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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
9
Sunday event details list Liam Forber and Forbes among top performers with scores around 7.0 pan. Rev. Le Ponoork Daroobalgie and Mr Ridbey ay, plus Yumeenu, W Campbell cited in standings and points.
Als B Veech of Wellington, visiting Mudgee for a race, describes a troubling event Friday and Saturday. He awoke to find two friends' possessions stolen, with a room ransacked and a cheap stash evident, while a secret Sedncy Factory Employees' Union note warned of a bleak Christmas outlook as 30 workers were recently discharged across factories.
A heated session at Hathurs saw Bishop Long defend Sunday school plans, urging renewed vigor. Clergy welcomed the new Bathoret bishop Callie O’Farrell, while laymen joined in urging state support for educational expansion amid wartime shifts.
In a private Syliano River incident two boys Edward George and Willam Thomas Florence aged about years were last seen near their home at Taren Road Sylvania. Their father led a search and later found the two boys about four feet into the water, clasped in each other’s arms.
The death occurred in Sydney of A H Conroy, former member for Werriwa in the House of Representatives. Born in Camden, he trained in bacteriology and later practised. He owned property along the Lechtan and Bolabula Rivers. His wife survives him.
A garbled OCR fragment references a union dispute with management, a strike threat, and press publication issues at a Mountview print shop. The readable bits indicate labor tensions and print workers involved, with unclear dates or names due to damaged text.
A clergyman’s tale recalls early church life as Bishop Lang presided at Bathurst. Speakers recount the era’s missions, archdeacon memories, and travels from Parramatta to Bourke, with names like Hoyne, Barker, and Long cited among the old-time bishops and pioneers.
West Wyalong Council has installed a modern electric lighting plant to illuminate about 150 premises. The system uses a 5 kilowatt generator with a 64 horsepower engine and 6,000 pounds capital cost funded via bank loan. The setup aims to provide low cost power to Forbes residents and nearby districts, using wood and sawdust as fuel and automatic street lighting control.
In the Wellington court Bing Harris Co and Wilson Co faced penalties for selling wine at inflated prices. The case notes profits mounting to about £3000 and warns against unreasonable pricing practices.
A western bookmaker reports nine rails with about £490 in notes missing from the compartment of a train carriage en route from Habiral to Sydney on Monday. The money remains unrecovered and a handsome reward is offered by the bookmaker for information leading to recovery.
The coroner Mr Bradley held an inquiry into a fatal shooting of 1 year old Bre Lewie Mebum by 13 year old Allen Chay lem Gillard. The inquiry found nil verdict of accidental death. no ban or murder charge was returned.
A London man reports that Atr avid Hall, deprived of the position of Agent General by the rupee of New South Wales, has travelled to Sydney with plans to enter the Bar and possibly pursue politics if a chance arises.
The ship's pet UtGeater Maney Henryey aged four, bitten by a quake at Port Arthur week ago, was treated aboard and now recovered. The crew had presented an outfit to her, carried by the crew as a token, with the ship’s company arranging its presentation.
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