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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1931
Page
3
A dance held to aid RAC Church funds on Saturday 16 August was financially successful with about £7 10s raised. The event featured tennis matches, multiple players named, and plans for further social activities with radio promotions by Radio Palings of Sydney offering Victor battery deals.
Rain and thunder swept the district with frosts and ice on Friday night and Saturday morning. Frosted crops and damp ground hinder farm work while influenza illness rises. Father Lynch’s car breakage and nearby travel disruption noted. fox shooting at Green Hills continues. Mrs Brady to return home soon with her baby as recovery progress observed.
From our own correspondent rainfall last week ranged 25 to 0 points causing very wet surface conditions The week saw good progress in groves and crops as fine weather returned Mr Davie began heaping and shearing for neighbors Hoyd Station plans to start shearing before month end Wool carting will be difficult with poor road conditions J A L Wilson spoke at Garema about movement Roy Deus leads a sub group A slight decline in flocks reported along with road faults on Garema Forbes road Children’s Hemaine at Coe.
Weather bright over the weekend boosted grass growth while grazing stock thrived. Public auction will offer grazing rights at Bogan Gate Show Ground and racecourse, with a bid of 217 accepted for the ensuing period. Mr Rogers of Sydney and Mrs Tolhuest are staying nearby. the event drew several bidders and related farm activity.
Bedgerabong notes show rivers receding since May 14 with floods easing. Farmers shift to dairying on a small scale, aiming for profitability. a Colts Cricket Club dance to aid funds occurred August 14. Local tennis and club activities resume as ponds dry and traffic returns. rough mood waters have been cut up.
A two shilling bottle of concentrat ed HEENZO, added to sweetened water, yields a family supply equal to eight bottles of ready-made remedies. It banishes coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, influenza, and whooping cough, suitable for young or old, contains no polons, and safe for babies. Use in recovery homes.
Meant for Monwonga coverage, the report notes recent gains in local tennis play and upcoming cup rounds. It lists players for Mannergen and Burrawang teams, including Genta, Simmonds, Constable, Keogh, Rout, and several ladies entries, with references to a death in Warren and a father’s bereavement.
A lively tennis day at Jemalong on Sunday featured a match played at Mr. A. J. Barbe’s Trewllea Vale due to flood-damaged courts. Players including N. Stanley, R. Elliott, F. Constable, H. Field, J. Barber, and M. Brown competed in a series of doubles rubbers with scores ranging across close sets. A dainty lawn tea hosted by Mrs. Barbe complemented the event, highlighting a pleasant afternoon despite the disrupted venue.
Weddin Shire Council last met to consider allowing ratepayers to work off arrears near their properties. Opposition notes touched on overdraft and nearby works. Some backed the plan while others cautioned it could set a precedent. Returned Soldiers League donated clothing. a fancy dress ball raised over £11 and showcased community performances.
£ 20 reward offered for information leading to conviction of persons pressing stock from Wandary. Sheep ear marked W on load of ear. Horse and cattle brand Spurluss WALTER H. BR. STITT.
Pedigreed Corriedales and Garkshires, both males and females, available for display at W. J. Messweeney The Rivers Canowindra.
H A Barraclough Ltd Opticians at 36 George Street announces a forthcoming visit to Forbes on a date to be announced. The firm has toured the town regularly for thirty years, continuing a long local presence.
Posted notice warns that after a future date all trespassers on Wandary Holi Ing will be prosecuted without respect to persons. It states that removing horses or other stock without authority will be prosecuted with the utmost vigor of the law.
The Ovo egg preserver claims failure is impossible and guarantees perfect results for poached boiled or fried eggs. Marketed through Associated Brokers Ltd in Sydney with agents in Sy and Newcastle, it promises to keep eggs fresh and ready for cooking and offers a free recipe book.
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