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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
1
A garbled wartime column reviews public life and police actions in Melbourne. It cites a polite police response to a protest on the Yarra bank, comments on politicians and volunteers, and notes rising industrial disputes in New South Wales with figures on losses and costs.
Forbes district lists soldiers killed wounded died in camp or at sea, with many names including AILEED Barton H P, Bird B J, Black Frank, Bradford George, Currie Francia, Dunne Ernest, Ferguson M C, Hall Jack, Mampsom J A, Hurley Edna, and others. Includes invalided home, sick in hospital, and missing cases across Forbes, Pitfield, Eugowra, Trundle, Bogan Gate, and surrounding towns.
A garbled tribute text references Peter Dawson and Peter Darran with unclear phrases. The fragment mentions a lama, ecards, mittens, and offerings to HEAV Batt ty all Chewiats ai Reapers, but the meaning is obscured and no coherent event or person details emerge.
A fragmented timetable listing multiple bus and rail connections across Parkes, Condotolin, Cowra, Molong, Young, Grenfell, and Sydney. It includes routes via Bogan Gate, Trundle, Parkes, Goole, and Goondabie with mentions of late fees and times such as 1 pm and 4 pm.
An unclear ledger style note from a NZ insurer references Pyre and Hallstrom related to an initialization and foaling event. The fragment mentions insurers and financial terms with garbled parenthetical phrases, indicating an archival insurance record or internal memo without a clear narrative.
F RATH & CO tocal Agents SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONAL INSURANCE COY 84 PITT STREET SYDNEY advertise funds £10,000,000 for fire and accident coverage. Live stock, dwellings, furniture, stores protected. Policies promise lowest rates across classes of risks. aims at covering injuries and workmen's compensation with broad protection terms.
Fragmentary OCR text references state and property, applications for rush money, current rates, district agents Paykus Vorbes and Pew HUN, and advances made. No coherent event, date, or entities clearly identifiable.
The fragment shows Fire Insurance GQ Ltd head office at 95 Pitt Street Sydney with managerial notes and an unclear financial position. It lists authority names Alderman Thueyshoues and Morray Kear, plus December figures. Capital paid pounds 2aT300 and total security £939,639 with funds carried forward and subscribed capital details.
Involving ED Weaver & Co of Norwich and London with the Accident Insurance Association, Ineuro with Hath de Loawe, and representatives. Discusses personal accident, workers' compensation, and insurance acceptance, plus related application forms and corporate restructuring plans.
A heavily garbled OCR page captures disjointed snippets of dialogue and classroom chatter. Characters discuss temperature jokes, street pedestrians, social scenes, and school life with many misread names and broken phrases, leaving a patchwork of dreamy vignettes and stray conversations.
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