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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
1
The Forbes Hospital faces a severe staff shortage with eight probationers sick and domestic staff thin, forcing overtime and risking bed closures. Directors consider halving beds as aging patients and urgent cases strain capacity, with a meeting set to decide next steps and possible staff recruitment.
The F.C.F. Christmas Appeal reports expenses for comforting fund items and Christmas hampers for service personnel. Donations from branch funds fall £90 short of the £6180 target. recent gifts total CS 82 with various residents and groups contributing. Immediate donations are urged to Mr Langmead, Commonwealth Bank, as the fund stands Acknowledged entries list multiple donors and amounts. A note mentions a major wartime food production contribution toward a virtue-free Putivin project.
December 2 sees Local Government elections with nine aldermen to be chosen for the Forbtn Municipal Council. Thirteen candidates, including six incumbents, contest a fair field while new voting booths open at Town Fell and Camp Bull. Voting runs 8 to 5 with one vote per ballot, nine candidates required.
A letter from the editor in Dubbo district appeals to dairy farmers to help solve fodder shortages and boost production. It details government advances for fodder conservation, stock feeds, and crop options, and asks managers and factories to share individual farm problems with the Department of Agriculture via mail or phone.
The Forbes District Hospital committee met the matron and honorary medical officers last night and decided to immediately reduce beds from 66 to 45 including emergency beds. Medical officers will study all bronic and other cases possible and patients will be housed at their homes where feasible. A survey for non acute surgical cases will be instituted.
Allied forces report heavy Japanese losses in Ormoc Bay Leyte Island with 3 transports over 5000 tons each and 4 troop ships plus 3 escorting destroyers sunk. Nine Allied correspondents say 40 plus Japanese troops killed or drowned as an enemy vessel is hit. King states Britain will reinforce Allied armies against Japan. On other fronts Allied advances pressure German forces along the Rhine while Soviet and Allied movements continue.
A thunderstorm swept the Forbes district on Wednesday bringing variable rainfall from 0 to 29 points. Total rainfall roughly half to an inch, with 45 points noted at Milling tanks AL Porches. Nearby centres reported damage with two outbuildings damaged at Mr. J F Ham mond's West plains property. Mulgutherie 25, Yar ramgong iudd's 100, Wynola 24.
A compact guide proposes a preserving method using a simple one tapas mixture. The item outlines a basic approach suitable for home cooks seeking easy storage and extended freshness. The note emphasizes practicality and minimal ingredients.
A fragmented passage describes steam and sand imagery with distorted words and unclear meaning. The text references dietary value and an unclear sequence of names, suggesting a cryptic, surreal note rather than a coherent report or event. It reads like OCR corruption with no identifiable persons or organizations.
The Department of Munitions announced 1400 jobs to be cut early next year at Lithgow Orange and Bathurst sites, with western feeders Forbes Cowra Wellington Parkes Mudgee to shut. A conference with union reps in Lithgow outlined releases and a “list to come first go” policy pending Christmas.
The RAF and RAAP plan a comprehensive system to assist over 700 Australian airmen held in Germany. Repatriation experts, educators, and medical staff in Britain prepare to aid prisoners on arrival in England. Communications, training, and welfare programs aim to ease mental distress and reintegration. Tobacco area expansion noted at 7,500 acres with leaf output quoted.
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