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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1932
Page
11
The Enxiled Board of Trade reports a trade balance favorable to the Arit tah motor industry. Exports of motor vehicles and parts in September exceed imports by £317,124, with nine month exports above imports by $2,895,041.
Splendid harvesting conditions allow farmers to gather wheat as cutters remain scarce. Thousands of bags lie in paddocks while Kingiride tops Leaver. The Cricket Junior side beat Canewindm. Eugowra defeated Toogeng with Eugowra’s Hynn retiring on 103. A Shield clash with Red Creek is anticipated on the th.
In a village mood of pride Bedgerabong celebrated Phyllia Field’s seven wins at the CWP AAALA event in Sydney with her eight events. The team tied with Newcastle for second place while Joyce Brown and En Modges previously won events. Bedgerabong earned three victories overall in the combined sports, marking a strong showing for local representatives.
A well attended Roc Church concert in Quandialla Hall on Friday November 25 delighted an enthusiastic audience. Organized by Mrs Gordon and Miss Nance Hogan with Mrs C North as treasurer, the show featured a piano duet Verona Gordon Kath Lynch and numerous child performers. The program included songs, recitations, dances and an amateur drama with strong turns by McAlpine, McNair and Dempsey Fowden. Net proceeds totaled £21 as non Catholic friends contributed generously to the successful event.
Aplovial bio speed trap operates an electrical eye to catch speeding motorists on the Boston post road. Two photo cells hidden in the roadway trigger a bell in a distant police booth when a vehicle pauses the cell. If the interval between rings is brief, the officer down the road records the vehicle’s mark and address.
Forbes Crossbred wool sale drew buyers from Japan, Bradford, France, Germany, Italy and America. Northern and Southern Tablelands wools led, with Riv erina and Far West represented. Declines ranged from par to 6 percent on merinos and fully 6 percent on medium to coarse crossbreds. Top price 107d for 6 bales AAAW E of JAG OAK VALE BARRABA branded wool for J A Geddes Eng Upper Manilla. Sale showed good breeding, soft handling, and strong color despite some staple irregularity and burrs.
Harvesting continues in Kedgerabong and Tura with crops averaging ten to twelve bags on some fields and little yield on others. Weather has cooled after sultry conditions, a sharp dust storm swept through, followed by rain and 14 point readings.
Proceeds from Bland Methodist baby competition totalled £48 announced at Quandialla Public Hall. Final results list Quandialla Baby Southwell with 1629 votes, Bribbaree Guy 1281, Beren dobba Hedman 959, Thurrungr Noakes 699. Prize-winners included Mrs. L. Thomas, Mins I. Cauner, and Mr. J. D. Murray. A vote of thanks was given to workers.
Mina A Mahon of Wredong has sold her stake in the Lanark property and moved to Coote Mundra. The N A L M A touring department asks about sustainable camping for Christmas and New Year. Camping is expected to be popular with the Lake Ilawarra entrance camp poised for success. Tent site bookings via Messrs Nock & Kirby Ltd are heavy, with all space likely to be filled before the camp opens.
Local farmers express indignation over a shortage of bulk trucks. They say supplies lag behind neighboring stations, creating serious inconvenience and out of proportion shortages affecting their operations.
The Church of England at Quanodialla announces no service will be held on Sunday December 11. Rector N. J. Gedney asks the public to note the cancellation.
After Rhodesia abandoned the gold standard, substantial trade activity followed. From January to August, 143 cars were imported from the United Kingdom, 26 from Canada, 28 from the Union, and 27 from the United States.
Disease known as witches broom or spindle shoot hits lucerne in New South Wales with alarming spread in hotter drier districts. It causes dwarfing, numerous fine shoots, smaller round leaves, and potential stand loss in two to three years, while a virulence suspected and trials underway at Rathuruit Experiment Farm. Yellow leaf blotch also appears in Willowtree and Bathurst, but can be controlled by early harvest before spore production.
Steady progress reported in the gate of stud rams under favorable terms for small flock owners in the state. Orders totaling 1240 rams have been issued, with most delivered. From 170 individuals, the shipments include 877 Merinos, 2 Border Leicesters, 2 Romney Marale, 70 Dorset Horn, 142 Corriedales, 30 Lincolns, 12 English Leicesters, and 7 Suffolks.
A clipped note promotes stationery items including letterheads envelopes and business cards at city prices. Names or organizers are not clearly legible in the fragment. The item appears as a local ad or classified notice with promotional language and a list of products.
Unclear list of horseweights and horse names for a boxing themed event. The readable items include Tina Circle Farromb Keradoa Hontria Kaesalla Silloth Reyland Small Fortune Johnnie Rogers Ida Hunter Dora Deer Cootminer Wirraye Cariloborlin Auslandical and many more with mixed figures. The text appears to be an OCR mishmash of participant names and weights with numerous garbled entries.
The British police urges motorists to stop and render aid when accidents occur and to report details to the police rather than drive away. It stresses not to stop only for ununiform persons and to contact police when involved in a pondable incident.
A road accidents first aid association has been formed in England. The group aims to equip motor vehicles with a simple yet effective first aid kit to provide instant care at accident scenes and reduce casualties.
Government imposes a 20 percent ad valorem duty on newly registered forego tire in Hong Kong while the Extraterritorial Settlements and Federated Malay States announce a 1 percent duty on foreign cars. Across the year eight months, US production totals about 1,130,000 units versus 2,022,000 in the prior period.
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