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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
1
Casual comments discuss wartime horse racing and patriotic funds supporting war effort profits. Notes cover new currency notes design, typographical errors, theft in Forbes and Toowoomba, starling birds versus indigenous species, a lamb with seven legs, and a bill to extend women’s parliamentary rights, all reflecting local concerns and wit.
An anxious mother is urged to trust Woods' Great Pepper Medicine to comfort a sick child. The advertisement promises relief and a cheerful recovery if the home remedy is used, presenting reassurance and a call to action for persistent care.
A wartime roll lists Forbes district soldiers killed or wounded at the front, with many names from Forbes and nearby towns including Barton H P, Bird B B, Black Frank BE, Bradford George, Burke Charles, Combe Cassimir J, Connor H, Currie Franeta, Dunne Ernest, Elliot J I, Ferguson M C, Gombert F L, Hall Jack, Hall F D F, Hampson J A, Hunter Clive, Hurley Edwil, Magill Eric, Matthews F W, M Millan Roy, M Millan Vivian, Shine Joseph, Watson H B, and others noted as killed in camp or died at sea or wounded, with many more from Eugowra, Trundle, Fifield, and Forbes districts. The list includes deaths, deaths in camp, and invalided home cases, reflecting the heavy toll on local families.
The notice lists upcoming shows and entry closes for August and September in multiple towns including Grenfell Eugowra Young Albury Cowra Canowindra Tempora Wyalong and Carooar with dates spread across late August to October. Entries close dates vary per location.
A historical timetable shows down and up routes for Forbes to Parkes Borenore Molong Manildra Orange Sydney and Trundle with connections via Bogan Gate Condobolin Tullamore and Trundle lines. Listed times indicate daily and weekly departures with multiple legs and intermediate stops on the Forbes Condobolin and Forbes Parkes lines including Tuesday Thursday Saturday and Monday Wednesday Friday services.
Walter J. Kelly and Company, auctioneers, stock and station and financial agents, conduct the sale of assets and offerings related to stock, equipment, and related financial property.
Parkes Auwellon Seles advertises applications for trust money loans at the lowest current rates. District agents Parkes Fortes and Peak HU represent Dalsety Co Lyra and offer liberal advances on stock and other securities.
A fragmented passenger timetable lists Sunday through Saturday routes from Parkes to Sydney and regional towns such as Calarie Bogan Gate Grenfell and Eugowra with connections via T.P.O. and Parkes late fees noted at 4 p.m. The schedule covers trains to Melbourne Molong Orange Young Cowra and other stations with numerous local stop names and times across days.
A fragment notes funds actually to bind and subscribed capital with figures £397,100 £219,982 and £77,150. It mentions total security £339,639.
Ed Weaver and Co advertise Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association with inquiries through BL Rath and Co District Representatives. Versus accident workmen's compensation and other branches accepted. Terms on application.
A collage of witticisms and misprints from an East End Sunday School scene includes puns about health hints and love, a mock court exchange with jokes about Shakespeare and the Queen of Sheba, and quips on manners, schooling, and a preacher’s sermon. The piece ends with a nod to a medicinal remedy, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
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