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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1926
Page
5
The text lists a sequence of card denominations and suit counts including D.H. Spades 3 6 76 9 9 6 10 and Border Spades Ladies 5 3 and 6 6. It appears as a catalog of scale values or measurements for playing cards or games.
Rev. Stewart Robertson, delayed from Booligal, rigged a 5 valve wireless in 16 minutes without an outside aerial. Clips on the roof and earth wire netting carried the Melbourne Methodist mission service and St Pauls Cathedral service to the congregation. Evening reception suffered as iron sheets contracted with temperature.
A Portland man Allan McCusker, employed by the PCA, plunged seven feet into a quarry barrier after straying onto a closed road between Sydney and North Sydney Great Western Limeworks. He landed on soft debris, spent the night underground, and reached his home at daybreak with only minor injuries. Dr. Wilson found him uninjured aside from slight cuts, and McCusker wonders how he survived the fall.
At Bath Pastures Protection Board meeting stock inspector C Furness said he wrote to the Agriculture Department about exempting some lice infested sheep from market penalties. Exemption would allow isolation and slaughter only in drought conditions but the department fears abuse and declined broad access.
The Farmers and Graziers Co-op reported a March sale offering 167 bales from a broad New England to Southern Tablelands draw. Buyers included Yorkshire, Continental and Japanese interests with strong comebacks and fine crochets. upcoming sales listed for April Sind and May with thousands of bales.
A London message reports a singular wedding at the Ethical Church. The minister's daughter wed beneath an altar pillar engraved with symbolic figures including Christ, Buddha, Socrates, and Hermes, with urns containing ashes of congregants. The couple exchanged rings under a Walter Crane painting and Wordsworth quotation, pledging mutual honor and shared life.
A slow fire burns in drained swamp soil at Old Bar on Manning River. The large swamp, drained years ago by owner Mr Wilkes, now catches fire to a depth of about one foot. Trees and scrub feed the heat, ignite, and themselves burn as they move through the terrain.
A promotional note asserts that business standing is judged by office stationery and urges readers to trust The Forbes Advocate to handle their needs, promising well judged results and professional presentation.
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