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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 24, 1934
Page
8
The notice outlines a special sale to be held in Cootamundra featuring a boats sale with various items described as homes of all descriptions draughts wabrokes broken light loraus premme pay stallion and a price around 150 horned, with Woods int C For a elsn.
An improvised account recalls a near fatal escape at Grenfell during a night fire, detailing a caretaker’s actions and emergent danger. The rest covers horse racing chatter from Warwick Farm to Caulfield and Moonee Valley, naming Chatham, Silver Bear, Nightly, and others, with discussion of weight-for-age tactics and past performances.
At Guigong Police Court PM Mr oWF Grits hears War team Henry Jones of Glaybank Mebul charged with owning about 100 sheep over six months not branded with an owner’s mark recorded under the Pastures Protection Act. Proceedings detail police witnesses and court timetable.
The report details lower sheep prices on Monday with overall sale at 26,800 units and firm cow and ewe values. Yardings from Winchcombe Carian Ltd show mixed results with lambs and suckers modestly up, and beef and yearling figures around 26s to 3E per 100 lb. The firm notes 128 breeding suckers averaged around 4 for sale and lists averages for wether and ewe categories. Moderate suppliers include Gbowthe for forthcoming auctions.
Fragmented text references a Caragabal town issue about water supply and travel requests. It mentions a minister, a council, and a suggestion to seek payment relief through a government fund. The readable parts indicate a request for consideration of unemployment or aid and a call for replies or actions from the community council and associated bodies.
In Forbes on a Monday, MP A K Dein of the U.S.A.P. team of three warned unemployment is the era’s chief problem. He cited 1931 policy effects, 1922 unemployment at 3 percent, and 30 percent during 1941 32 with £22 million spent then £35 million now. The talk urged rail gauge unification, sewerage for country towns, water storage, and forestry as focus for relief and development. Deputy Mayor WH Hancorn chaired a sparsely attended meeting.
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