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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1928
Page
5
Financial report shows Parkes Jockey Club income rising to £1,707 8s with bookmakers’ fees and expenditures detailed. Nominations accepted, deficits forecast, and past meetings summarized. debt management and endowments noted amid a year of limited events and revenue.
From Our Own Correspondent in Parkes a lengthy list recalls recent deaths and funerals. Mrs John Wells of Brown Street attends services for the late Mr Donald, a former Parkes manager, with tributes from St Mary’s Cathedral and local residents. Mrs J Hogan facilitates arrangements at Orne while Mrs Campbell of Sydney oversees acknowledgments and community memory.
In Newark Tinman Arnold faces Liquor Act questions after men entered the Club Hotel bar after hours. Witnesses describe Bryant and associates obtaining drinks with a key, a magistrate ordering costs and preventing a marked conviction, while Folay and others recall attempts to secure licenses and responsibility for the incident.
An unreadable OCR fragment references a Saturday event near Rosen with garbled place names and several newspaper titles. It mentions a Metropolitan area and a sequence of unclear terms suggesting a local news blurb without clear facts or names.
Mr J T Woods opened the meeting in Lachlan Street urging continued support for Prohibition. Speakers argued the measure would curb crime and aid women while funding would be redirected from drink to roads. Both sides urged voters to choose decisive action in the ballot.
A cottage on the Orange Road eleven miles from Fo fae want Air was gutted by flames. William Maran and a lodger were awakened as the house burned. bucket brigades and quick action saved nearby buildings. The village suffered smoke and heat damage with losses totaling about £106.
Raceweights listed for Trundle Cup opening handicap with horses named including Thelmas Hertune Activey Jack Kylemore Oxborne Juliny Tinkalows Barratta Nihon Populay Banaras Milan Bunbury Greenmantle Teilionm Poot Mulewie Ket Tela Garden Fortune Field Juat Pan Kronte Haro Raster Mortune Found Joe Bare Habownad Marratis Woadure Green manute No Mumbuy and others in rough OCR.
The Forbes municipality announces an annual election period with preparation details for the town mall and surrounding districts. The notice indicates a council or committee meeting and outlines forms and procedures for interested parties to obtain necessary applications and participate in the process.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions church services and names, with scattered terms like Methodist, parish, locations, and individuals. The readable items include references to services and a list of people or roles, but specifics are unclear due to garbled text. The piece appears to be a local church notices page with schedule fragments and participant names.
Fragmentary list of names, numbers, and places with references to Doyle and Moloney. Reading shows scattered monetary values and product or item labels, but no coherent report or event details. The text reads as a damaged page segment with mixed figures and proper nouns.
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