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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
1
Morwong quotes a man selling a poem for threepence highlighting poetry’s perceived value. Nearby items lampoon Anzacs being fêted in England and criticize the Tote measure as a farce. Vandals damage a Grenfell Road water trough, with calls for action against those who destroy public property.
A long list of Forbes district soldiers killed wounded died at sea or in camp during World War I. Names span Forbes and neighboring towns with many entries lacking enlistment places. The notice notes some missing places and states those unnamed enlisted outside the district.
A detailed historical timetable lists daily routes and departure times for towns including Parkes Bogan Gate Condobolin Station Burrwaog and Sydney via T.P.O. It also notes late fees around 4 p.m. and multiple regional connections across Monday to Saturday with various stops and via paths.
Morning scenes show dead goats in Forbes area as residents pursue the nuisance with a novel method. Reported hood shooting aims to deter goats from foraging, with locals noting the second barrel helps stop them.
Printed and published by the proprietor George Washington Brownhill at the office of The Forbes Advocate on Lachlan Street Forbes.
Train timetable shows down services from Forbes to Condobolin with arrivals and departures for Parker Bogan Gate Condobolin and Parkes. Down trains run Monday Wednesday and Friday with morning and evening times. Up services on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday with return times from Condobolin to Forbes and Parkes.
Commercial News from John Beidge & Co Ltd notes buoyant wool prices with top bids up to 1s 6d and 174d for groovy fleece, 28d for scoured fleece. Good grades scarce. end of season parcels are tare or faulty. Next Tuesday clearing sale of small lots. Sheep yarding steady with improved prime rates. Cattle market firm with spirited competition and some improvement for prime young stock.
The Pastoral Finance Association Limited reports on its closing wool sale listing 18 bales. Demand was strongest for top quality greasy wool from the Istrom Ol Spring mount and Lew Bogland clip, with a top price around 1741. After two more days of sales, auctions pause for several weeks as most stock moves by private treaty.
John Bridge & Co invites ladies and gentlemen visiting Sydney for Easter to visit their head office at Circular Quay for comfortable facilities. The letter promises real and sincere pleasure in serving guests who are temporarily away from home and offers assistance prior to their arrival.
Advertises rubber stamps including Linen stamps and Business stamps with a printed catalogue sourcing for the Advocate office in Australia.
A collage of jokes and vignettes about marriage, manners, and misadventures across society. The pieces include quips on husbands and wives, professors and freshmen, a Georgia magistrate, a Sunday School teacher, and a school inspector turned bachelor, all told in a breezy, old fashioned tone.
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