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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1943
Page
3
Doan's Packache Kidney Pills are advertised as a daily aid for kidneys failing to function and for headaches and fatigue. The copy promotes quick relief and a purging effect, urging readers to ask their chemist or store for the product, claiming worldwide use and success.
New Zealand opposition leader Mir. BG. Molland spoke in Sydney about a 45 year profit sharing system in his engineering firm. He said the program boosts morale, lowers prices, and steadies production, while touring Australia with PW Doldge visiting factories in Victoria and New South Wales.
The report notes August training strength across LT and W41. It lists ATC cadets in the RAAP totaling 815 and 319 air crew with 1978 ground support roles. The figures indicate expanded training intake and personnel across air and ground units.
A reader lament over Adelaide Digger denied permission to sell handmade toys citing Department of Import Procurement policies. The piece contrasts brave troops in Tobruk with bureaucratic inertia, arguing postwar policy should empower disabled veterans to earn a living rather than hinder enterprise.
About 30 head of fat cattle and 100 store cattle were herded at the Forbee cattle sale held near Tehbaton. Four metropolitan buyers joined Parkes and local butchers as prices rose with good quality cattle in demand. fat steers and bullocks fetched 1a to 20, vealers 7/ to 60/, cows 60/ to 20, and bullocks 45/ to 80/ per 100 lb. Springers and cows with calves also sold briskly in the yarding. Next sale set for Tuesday, 21st December.
Weather shifts disrupted harvest progress in Bedgerabong with light rain and a cooler morning after a warm spell. Harvesting is largely finished with workers helping neighbors and a strong community effort noted amid labor shortages. A concert and ambulance benefit are planned, and the Comforts Fund reports extensive canteen orders for services members. A card from Pte. Brian King confirms he remains well.
Mrs Little returns to Sydney after weeks with sister Mrs O K Johnson. Miss Dorothy McClellan returns to Sydney after holiday with parents. Mr and Mrs Peacock back home after medical treatment. Pte B Molloy on short leave. Sgt P Wilson of the Air Force visits Caragabal friends. Mrs Budge travels to Sydney on business. Caragabal dairy opened Monday, SA beg receipts noted. Crops look strong in the district.
Chemists have developed several methods to remove salt from seawater for drinking. Three types are in common use, one making half a gallon of fresh water per hour and burning briquettes or kerosene. The other two burn kerosene and yield more water per fuel, but are less portable and can heat or dry items.
A Corowa event featured a partisan gymkhana in which £200 was bet against rain. The rain came, then cleared, and the secretary boasted a £400 profit after a friend introduced a £200 rain policy he secretly used as goodwill. The overall day’s profit reached £400.
In Quandialla, harvest picks up as silos fill and 1200 bags are set for despatch. Mr. Pollard’s wheat work resumed by teams from Berendebba and Bland, while the CWA branch plans a Christmas rest room fund and elects officers for 1844.
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