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Newspaper

Forbes Advocate

Location

Forbes, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Aug 22, 1919

Page

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Tennis Tronbares Defeat Coolana In Friendly Ironbarke Match

On 17th inal courts Ironbarke beat Coolana 18 sets 122 games to 4 gain 60 games. Players included B Reid W Morrison H Reid J Deaney P Cleary J Car roll R Burgess C Reid Gozzard Carroll Reid Kingsland Conway King Reid Morrison Galvin Hopper Dean T Reid Molloy Cleary Hopper.

Ironbarke B. Reid W. Morrison W. M'Donnell T. Galvin Y. Reid J. Deaney J. Cleary C. Reid Gozzard J. Carroll R. Burgess C. Rissell L. Kingsland K. Conway C. King

Ladies' Doubles Tennis Results From Local Match

Miss T Reid and C Cavanagh defeated A Hopper and C Hopper 6 4. Reid and Cavanagh beat Galvin and Hopper 6 1. Morrison and Mollor defeated Galvin and Hopper 6 1. Morrison and Molloy defeated A Hopper and C Hopper 6 4.

T. Reid C. Cavanagh Hopper Cavanagh Galvin G. Morrison M. Mollor C. Hopper M. Molloy

Inland train service criticized as wasteful government policy

Letter to the Forbes Advocate laments twenty years of platform nonsense by the Government. It argues rolling stock is scrapped while engines and cars are out of action, hindering 1919-20 crops, and claims inland towns lack rail service due to profiteers and office plans.

Walsh Teland Works Forbes

Sensible Wonder-Wool Promises Quick Cold Cure

A maternal testimonial touts Wonder-Wool from Wawn’s Wonder-Cloud as a simple effective remedy for babies cold and adult bronchitis sore throat and colds. The reader is urged to keep it at home and buy from Chemist George Errest Sydney NS.

Tatohhardk Waverley Wawn VA. Wawn George Errest Sydney N.S. W

Diggers at Parkes Football Match Urges Discipline

Major Gunn issues Routine Order No 47 for Parkes Forbes game at Parkes on Sunday last. It warns players to train properly and avoid hotel departures, forbids bad language on the Sabbath, and threatens charges for cowardice or betting under £50. Repatriation help available for cash needs.

B.R.O R. J. Gunn Parkes Forbes

Arrangements for Parkes trip and war game

Cars leave for Parkes at midday from the monument. Diggers are urged to come early for a game of two up with tin hats and discs. Players carry field dressing 24 hours rations and must not bet. No one may stay in Parkes past midnight. Violators face Brewery Lane. After the match a salvage party under Private Jack Feeney will collect missing arms ears and legs for the Forbes war museum.

Parkes Monument Brewery Lane Jack Feeney Forbes War Museum

The Game Revised Soccer Rules And Conduct

The text outlines harsh play rules including clean shaves and polished boots, no onside lapses, and penalties for shooting outside midline. It prescribes violent tackling with intent to injure and immediate removal from play, plus breaking up serums with boots and sarcastic references to grenades. A pledge and solitary postgame rave are mentioned.

Burial Shortage Tests Fans Reaches Sports Attitude

Limited coffins force delays in burials with families urged to wait. Officials hope those spared face the situation with sportsmanlike patience and resilience.

Punishments Issued In Last Match Reports

The report lists Pte Ted Smith given seven years hard labor for refusing to mind 460 pounds for a Purtyes player. Pte Bert Sams sentenced to 60 days CB for complaint that whisky served at half time was crook. Sapper Tom Crane sentenced to life for being the only noble digger on the ground.

Ted Smith Purtyes Bert Sams Crook Tom Crane Beine

Capital and Reserve Figures From Company Report

Capital paid up stands at £237500 with a reserve fund of £2500 and a balance carried forward of £19380.

Jemalong Saw Mills to supply Cypress Mine goods

Jemalong Saw Mills announces readiness to supply Cypress Mine with rough and dressed lumber in quantity and length on application to the manager. Printed and published by proprietor George Washington Brownhill at the office of The Forbes Advocate Lachlan Street.

Cypreus George Washington Brownhill Forbes Adeocete Lachlan-St

Standard Insurance Company hailstorm and livestock claim overview

A notice summarizes a STANDARD INSURANCE CO OF W Z LTD fire hailstorm and livestock claim policy terms. It references crop and stock coverage including markers and related clauses. The document lists policy scope and insured items under storm and livestock coverage.

Rigska

Jumble of a Humorous Dialog and Vignettes

A collage of quips and exchanges featuring family pratfalls, social gaffes, and courtly misfires. Bits range from jokes about spoilt children and appetite to romantic rejections and a comic street scene with a dog owner and a tense phone box moment.

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