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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
1
A sprawling, fragmentary 1918 era column discusses war demands, worker grievances, and strikes. It references wage hours, farm labor, food relief, and political caucuses, noting divisions among leaders and the public mood as the conflict persists.
The article lists a long Forbes district roll of service members with many killed in camp or at sea, wounded or invalided home. It includes Joseph Armstrong and others by name, noting units and associated places, with references to Forbes and Eugowra areas and scattered notes about missing or invalided personnel.
The notice lists extensive railway and coach connections for Sunday through Saturday, detailing destinations such as Sydney Bathurst Molong Cowra Parkes Grenfell Trundle Condobolin Eugowra and others with multiple departures and late-night services, including via T-P.O. and various stations. It notes times like 920 pm and 4.36 pm and references places like Condobolin Newland's Bedgeraong M'Philfery's Hall Rawhin's and Kennedy's with numerous named stops and via routes.
A list of insurer and policy names appears, including STANDARD INSURANCE CO. OF 4.2. LTD and related terms such as PIRE cropping, Hatustorm, accident coverage, live stock, foaling rings, and farm policies.
F. Rath & Co and Edward Weaver & Co list cheap rates for fire and accident insurance in Sydney. Policies cover dwellings furniture stores stock-in-trade farm buildings crops homesteads and livestock with low rates and broad coverage. Local agents at Pitt Street promote comprehensive risk protection for dwellings barns haystacks cremes and growing crops.
Auction cases are listed for any part of the State on application. Trust money to lend at lowest current rates through district agents Parkes Fortes and Paul Wil for Dalgety Co Ltd. Liberal advances made on wool clip block. Let us know your requirements.
The City Mutual Fire Insurance Company presents financials for December 1906 with capital paid up £87,500, reserve fund 20,880, ambulant carried forward 19,380, and total securities £242,000, totaling £330,633. Directors Auerman Thomas Hughes Jr and Hubert Kerr as manager. Temporary premises listed as 33 Hunter Street Sydney.
An advertisement lists ED, WEAVER & GO, WORWICH AND LONDON ACCIDENT INSURANCE ASSOCIATION offering coverage through F. Rath & Co. It promotes personal accident, workmen's compensation, and other branches of accident insurance with terms on application.
Report from the Western Front describes maneuvers near Neuville St Vaart and Solesmes with German forces pressing and French counterattacks. A German victory deadline looms as both sides brace for intensified artillery and infantry clashes. The interview with a commander underscores strategic stakes and mobilization pressures on both sides.
The text reports German forces gaining rail control in Moldavia and threatening Romanian positions while Romanian, Bulgarian, and Turkish units contest key fronts. It cites large numbers of prisoners and guns, with ongoing heavy fighting near Orsova and across multiple fronts as German counteroffensives face Allied resistance.
Messy OCR notes report Russian forces on Evemean Fronts binding enemy power while telekram signals from Syra Gresen push units in. Mentions Italian aims, violent artillery, and disrupted supply lines near a river valley with shifting troop positions and a November deadline.
The season in New York shows a shrinking field as players face tighter schedules. Week by week teams adjust to fewer games and earlier deadlines amid growing national demand and travel pressures.
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