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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
4
Bob Jones announces takeover of Bogan Gate Hotel, running it on Best Lines Special Cuisine with liquor true to label and top accommodation for travelers. Commission agent listed. Trundle phone 60.
J Matheson announces he has taken over the Post Office Hotel Eugowra from J J Sinderberry and seeks support. Promises best liquor brands and first class accommodation for travelers.
J Matheson proprietor and auctioneer are listed as a general commission agent in the notice.
Fragmentary notice shows Wheatley and Martel General Commission Agents with insurance work affected. Mentions agencies Mascoy Harris Machinery Clutterbuck Bros engines and chaff cutters Paton Burne Maps Northern Assurance Co. likely advertising listings of stock and property on application.
After a week of wet weather farmers strive to gather wheat and estimate damage. Black soil shows extensive loss while hay remains in paddocks. A bull recently injured a horse. a flood car adventure and multiple local notes on church socials and School of Arts meetings follow.
Boisterous weather last week caused damage but crops largely saved with grain lifters. town reports 43 points on the 5th and 8 on the 10th, December totals 22¢. Trundle School of Arts appoints Winnie Long secretary. Archdeacon Neild officiates at Church of England ceremony welcoming Rev A S Rowe. community dances follow. A man deemed insane, George Harold Smith, ordered to Parramatta Asylum after supervision. Alf Barbie narrowly avoids serious injury. two public holidays proclaimed for Trundle with bank closures. returning soldier injured via harvester incident. local periodicals and fashions referenced.
Canowindra won the Logan Cup match by four runs after a long day of play. Graham retired hurt and Dwyer took over as captain as Canowindra posted 113, Goolagong replying with 1117 overs, J Hore and H Rice the main bowlers for the losers.
The district faced weather struggles harming crops with hay and wheat yields uncertain. Rainfall, high prices, and machinery costs threaten small farmers as paddocks show rot and wind toppled crops. local examinations list several student award recipients including Kathleen O Shea and Cyril McKenna.
The district faced variable weather from heavy rain and heat to a climax rainfall and a blizzard. Harvests were disrupted but crops appeared sound. stock remained robust. Mr W Harrison of Clargo Eagle plans a year by the seaside with family for health reasons amid hope for a railway through their holding. A clearing sale at Clargo yielded satisfactory prices.
War Loan Bonds inscribed stock and Government securities bought. Wanted at once £15,000 war bonds any issue. Wheat scrip and closer settlement bonds bought or advances. Trade in shares scrip and debentures. Buying orders executed. Write for particulars, Carr, Broker, 76 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Hoad Tock operates as a station and general forwarding agent handling freight and logistics. The notice outlines services offered to merchants and travelers seeking routing, storage, and shipment coordination.
Quandialla representative for the Farmers and Gragziera Co Operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited announces bunk consignments for wheat buying produce wool and insurance. Orders booked for forthcoming harvest include twine corn sacks wool packs oil and agent for Sunshine Machinery and Victorian Fertiliser Association.
Local agents file an application detailing fire, hall stones, live stock and accident coverage. The record outlines property particulars for compilation under Northern Assurance Co. policies and corresponding claims.
A Laneyrie announces takeover of a well established Eugowra hotel from Mr O L Morton. He pledges to run the house on the very best lines for locals and the traveling public.
Agencies Dalgetty Co Wolseley Shearing Atlas Assurance Lite Fire Crop B and B Cycles and Motors Fortescue Windmills motor and cycle repairs carried out phone 16 nay or night
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