State Letters on Public Works and Health Appointments
A Brisbane memo batch from 1940s offices outlines approval for police station enhancements at Cloncurry including quarters upgrades and new shade work, followed by health department notes on a North West dental service, an itinerant dentist position, a re-advertisement, and transfer plans for Cloncurry Assay Office and residence painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloncurry
Ench
Vo J .Partision
North-west Hospitals
McDonald
Commonwealth
Toohey
Western Australia
J. D. McGuane
Hughenden
Nighttime Screenings Teem With Stars and Suspense
The program features Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara in a comedy of a love triangle amid a mysterious Belvedere in Slitting Pretty, plus Columbia’s Key Witness. John Seal Minds himself faces a murder predicament. Also on the bill are Rory Calhoun in Adventure Island, Take My Life, Night Song, and a Time to Kill repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Young
Maureen
Klarn
Belvedere
Clifton ‘Webb
Columbia
John Seal
Trudy Marshall
Jimmy Lloyd
Rory Calhoun
Hewcomer
Ann Loeld
Rhonda Fleming
Paul Kelly
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hugh Williams
Greta Gynt
Marius Goring
Dany Andrews
Merle" Oberon
Ethel Barrymore
Hoagy Carmichael
Lloyd Nolan
Heather Angel
Notice of Used Goods and Property for Sale
One Glip and Lister benzine engine offered as a lot. Heavy skid chains 84x18. A 3 ton Bedford truck in good condition with tin body, rubber feet, price £2150. Electrical refrigerator in perfect order with twelve months warranty. 1936 Chevrolet sedan nearly new engine and tires £250. Two fully furnished flats in Seymour Street, good locality, suitable investment. First to inspect will buy at £600. Seller open to buying or selling additional items. business expanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Street
Blitz on fire starters to run through summer period
The Country Fire Authority and police announce a full blitz against arson and careless behavior during summer. From June 1948 to July 1949 patrols will intensify with routine and special checks. Chief rural officer C. F. Daw warns carelessness costs lives and promises prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Fire Authority
Country Fire
Country Fire Authority
Mr. c. 4. Daw
Tennis Mixed Doubles Championship Triumph by Pengelly Pair
Frank Pengelly and partner won the mixed doubles title after a tight 6 4 4 6 165 finish against Ken Dann and Mrs. F. Grehan. The match featured strong net play, long rallies, and commentary praising Dann and Grehan as improving players. The article hopes tennis interest will continue after the championships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank” Pengelly
Iltlle
Ken Dann
F. Grehan
Hides
Grehan
Pengelly
Dann
Mrs Hudson Offers Washing Service Two Days Weekly
Mrs Hudson announces availability to undertake washing for two days per week. The notice states she is ready to provide cleaning assistance on a regular schedule and invites inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Dramamine Heralded For Seasickness Relief
Horace Sutton promotes 60 milligrams of Dramamine for seasickness and air sickness. A half tablet every four to six hours may be needed for ongoing protection. The article cites U S Army transport use and Dr Leslie N Gay as discoverer of its efficacy, replacing many cures and quack remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Sutton
Sutton
Germany
Atlante
Leslie
N. Gay
Gay
Divorced Man Reveals 50 Fifty House Split Joke
A light exchange unfolds as a man announces his divorce with a gibe about a fifty fifty split of the house. The dialogue extends with a playful line about a boyfriend in May and a cryptic remark about what if he gets. The fragment sits as a humorous social note in casual conversation.
Court Fate and Train Fire Near Cloncurry in 1939
In the Court of Peny Rosstons Cloncurry on 11 September 1939 before Acting Magistrate Janes Frederick Robinson a 34 year old labourer pleaded guilty to unlawfully assaulting Maurice Raymond O. Con hor. He was convicted and fined £2 1s or 14 days in prison. On a separate incident a guard on a goods train from Julia Creek reported a blaze in a tarpaulin covering articles seven miles from Cloncurry. The fire destroyed a new silky oak upright refrigerator cabinet and electrical gear for the Cloncurry Bowling Clubhouse. Spark from the engine likely ignited the tarpaulin. quick action prevented further loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Courk
Peny. Rosstons
Cloncurry
TP. Cleary
Janes Frederick Robinson
Maurice Raymond O.con Hor
Catholic Maypole Candidate Miss Patricia Butt Gala
A gala night is planned at the Bio Theatre on Tuesday October 4 featuring Tom Wheel stalls and goods such as cakes. The event promotes candidate Miss Patricia Butt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Butt
BIO Theatre
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Wagling
Commission
NO. 4 Bridge
ST. Sydney
Brisbane
P. C
Honounnyy
Trans-Australia Airlines
Qantas
Impireiirways Limited
I Tasman
Empire Airways Limited
Nobel Glasgow Explosives,” and
Southern ‘Gross' Machinery CO
Pry Ltd
souKi” “Gross
NEW Zealand Insurance Company “Limited
Mluw- Siouetter
Beon
Wheela
Gulf’ Engineering & Motor Co
Kay
J. Walduck
FA Perm
Hote
Harry Butt
Wiilst
Town
A. 3
Normany’ Smith
L.A
Department of Public Works
Dear Mc. Smith
W. Power
Department of Health and Home
Affairs
Mr. Smith
A. Jones
Department, of Public Works
Dear Mr. Smith
Eleel Vic
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Pether
D Commission
Aridas
the City Mutual Life Assurance. Society. Limited
Llatherette
Boreae
Franks
Broadway
Sydney
Henry
Mel
COURT
Li Honeycombe
Julidt Creek
Catholic Maypole
N. J. Powers
House OF Quality
Jack Mann
Julia Creek
T. R. Doyle
UHR Street
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