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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1927
Page
6
A period column on fashion emphasizes taste over wardrobe size, praising Parisian chic and careful accessory selection. It covers evening frocks with frills, tulle, and two-tone schemes, plus bold new fabrics and color pairings, and notes related social events and weddings in Sydney society.
The Presbyterian Ladies College Orange invites enrollment for day and boarding girls from eight years upward. All subjects meet Leaving Certificate standard. Principal Mrs BE Linck, formerly of Beecroft and Melbourne PLC, oversees the opening. Prospectus and details available from Rev H R Innes, BA, Orange.
A distinguished visitor examined irrigation forms orchards and fat stock properties in the district. At lunch he praised the joint and the muat ou, noting the steak for breakfast was excellent and the meat from Webb's Premier Butchery.
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool has announced final payments for 1926 with a favorable outcome. Managing director R. J. Moffat says the 1926 Qual payment is eminently satisfactory, noting Pool control of about 67 percent of the Saskatchewan crop and prices roughly 7 cents above average paid for non-Pool wheat in the province. Pool elevators boosted gains by about 4 cents per bushel, with Western Australia Pool fees also higher than open market prices. Growers are urged to continue pooling wheat at 100 percent.
The notice lists prices for back numbers of The Forbes Advocate with rates for one month at 4d, two and three months at 6d, four and five months at 8d, six months to one year at 1/, and one year plus 2/. The text appears as a brief pricing advert and reflects historical currency terms.
Be one of the wine men and have Xmas suit tailored at Austen and Atleys. Largest range of patteroe in town to choose from.
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