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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1915
Page
1
Morwong notes boxing stars like Les Darey attract public attention in Sydney, promising world travel while war restrictions curb plans. The piece contrasts bold boxing ambitions with wartime realities, highlighting Aust ralia’s resolve and soldiers preparing for emergencies.
Last week’s cables claim German chemists started manufacturing chemical eggs. The piece jokes about hens being requisitioned, boarding houses, and curious mercy for humans and beasts, noting old fashioned eggs remain preferable and showy in wartime satire.
A gentleman recounts a comic tale about gas meters and mental arithmetic. He recalls a schoolday story of a man with a horse and a smith, illustrating rising costs. Forbes residents face a monthly bill of ten pounds, prompting futile economising and a joke about the gas bill’s stubborn total.
A wartime roll lists Forbes district soldiers killed or wounded at the front, with categories KILLED, DIED IN CAMP, DIED AT SEA, WOUNDED, SICK IN HOSPITAL and INVALIDED HOME. It notes many names by surname and given initials along with the hometown or district when available, ending with a note that entries lacking a place indicate enlistment outside the district.
Timetable lists daily mail runs with multiple routes from Parkes to Sydney and regional towns. Entries include times such as 4.20 pm from Farkes to Bogan Gate and Condobolin Station, and 11 am to Calarie and Condobolia with various stops. Late fees noted for some passages. Wednesday and Saturday show repeated Parkes and Trundle connections via Bogan Gate and Cowra.
Cockram and Son Saw and Planing Mills offer best timbers stocked and cash buyers of all logs in any quantity. Speciality large supplies of firewood in all sizes with prompt delivery to all parts of town. Also at Eugowra Federal Sawmills. Note: mill closes at noon on Saturdays.
The page lists train times for Forbes to Parkes Bogan Gate Tullamore Trundle and Condobolin with down and up services on specific days. It shows arrivals and departures, noting disruptions and schedule variations for Tuesday Thursday Saturday and Monday Wednesday Friday.
Private J W Jones writes to his mother from Camp HU about Gallipoli combat in October. He details a week of front advantage, one night in the firing line, a comrade brother Ernest wounded in the leg, and efforts to recover. He notes good meals, officer treatment, and mentions schoolmate Black Currie shot dead and Forbes boys present. He mentions Malaysian-style Turkish bayonet fear and returns to normal life after recovery.
Private Ernest Jones writes from London General Hospital describing a shrapnel wound from the Turkish front. He recalls Malta letters, fellow Australians, and hopes to return home soon. He notes kindness in Malta and at the hospital, and mentions surgery to remove a fragment and eager to go back to fight. He asks for more letters despite limited health.
Private Jim OHea writes from Zel our Camp Egypt expressing resolve as winter bites at Dardanelles. He recalls Sept 24 1914 since Forbes left and predicts broader fighting in Gallipoli or Balkans. He urges against Bulgaria and says faced with deadly machines, a grand death in battle is crude but honorable.
Jasper's big pantomime company makes its Forbes debut tonight at the town hall due to train limits. The schedule features Little Jack Horner and Humpty Dumpty by Harry Taylor with Olive Robinson, Ida Ingercole, Doris Tyndall, Stella Cazalla, the Cliffe troupe, Ernest Lashbrook, Arthur Alberts and a chorus, ballet, and orchestra. Seats may be reserved at Cochrene's.
Racing notes from Brisbane and Sydney recount Peter the Painter capturing the Summer Cup at Brisbane on Saturday. Other goods include Warroo stock Woolooma War roo Ruby Rose and War Money Warroo Financer winning at Goulburn, and Speculate and Cable News contesting major events at Victoria Park. The piece covers bouts at Sydney stadium, boxing prospects with Les Durey, Melbourne welterweight title results, and Metropolitan Stakes note on Eric’s retirement, plus Rosehill maidens and Rosehill tent racing chatter.
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