Hall Mesdamex Bode Wells Gollings Palmer Fogue Tighe Crawford Maxwell Molotyre Misa Bode Rolfe Moadames Daveson Simpson Olive Morrison B. N. A. Funda Fairfax Mew Hoda Fulrfalz Questsland Council

Fatal Motor Car Accident Near Augustus Downs

Word spread of a serious motor accident near Augustus Downs 160 miles north of Cloncurry. An aerial ambulance reached the scene to find a car overturned after a wheel collapsed on a bend. two elderly Black women died or were badly injured, an Afghan driver and a young half caste were involved, and the survivor was flown to Cloncurry hospital.

Augustus Downe Mr. D. Donaldson Vickers Murphy Glencurry Cod Augustus Downs Cloncurry Cumry Weither Howe

Strikers Halt Large Copper Ore Lorry Near Oxide

Reported incident in which three men planned to haul copper ore from Oxide toward Dobbyn with a new Leyland truck valued at over £4200. The vehicle was intercepted by strikers before reaching Castle, halting progress on the route to Oxide. Police inquiry hinted. the text notes a warning of possible severe action.

Mt. Oxide Dobbyn Sydney Castle Wong Oxide Dian Dobby Ned Kelly

Cinema Listings and Community Fundraiser Notes

The program features Alice Joyce and H. B. Warner with Help Forbes in a shadowy, civilised veneer film set, plus Suniren of Chane with Hirang Landi and Mabel Poulton. A sound cartoon Wise Files and the comedy By Appointment round out Saturday’s Sydney program. Marlene Dietrich stars in Dishonored at the Sydney Prison Edward Theatre, with Recaptured Love as the supporting feature and further showings of Song of the Flame, Dereliat, The Life of the Party and The Man from Blankneys. A Glengurry Ambulances Brigade dance at Quamby raises funds, aided by Clanellery Concert Band, promising a lively night for regional attendees.

Alice Joyce H. B. Warner Help Forbes Chane Hirang Landi Mabel Poulton John Lengde al Jolson Big Boy Sydney Prison Edward Theatre Sorsens Marlene Dietried Mata Hart Atwiria Rusaia Misa Dietrich Secret Service Sydney “Bulletin Dietrich Josef von Sternberg Bernice Claire Alexander Gray Noah Beery Tammerstain George Baderom Dereliat Winnie Lightner John Barrymore Man Blankneys Joe & Brown Bernice Galre Edgar Wallace The Bernies Claire and Aremy Dor Gray Glengurry Clanellery

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