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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1916
Page
4
T Ginty announces that she has taken the license of the Central and Favorite Hotel from Mr EB Richardson and will continue to run the business with merit. The motto remains the best of everything and strict attention to patrons’ wants.
One of the Homes of the West operated by H. Croft proprietor is noted as the Leaving Commercial and Family Hotel with location in the Eastn district.
Forbes visitors to Parkes are cordially invited to call at the Royal Hotel. Superior accommodation, excellent menu, good stabling. Royal Hotel bus meets all trains. Sole agents for Sotiwells aerated waters. Bruce Thompson, proprietor.
Mr Martin announces takeover of the Above Hotel in Forte and surrounding district. He plans late opening hours with wines and spirits labeled under Mrs Martin supervision. Movellent Stabble Accommodation and Storage for Motar Cay LP.M. motto promises mutual trust.
Osler announces takeover of Central Livery Stables on Rankin Street late Jack Robs. He pledges his best attention to business and promises a thoroughly practical and experienced approach to horse care and instruction for customers.
A fragment notes Hosler location opposite F Rath and Co s coach factory likely indicating a business or storefront relation near the factory. Details are sparse, but the reference places the subject across from the Rath and Co coach works.
A snippet reports new methods and equipment for tyre cutting with a focus on sanitation and efficiency. The note mentions a recently installed plant in the Aintmiet area and claims improved capacity to handle various tasks, implying a modernization drive in manufacturing.
Sydney cable dispatch details a correspondent describing Ottoman strength eroding at Ant Minor and along the Tigris. Turkish troops, though numerous, are scattered, underscoring German strains as Allied pressure and logistics falter, with bitterness in Constantinople toward supporting powers.
A New York dispatch reports President Wilson threatening actions against Germany amid tensions. The note cites possible naval or military moves and condemns German commanders, with warnings of intensified hostilities and potential shifts in policy.
Six more vessels report encounters with enemy submarines while garbled cables discuss conscription wedges and army training. A Glasgow teacher, John McLean, attempted a controversial trial under wartime authority with unclear results. Civilians suffer casualties as disruptions spread amid broader mobilization efforts.
A Forbes board meeting chaired by Wallace Hunter and including G Thornton J C Low and J H Nowkes discussed steps to recover installments from ratepayers on wire netting. They thanked the railway department for supplying a portable race at trucking yards and considered re opening and cost sharing on the wire netting project. Inspector reports on fence compliance and rabbit control were reviewed along with council requests for other improvements and certificates issued after inspections.
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