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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
7
The executor should be experienced in loan and rural property management, and skilled in estate handling. They must be capable, sympathetic, yet firm, and available day in and day out to meet your family’s needs.
Strand Theatre presents Universal drama Youth Takes a Fling with Joe McCrea and Andrea Leeds under Archie Mayo. A rain soaked wedding scene caps the romance as a Kansas farm youth seeks the sea quest. Also Paramount thriller The Frontiersmen with William Boyd and Evelyn Venable runs three nights plus Saturday matinee, featuring St Brendan Boys Choir.
Colonel Somerville of the Royal Agricultural Society told a NSW Select Committee that greyhounds and racing influenced the regression of training. He warned the best trotters left the state and said betting should not be their aim, but trotting supports finances and improves medium class horses.
A fragmentary query appears to seek guidance on how to handle personal life events such as death or elopement. The text lacks a coherent news item, identifiable persons, places, or organizations, preventing a full card-style synthesis into a dated report.
At Forbes region conference Mrs. E E Hi spoke for the Far West Children's Health Scheme urging branches to unite on rules, monthly meetings, and fundraising. She cited Manly Home's full occupancy, 14 daily Sydney patients, and 314 country referrals including 172 cripples, stressing aftercare, transport, and strict compliance with by-laws to avoid unnecessary hospital travel.
At Forbes Police Court Mr R Donaldson fined Job Buckman £2 plus costs for letting three horses trespass in Church Street. Council’s Mr John Williams cites over 100 prosecutions in 18 months. Similar fines were given to Ernest Bailey and Christian Markwort for cows and horses straying in Forester Street. All defendants granted one month to pay.
The Renfell event schedule lists August 22 as a major date with an oil and mil sections competition and a full display by the Scheme. Volunteers like Minn E Payne have given years of transport service, with reports from Mrs Hall and Dr Wilred Wiesens on welfare and training efforts for Wwiente nelritated bo tie Manly Hegne. The No. 3 Clinic Car, overseen by Shiver Melones, was open for public inspection at Forbes railway station, as the Sunshine Club of Parkes contributed garments and old clothing to the needy.
The column covers Parkes golfers, wins the Boona Cup by the home club, and notes club members celebrating a birth. It recalls the green committee, weather surprises, and humorous asides about players Jack Armour Ben and others. It teases course plans, water-holes, and a recent handicap inquiry for Fred Fraser.
Stock Inspector T. RB Jones told Forbes PSP meeting conditions in the district were generally stable with pulpy kidney deaths still reported. He urged inoculation for all sheep due to seasonal risk, noted improved overall district health after rains, ample water, good stock routes, and possible fencing of the Goobang Creek reserve near Ootha.
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