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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1926
Page
1
Residents and visitors to Forbes are urged to experience the Vandenberg Hotel with improved accommodations and superior lounges. Proprietor E Gently promises perfect cuisine, attractive surroundings, and attentive service, positioning the Vandenberg as Forbes’s leading hotel.
The Albion Hotel Forbes presents unmatched comfort and menus. It boasts a well stocked bar with brands true to label and excellent cuisine. Rupert Chel and William Freebairn contribute to its reputation as a premier West Australian lodging destination.
The account praises Hotel Australia in AUSTRALIA for its reputed comfort and good conduct in the West. It mentions tent quality accommodation and meals, top liquor quality, a complete remodel, and plans for further improvements. It notes the liquor standard rising and patrons seeking the Post Office Hotel as a rendezvous. Phone 7A.
W H Baker resumes operation at the Victoria offering bright renovated rooms and excellent accommodation. The establishment highlights a wide selection of wines and beers with labeled brands, good cabling and a garage. Baker’s phone number is 63.
Twenty pound reward offered for information leading to the conviction of a person stealing stock from WANDARY, Sheep Ear Marked W on back two horses and cut the brood, Boyglass Walter H. R. Stitt.
McNeilly Crampton and Martin Ltd stock and property salesmen announce Lord's Place Orange stock sales every Thursday. Truvka secured on short notice. Private and single sales supported by competent staff. Proceeds remitted by return mail. Telegrams: McNeilly Crampton. Photos listed.
Walter J Kelly and Company advertises auctions of stock and property on application. Trust money offered to lend at the lowest rates. District agents Parkes Forbes and Peak Hill for Dalgety and Co Limited liberal advances on wool and block. Let us know your requirements.
The Public Works Department on Thursday backed the Wyangla Dam plan with an estimated cost between 1 294 000 and 1 952 000 pounds. Approval hinged on carving up 700 000 to 800 000 acres of Mallee land for closer settlement. Three options were considered including a storage dam at Wyangla and larger Lake Cargellion storage, or a system of low weirs. The proposed dam would sit about six miles below the Abercrombie River junction, with a catchment of 200 square miles and a 160 foot high structure holding roughly 279 684 million cubic feet. All schemes aim to improve domestic and stock water, with irrigation potential benefiting wheat country near Euabalong targeting more than three quarters of a million acres.
Railway officials doubt feasibility of a through service between Broken Hill and Sydney until the Darling River crossing near Menindie is completed. They warn of delays transferring passengers, lack of refreshment and emergency support, and unsafe track conditions with temporary crossings and steep gradients. The high cost and limited benefit are cited, delaying passenger service until late March.
The note questions how thick steel is in car bodies and tenders, warning that cheap construction uses thinner, poorer quality steel. It cites Studebaker body steel at 19 gauge across models, implying variability in strength and safety.
The Presbyterian Ladies' College advertises bursary endowment funded buildings and equipment. It notes healthy climate at altitude 2000 feet with electric light and hot water service on 41 acres. Courses in professional, commercial and domestic science. new term starts Tuesday February 8 1927. Prospectus from the Principal Brig General W Ramsay McNicoll. Singer sewing machines offered at £19 4s with particulars from F Smith Hilda & Forbes.
Forbes committee in Temora reports a proposed School of Arts building to cost about £2,500 to £3,000 with hall and stage, library, and offices. It has £900 in hand and contemplates a Commonwealth Bank loan, while estimating a total project of around £5,500 to £26,500 including extensions, seeking public support.
George W. Oyler, head of Idaho Prohibition forces, says many bootleggers are women often wives of male accomplices. He cites schools, high crime, and immorality linked to liquor, noting outbreaks among high school pupils and widespread issues across Boise and other Idaho cities. Local ads promote hats and Varsette Hats at Austen Pratley’s.
Tailoring notice states that henceforth the tailoring business will be carried on under new management at the existing premises. The owner requests customers to pardon any inconvenience during the transition and to continue patronage for repairs alterations and custom garments.
Tour note lists a two week Tasmanian itinerary with steamer fares and accommodation including local sight seeing. Mentions weekly departures from Hobarton on Wednesdays and issued railway tickets at cheap rates.
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