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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1926
Page
1
Residents and visitors to Forbes are invited to enjoy the Vandenberg Hotel improvements with superior accommodation. The lounges offer unmatched arrangements, perfect cuisine, and attentive service making it Forbes leading hotel. Phone 16.
The Albion Hotel Forbes presents itself as Forbes leading hotel with high comfort for patrons. It highlights true to label liquors, expert chef and excellent cuisine, promising superior service under proprietor Freebairn.
The Hotel Australia reputes as one of the Wests best conducted with top quality accommodation and meals. J J Flannery proprietor promotes a high standard and attracts discerning patrons to its Post Office Hotel rendezvous.
Hotel Victoria resumes operation under new management by W H Baker who promises improved service and top line provisions. The house will offer refined accommodations and a full bar, with stable and garage facilities available, and Baker can be reached by phone.
A £20 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of persons stealing stock from Wandart. Sheep ear marked won back nine, a horse and cattle brood. Walter H. R. Stitt is named in connection with the notice.
McNeilly Crampton and Martin Ltd advertise as auctioneers and salesmen at LORDS PLACE ORANGE. Stock sales occur every Thursday in Orange with trucks on short notice. They promise experienced staff for private and success sales with remitted payments by return mail and telegram contact numbers.
Walter J. Kelly and Co advertise auction sales across the state and stock and property diet on application. Trust money to lend at lowest rates. District agents Parkes Forbes and Peak Hill for Dalgety and Co for liberal advances on wood and stock. Let us know your requirement.
Printed or published by the Pro pristor George Washington Brown hill at the office of The Forbes Advocate Lachlan Street Forbes.
The Forbes Local Board chair Wallace Hunter recalls 34 years in the role and his work against rabbit infestation. He criticizes some boards for lax action and urges a chief inspector to enforce duties while defending the board's overall achievements.
Interview with Mr. Hunter reveals the Forbes Pest and Plant Board’s stance on rabbit extermination, landholder cooperation, and the cost of keeping rabbits out. He recalls officials prosecuting landholders, argues for gradual abolition, and notes the board’s heavy workload and funding through landholder rates.
Two men arrived in Forbes in a borrowed Essex car from the Albion Hotel garage. They drove off to the country, were pursued by the owner in a local car, and were later captured by police. At Fortes Court they faced charges of taking a motor car without consent and were remanded to December 14 with bail set at eighty pounds.
W D Roberts of Forbes Amateur Fishing Assn writes to the Forbes Advocate protesting the Chief Secretary’s plan to open Lachlan River and tributaries to net fishing from September 1. He cites municipal and chamber opposition and fears anglers will lose Sunday recreation and frontage residents may suffer damag e.
Mra E. I. Hooper, late of the Metropolitan Hotel, announces she has taken over the South Forbes Hotel and will operate it on boat lines. She promises all beat brands of aphrite true to faba and the best beer, with coal. Accommodation for travellers. Drop in when passing. Proprietress, phone 125.
The excerpt discusses a broad subject fully covered in The Advocate and offers readers views on the man most knowledgeable about Pastures Protection Boards. Mr Hunter departs with a shake of the head, recalling the Infamy of the Guardian man as the narrator and party heads home to Koyong.
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