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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
12
Postmaster W. K. Moore provides a list of April 1 trunk charges under the new rate system. The charges affect local and long distance calls, detailing incremental costs for each trunk tier and service level.
In Perth Bankruptcy Court John Charles Ibbott, a former cutting cart butcher, described how he obtained over £3000 on flimsy security while jailed for fraud. He claimed winnings from trotting mare Maori Maid and pacer Wood Elf funded his scheme through unregistered bills of sale and high interest loans. The case included coerced nonregistration of assets and advice from friends that unregistered bills carried no risk. The examination was adjourned for two weeks.
Messie Edmonds Bros. at Larras Lake faced a mass attack on lambs by an estimated hundred eaglehawks during last lambing season. Poisoning failed and shooting proved ineffective, so handlers used pigeon decoys under wire netting with rabbit traps to tether captured birds, yielding results and suggesting wider adoption by landholders to protect flocks.
Sir Joseph Carruthers warned at the Chamber of Agriculture reunion that pests cost Australia over 100 million pounds annually. He urged a stricter quarantine system, noting New Guinea hosts more plant diseases than anywhere, risking millions if pests enter Australia. He called for bringing top experts to ports of entry.
Australia lags in wireless spread behind the United States and Britain due to licensing fees in those regions. Australian amateurs have achieved a remarkable record in wireless, contrasting with the higher barriers faced in America and Britain.
Albert Samuel Tribolet died at Waterview Forbes on Tuesday aged years. A Swiss native who arrived in the fifties, he lived in New South Wales, Charters Towers, Gympie and Townsville before settling at Sand Hills Forbes. He left a widow and seven sons and five daughters, one daughter having died recently. The funeral moved from Sand Hills to the Church of England cemetery with Rev H A Pritchard officiating. The Town Hall fly was at half mast as a mark of respect. Funeral by A A Williams and Co.
A detailed sports calendar lists numerous Canowindra Bathurst Orange Dubbo and surrounding clubs events from April 21 to May 31, including J.C. meetings P.R.C. and show dates. It notes gymkhanas, parades, turf club meetings, and horse show dates across towns such as Canowindra, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Parkes, Nyngan, Warren, and Cowra with scattered abbreviations for local clubs and show names.
An old advertisement promises easy income through a postal course from Liberty Confectionery College with a free outfit and a guaranteed earnings claim. It includes dubious addresses and multiple international locations, and mentions a nationwide rise of radio and wireless equipment, implying broad tech adoption.
Keane and partners announce April 22 sale at Rosedale four miles from Forbes featuring 28000 young sheep cattle and horses including a Shorthorn bull plus farming plant and household effects from Mr Tiny ward. Additional sales listed April 28 Cannon estate plant April 29 W Campbell furniture April 20 A M Anderson plant and stock Daley Park and May 2 municipal sale of about 40 draught horses by Kenny Butler
The Prince of Wales birthday was omitted and Angie Day substituted, but holidays for 1928 remain the same as 1927. The list includes Anzac Day April 26, King’s Birthday June 2, Panic Holiday August 3, Night-hour Day October 6, Christmas Day December 25, and Boxing Day December 26.
With railway facilities the praised College Crossing bridge and the improved fences of the district for farming and grazing Engowra must make rapid progress. Property in the town is an excellent investment Wheatley and Hill agents Engowra live an excellent proposition in town property call or write for particulars.
The advertisement highlights excellent bacon beer and butter, noting high quality groceries and general goods at the lowest prices at Black's Store in North Hill.
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