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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 11, 1928
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text describes a basketball game with references to players and actions but contains many garbled phrases and misspellings. It mentions Fortow totals, a vulture metaphor, and a sequence where a player’s shot is blocked or failed, with implied miss and defensive pressure and lingering questions about performance.
In a faded reminiscence Nelson recalls a bustling late nineteenth century pageant at the oval. He details round currouisti, playinie frou, bogies and saddle horse showing a vivid scene of past city leisure. Enthusiasts and tele tauiling planned a full day as crowds from millen gathered for the event.
Fragmented report describes a dance and wrestling style event with mixed names and a chaotic sequence. Several teams and players appear, including references to Smokers Nor Jamokera and The Hest, with vague scoring and outcomes. The text is garbled, limiting precise facts and dates.
Forbes hosted Chappie Dwyer’s Sydney side at the total oval for an Easter cricket carnival. Dwyer’s visitors, opening with Jordan and Ratcliffe, posted 89 while Forbes fell short by 82. Wilson 4 for 37 and Willis 4 for 4 led the bowling. Jordan 100s aided by Ratcliffe. The Grenfell match followed with Grenfell holding a tense draw against Grantel as Forbes hosted a broader exhibition of cricket interests and local support.
In a muddled account from a Monday game, players including Straney Wilson Lowe and others are noted for hits and innings with scattered scoring lines. The report lists multiple names such as Brown Movanttte Rowing and Gaggia FL, mentioning infielders and pitchers with partial scores and incidents. The fragmentary prose preserves team names and some performance snippets but lacks coherent narrative.
A garbled notice items ship or goods handling with names Hugo and forwarding AGDW Astoriel. The readable fragment mentions tales, dive and forwarded, furniture removed.
A large crowd of about 2,000 Catholics gathered at St Chag's Cathedral in Birmingham on Tuesday for a protest against the slusting of the Ren Pre Dinton Berney. The demonstration disrupted the service as the crowd moved outside, clashing with police who maintained order along the roadway.
A 76 year old woman is alleged to have stolen four powder puffs valued at a small sum from two nearby shops. The case is under investigation at the Centre police station. No further details were available.
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