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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
5
Acting postmaster E Hill announces Easter observance with restricted hours. Good Friday April 14 closes all day. Easter Saturday April 16 and Easter Monday April 17 open 9 am to 10 am for mail and telegraph only, no banking or postman delivery. Mall sorting after 11 am. private box mail processed as usual. Easter Sunday April 16 closed.
Winchoomba Carson Ltd reports higher merino fleece values after heavy bidding from France and Japan and robust Yorkshire demand. All fineness levels gained while medium merinos and skirtings showed keen inquiry, with course and xbred types firm except a few that lagged. Next sale set for April 24.
The first in the Green Jade series, The Romances of a Sacred Habitat, is on sale at newsagents and bookstalls. It promises love, adventure, and Oriental mysticism. The next title will be Shark of the Beas, to be published soon.
Warning of headaches from worry overwork or indoor drafts and offering Tower Nr and Pink Pain Powder as fast relief. Claims to cure headaches instantly with government protection, marketed by Frank Smith in Lewtown Sydney with local chemists in Forbes and Vorbes.
Essay of varied Forbes items notes a hospital committee meeting and a Siamese twins case with fatal risk from separation. It corrects a subscriber name in the Ladies Benevolent Society list and highlights dances for Forbes Cricket Association and Calarle Football Club. Also reports sheep sales, wool prices, and local tailoring and bike shop ads.
Dr Thompson, medical officer of Education, returns from Forbes with authority from the Health Department to curb the diphtheria outbreak. He has collected about 1000 swabs from schoolchildren for testing in Sydney and plans extra hospital tents from the Defence Department. A public meeting is set for eight o’clock tonight in the council chambers to discuss steps with parents and the Council.
Mrs Margaret Gilmartin wife of the late Peter Gilmartin of Avondale Yamtu died at her home Wednesday after a short illness aged 70. Native of County Clare Ireland she moved to New Zealand then Australia over 40 years ago. Survived by son L Gilmartin and four daughters. Requiem Mass held at St Lawrence Church followed by burial at the local Catholic cemetery with Fathers Sexton and Fitzpatrick officiating.
The Forbes Operatic Society invites members and intending members to the first rehearsal of The Sunshine Girl at the town hall on Friday night April 7 at 8 o'clock sharp. Trespassers or any person fishing or shooting near Droubalgle will be prosecuted without regard to persons, per Joseph Corby.
Notice warns that any person removing fire wood shooting ducks or trespassing on The Grove property will be prosecuted. All preylong permissions are withdrawn. Signed L J McLean Rubber Stamps.
Lachlan Street Forbes hosts a local government clerk service notice for the Lozell Shire. The document records the Shire Clerk role and the public office location at Shire Chambers.
A group of 1700 and 2000 acre farmers from Coobang and Kindogundra across Parkes district nominate themselves as candidates for the Pastures Protection Board in Forbes. They urge Act amendments to abolish inspectors, transfer fines to councils for roads, compensate damages via shire funds, lift wire netting duties, and curb alleged board tyranny while stressing unity with the farming community.
Lindley Walker Co op reports that Canadian supplies are ample and U S crop prospects appear optimistic while Argentine shipments fall. Continental buyers show sporadic demand due to financial stringency. European crop complaints and uncertain winter and spring prospects may affect near term prices. We also note a boot sale listing ending with clearance prices.
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