Progress of Town Works Report From Parkes Council
The engineer Mr. K Prendergast told the Parkes Municipal Council that racecourse road surface deteriorates too much to patch with emulsion. Sections in Wombat and Lachlan Streets had repairs. new crossings were built in Oxford and William Streets. Concrete dish crossings rise at Forester Linda and Porster Thelma streets. Wetter Bros. laid concrete footpaths at Forbes Pub for 204 pounds. Four months after new water meters arrived, many plumbers fitted them carelessly, causing extra work. a council inspector gave one man seven days to fix the fault.
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Racecourse Road
K. Prendergast
Inez
Parkes Municipal Council
Prendergast
Gabler
Wombat
Lachlan
Oxford
William
Wetter Bros
Forbes
Cornel
Education Department
Prembergiust
Che
Council
Shire
Fourr
Irrigation Experiments Farm Discussed by Council
In a letter to the Municipal Council last week Mr. E. P Dring MUS.A stated he had been advised by the Minister for Agriculture Mr. Orn haw that the council’s representations for the irrigation experiments farm in the district were receiving attention.
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E. P Dring
Mus.a
Las Week
Municip Council
Ornhaw
Bean Growers Seek Compensation for Refugee Beans
At a meeting of the Vegetable Growers Association in Cowra members demanded compensation from Edgells factory for heavily docked refugee bean consignments. Growers reported dockage up to 40 percent with some lots deemed too old or too young, despite seeds supplied by Edgells. The group, attended by 722, also moved to demand action, including a letter seeking compensation and a no-confidence discussion of the president.
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Edgella
Edgells
J. Girot
K. Miller
Girot
Jronem
Beara
H. Rees
C. McFarland
T. Debenham
Vegetable Grinders’ Association
Hunt
Formth
Edella
W. Asti
McParland
Ted Grimm
Fortory
Edgell
McMurray
Finalising Jemalong Ballot for War Service Certificates
The War Service Classification Committee will not visit Forbes on Pridkey April 22. At Forbes Court Howe the committee will interview 30 applicants who drew marbles in the Jemalong blocks ballot. The Forbes sub-branch FSL requested the session.
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War Service Chassification Committee
Forbes
Pridkey
F.S.L
Forbes Court Howe
Theft of 120 Wheat Bags Stuns Red Bend Siding
Forbes police probe the theft of 120 bags of wheat from a stack at Red Bend railway siding. The wheat valued at £3 a bag belonged to Australia Wheat Bowred from a stock of 60,000 bags. Representatives of Thine Pry Leet, agents for the wheat, aided police in the case as investigators pursue suspects.
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Forbes
Red Bend
Australia
Advice From a Legion Officer On Welfare Benefits
A Forbes sub-branch meeting heard Legion of Ex-Servicemen officer Mr Peter Peffer explain how few members were aware of Welfare and Education Fund entitlements. He urged full inquiries, noted the fund supports schooling, living allowances, and correspondence courses for ex servicemen and families, and praised the mutual Insurance Rockery while condemning member apathy.
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PetTey
Legion
War Service
Jemualone
Lerton
Beffer Sud
Tere
Alsin
Inhaba
Peffer
Potter
Legion's Insurance Rockkery
Forbes
Postal Holiday Arrangements and Ticketing Details
The Forties Post Office directs arrangements for a postal holiday with service suspended. It notes ticketing and mail handling changes, mentions dates in late month, and advises on mail delivery limits and reception of perforation tickets.
School Committee Recommends Resumption Plan for New Secondary
The P and C Association endorses resuming land for a modern girls secondary school opposite Sherif and Browne streets. Concerns cite distance from current pupils, drainage, boggy ground, and environmental fit. Proposal suggests transferring the infant department to Parks School and using a hostel for housing pupils while building the new facility.
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Forbes Farenis
Citizensy' Associatios
Sherif and
Browne Streets
Bee Secondary School
Jgent
Madden
Pirks School
Alte
Sevel
Forbes
Crusader Camp at Orange Rally Planned by Methodist Leaders
An early 20th century report notes the Crusader Camp at Orange, one of the oldest youth campaign groups in the state, to be staged near Easter with two camps in the Western and one near Wellington. The event will be chaired by Rev Bruce Genie and Rev George Wheen, with a Good Friday service at the Forbes church and sermons by Rev S. H. Pops. Key organizers include Rev M. Pardey, Rev A. Lew, and Rev A. Lew, BA, with district ministers and local MLA figures assisting. the schedule references May 20 and the following week, but some details were postponed.
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Wellington
Forbes Miothodista
Fev
MN. Pardey
Mra Pardey
Bruce ‘Genie
MUA
Geo Brate
George Wheen
Pridky AL
Forbes
Gort
Pops
Cradley Hyde
Methoddiat
Aly
Grange
Af Wy Staimes
View Pringie
Balmain Teachers’ College
Aro
Goneference
A. Lew
Rabbits plague spurs plea for public boards action
Neil M. McPhillamy of Angled Forbes criticizes the Plague Prohibition Board during an April 1949 letter. He argues West from Jemalong Mountain rabbits overwhelm farms, demanding coordinated action by the PP Board and local shires. praises older board members, notes labor limits, and urges continued measures including digging, trapping, and poisoning to protect Merino sheep and 30,000 acre properties like "Greton."
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Jemalong Mountain
Forbes PP
Bond
Mir. Speck
Mr. Baddie
Ife Trust
Greton
Feck Bode
Moba Onder
Australia
Shires
PLP
Move to Assist Travellers Protest Berth Shortage
The Agriculture Bureau at its last meeting protested the inadequate number of sleeping berths for Forbescain travellers. Attendance was small. chairing was by Messrs Hancock and Davin. Hancock and Davin were appointed to interview the Egg Board manager and police about incursions outside the board’s premises. Gavin party delegates named for Hawkesbury conference. Sommers nominated for general president. Sly urged for advisory councillor for the Eavelland region.
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Agriculture Burea
Forbes Cain
Konia
Cb. Matila
W. Hancock
Messra Hancock
N. Davin
Egg Board
NS Gavin
Hawkesbury
Mordoe, Sby
Mile Valda Mckay
Me JR
Sommers
Sly
Eavelland Rede
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Speedwell
Spark
Asamal Coloum
Bemmett & Wood Pty, Lid
Alan Breaden Pty. Ltd
Rankin St. Forbes
EAN
Cowra
Mir. Fondon
Kondon
Reew Edgell
Chietebeck
Parta
Nsw
Isd
Victoria
Wits
Waldom
Dehennut
Forties Bort
Jwettnon
Ley
Thei Bhp Twebniavise
Aweue Dix
Yauals Tor Deeponnety
P. & C. Assn
Echdor
J. D. Madden
Maddin
Jomidormge
Tom's Lagoon
Orange
Forbes Methodists
P.P. Boards
Grazier Questions
Mr. McPhillamy Vorites
Apollon
Boarda
T. W. Bolam
Porbes
Acre
Neil M. McPhillamy
The
Angles
Agricultural Bureau Meeting
Ibe
NAMCO
Joan Hill
Qui Store
John Meagher & Co. Pty. Ltd
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