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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 18, 1928
Page
4
Mr Bruce’s message to the Synod at Bathurst confirms Anzac Day services across Australia. Ministers urge compliance with a dawn service and a public commemoration. The local school and clergy discuss the timing and arrangements for next Sunday observances.
Police continue to press charges under the Liqor Act as hotelkeeper faces penalties for serving liquor during prohibited hours. Jury hears testimonies on unlawful sale and the magistrate’s authority, with details of evidence and legal arguments for the case reaching to the Supreme Court.
Odd ad fragment seeks Overcota Over pats and Overcosia stock. Seller offers contact via telephone and warns of latent stock and large fangs of Lester Overcosia. Titles and entities unclear due to damaged text.
A Forbes Hospital Board special session discussed voluntary weekly fund contributions by Shire workers and the potential shift to compulsory payments. Mr William and others questioned the intent and feasibility of a wage supplement to cover hospital costs, with figures debated around 26s weekly and totals near 614 pounds yearly from employers.
In the House of Commons the Admiralty stated that Vice Admiral Collard bore initial responsibility for the Royal Oak disaster. Captain Bavear and Commander Danial would not be reemployed as vacancies arose. Rear Admiral Collard had been relieved and would be placed on the retired list.
Albert durick sues Dimitri for work and labor in carting and trading of wand. verdict for 2T/14/-y with ASH witnesses. Defendant pleads youth. evidence includes Dinaitel statements about age not over 21. Lawyers dispute client status and timing of payment.
Detective W Lawrence reports two organised bands terrorised August to September in Forber and Parken districts, stealing sheep and wool. The raiders used keys from a grazing association and moved by night, with fences and pastures damaged.
A chaotic midnight pursuit unfolds between Hogan and Parkes as occupants race in a car near a crime scene. Police and experts investigate a cyanide trail and a seized weapon while tracking connections to a suspect named O'Neill and others.
Reports say several occupants were trapped when a passenger car sank after leaving a wharf at Woooomooloa Way. Four men and a woman perished. one man, Christopher Heaton of Bronte, escaped by breaking a window and swimming free. Police and rescuers searched the submerged wreck as bystanders stared from the wharf.
A dense list of horses and challengers for the Mait Maida and other handicap events appears, detailing horses such as Pho Duneer Mulong Celia and Richie mllyworth plus entries for Welter, Turlonies, and Parkes area matches. The item notes payments and arrangements for matches between Parkes and Fuikbit, with a scheduled program including trials and a Toohey Abiald challenge set for May 6.
Diggers plan a special celebration with a dinner at night instead of a daytime ceremony. A musical program of notable merit will accompany the event and the general public is invited to attend at the function.
Lord Birkenhead spoke at the Anglo American Press Club in Berlin and said Germany was relinquishing a policy of estrangement. He argued Britain preferred cordial relations with Germany to aid unity with France and Russia and urged clearer contact between western powers.
The report details Canada's 1937 to 1948 wheat export totals, noting 261 108,788 pounds of sit and 26% of four releases. It ranks major buyers including the United States, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom, with Newfoundland and Trinidad and Tobago also listed. The North Atlantic purchases are described, alongside declines and shifts in demand.
A stream of visitors and locals gather in Forbes and Sydney with social calls and official duties. Mrs Mra Mot Little hosts family in Borben while Mr Ovuette Walker opens a new practice in Forbes. Prominent figures Mr Jim Willaims and Mrs Hedley Wood attend Cavalry Women’s Association events in Sydney. A visit by Bishop Wylie and Lordship is planned for Forbes with confirmations and ecclesiastical ceremonies across the district.
A car skidded and rolled while returning to Wallington from Maryvale. Driver W A Masterson was unconscious and taken to hospital. Passengers Dowd and Henderson were not seriously injured.
The newly premu mminnet church opened with Rev MX Andrews presiding. Many beautiful furnishings were presented and the building was filled to capacity.
Amalgamated Wireless announces installation at its winging centre Pennant Hills of four new transmitters. Each unit will output about 20 kilowatts, quadrupling the current power to bolster broadcasting range and signal clarity.
An elderly Wakefield resident, daughter Mew of Quarry Hil Forbes, died at age 70. The funeral service occurred in the afternoon at the Church of Ewkland in the local cemetery area.
A report from Porbus Police Court notes an individual charged for lingering after hours at a hotel and involved in a promiscuous situation. The court actions include licensing references and a motor vehicle incident tied to the Steyne district. details are fragmentary and dated.
The fragment references a stock sale and Australian produce links amid garbled text. It mentions private aerooning, a Tacit yroshvostian reference, and planned events at Porbow Hust Tuasday and Wodwoday with a Stella rule, indicating an unclear sale-related note with multiple entities.
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