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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 04, 1941
Page
5
Forbes announces a morning event at 11 o clock for the Junior Christian Endeavour anniversary with speakers including Mr Ward and Mr Watson. An evening session at 7 30 p m lists participants Mr Ward and Mr Ward again with additional names and a 3 pan provision.
Holy Communion at 7am and 2pm at John’s Church with Lam and Gung officiating. Lam leads Eucharist and distribution of Palms Crosses. 10:15am Sunday School session noted amid unspecified details.
Advertises rental shops in Parkes Forbes Condobolin Lake Cargelligo and surrounding areas with various sizes and prices per week. Listings include locations near hotels banks and notable streets with agent contact details and corporate endorsements. Overhead agents for all listings are noted.
A mixed set of classified notices and adverts from the Government Gazette of April 1941. Items include job vacancies for a 14 15 year old smart order boy, a gardener’s shop position, and auto tent purchase offers. Also notices of land road closures, objections to land deals in Sydney, business change at Ryan Garry’s Fruit and Vege shop in Forbes, and tender invites for a Grenfell gymkhana booth and luncheon. Obituaries and thanks expressions appear in brief form.
Applications are invited from persons 141, closing on 19th April, 1941. Specifications of duties to be inspected at Secretary's Office, or at Hospitals Communion's Office, Sulley. Applicants to state fee Fox Bs W. J. THOMBON, Secretary.
In response to a recent public meeting the Municipality of Forbes announces a council chamber gathering at the Town Hall Forbes on Tuesday April 8 at 7 pm to appoint a deputation to meet the minister regarding the proposed Munition Annex Forbes. The meeting will discuss securing the necessary arrangements and consider all suggestions.
Notice for a general meeting of the Fortes Golf Chub at Plancery's Hotel on Friday the 11th to discuss altering rules on competition days for Associate Members and provision for payment of green fees on those dates.
Instructions from M E Rowe to sell a silk oak bed suite linoleum dining room furniture kitchen items garden hose and household sundries. Presbyterian Church Sunday April 6 Forbes 1 am Eugowra 3 pm Communion, Forbes 7 30 pm. Tuesday 7 30 pm weekly prayer for empire led by Rev H Stanley Persona. Lutheran Church Sunday April 6 10 am Sunday School 11 pm divine service with Holy Communion.
Members of the Lord Mayor's Auxiliary and Red Cross Society are advised the Comforts Depot will be upstairs. An announcement by the Ironmongery Department indicates premises are available free of cost for the war duration. Mrs L E Bec, LMA, Mrs H B Pree listed.
The article reports Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa becoming landlocked due to geopolitical shifts or infrastructure changes, severing direct access to a seaport region. Officials emphasize economic impact, transport links, and potential strategies to reroute trade. Local businesses express concern over cost and delays in shipments.
London dispatch reports Asmara fell to Imperial forces five days after Keren, with 17 miles of progress daily along the Eritrean frontier. Allied captures include Harar and Diredewa in Abyssinia. Addis Ababa threatens from multiple angles as roads and rail links sustain the campaign. RAF strikes hit Eritrean stations and Abyssinian routes. Australian airmen report bomber losses.
The Admiralty announced the destruction of an Italian destroyer and the detention of a German freighter of 4,168 tons in the Red Sea. The destroyer left Mashowe, was sunk by naval aircraft. A German freighter attempting to flee Massawe was intercepted by a British warship. Four more enemy ships escaping Mediterranean ports were intercepted by the British navy.
In Albania Greek and British air units attacked Italian transports and positions in the central front. Reports say Italian forces were driven back with more than 80 prisoners taken. The House of Commons heard Under-Secretary Butler say Turkey's treaty with Russia does not require arms in defense of the Soviet. The Soviet friendship move toward Turkey was welcomed by Britain.
An Italian flag, once over Fort Capuste, now hangs in the officers mess at RAF Western Desert. A daring lander returned the flag after a raid, presenting it to a bomber squadron that played a leading role in the Fort Adaredevil action. a farmer suffered damage from bomb splinters.
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