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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
1
After this date all persons found trespassing on WANDARY Holding will be prosecuted without respect to persons. Persons removing horses or other stock without authority will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law.
The article extols transoceanic travel via Colombo and the Suez Canal with new steamers of 20,500 gross tons and 26,500 displacement providing more single-berth cabins. It emphasizes ample saloon and third-class accommodations, improved meals, and a sample fare including breakfast and dinner items such as bacon, beef, lamb, puddings, and assorted desserts for travelers seeking comfort at low rates.
A jumble of short anecdotes describes a city club scene with two players swapping to spectators, a waiter’s quip about a missing wallet, domestic chatter about dresses and purses, a playful algebra miscue, a child’s drawing of God, and a prison yard curiosity. Various punchlines follow a string of parlor humor and classroom gags, including a brick becoming impudence, a foreman harmed by dynamite, and a pond life joke.
Agents for Bankers and Traders Insurance Co Ltd advertise fire marine and accident policies. They also handle sheep dips station supplies and related stock and property lists available on application. Correspondence invited.
The notice seeks tips leading to the conviction of a person stealing stock from Wandary. Sheep marked W on the back of every one. Goods and parcels carted to any part of the town. Furniture removed and stored. Trains met daily. Contracts entered into for town carrying. Agent for the Sydney Fire Office British Trader's Insurance Co. and local agent for Dalgety & Co. wheat buyers.
Advertisements or contracts for this paper may be received in Sydney by Gordon and Golph Ltd Bar rack Street Country Press Corp Co 178 Castlereagh Street Reuter s Ltd 15 Castlereagh Street.
Notice to advertisers that changes of copy must reach the paper by 4 p.m. Monday for Tuesday issues and by 10 p.m. Thursday for Friday issues. The rule is firm. Early submissions will ensure better handling and display of ads.
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