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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
7
Subscribers and advertisers are asked to note that the Advocate office will be closed from Christmas Eve until January 2. No issue will be published during those dates. The staff will enjoy a decent holiday, and the public is urged to accommodate any minor inconvenience.
Prizes offered by Mesers EF J Grinsted and G F Coch rane for best nightgown and heat show slip. Open to pupils of the public school. Nineteen nightgowns and 73 pillow slips entered. Eva Rothwell and Daisy Binck winners. Total 280 in money and linen contributions, 40 in cash and 2 pounds of Neen.
The Orange Jockey Club announces New Year races with nominations closing on December 0rd for the New Years Gift and Deronle Hand caps, and December 5 for all other events. Weights for the New Year’s Gift to be published December 26. Freight rebates offered to all horses listed. further details available from Mr W o Nanwurrow.
Local notes report Forbes Picnic Race Club members meet at the Vandenberg Hotel at 3 p.m. Also covered are two local horses Calliar wil and Flaminian at Kembla Grange, a Grenfell court case with a not guilty verdict, and local shopping ads highlighting Prospect Boots and Meagher's Browlway Taek with promotional prices and new stock.
Personal: Mr B Lindsay appointed acting-chairman of Hay Land Board. Mr Arthur Debenham assigned to local pet office staff. Mr J W Mills, town clerk, enjoys seaside rest during Xmas holidays. Marriage in Chatswood: Tom Leslie of Forbes to Miss Tratram of Singleton. Mack Martel Forbes bound for war with Light Horse. Albert Francis Thomas of Wardry station died aged 19. Miss Burgess leaves Messrs Meagher Co. for Miss McGrath. Elwyn Kerr returns to Forbes after Lewisham Hospital operation. Max J Miller transferred from Forbes telegraph to GPO electrical engineer’s ranch. presented with a gold chain. BE Rowley, former Forbes alderman, attends Forbes Council meeting. Tom Thomas of South Forbes to wed Muriel Croft in Sydney. Isabel Gardiner to marry Edmund M Brown in Orange. Arthur Stokes avoids injury after bicycle-car collision with FJ Woolley. Ralph Weever, Forbes, tops St Ignatius College senior exam with history silver medal. Mrs Hodgkin von, wife of solicitor T KE Hodgkin, dies at 40. George Laidlaw elected president of Forbes show society. praised for public spirit.
The document lists multiple prizes and medals awarded for Good Conduct Mathematics sewing and crafts, Regular Attendance and typing. Recipients include Miss Katty Davey Miss Rene Hal Miss Maggie Bartley Miss Gladys Smith Miss Nelly Dunn Miss Cecilia Girov Lena Peters Mollie Davis Loris Bullock Nelllea Pyke Archie Cashman Kitty Sullivan Nora Coogan Olga Cowell Francie Meraghty Ruby Morris Milly Smith May Smith and others. Certificates from National Business College Sydney name Archie Cashman Olga Cowell Kitty Sullivan Nora Coogan and Francie Heraghty with varying grades. An urgent note promotes a Christmas sale at D A Hansard's House of Dainty Jewellery Forbes Rankin Street Forbes with large stock and discounts.
Advanced Circle led by Lean Girot with 95 and Thomas Scintan among top scorers edged rivals as White Harrin and Harold Stantan posted strong showings. Other entries included Mafeking Gunn, Roy Barton, Edward Lee, Frank Ivan, Bob Martin, and Arthur van in a dense field.
Fragmented OCR notes report a vessel wreck near Melbourne, a schooner sank off West Australia, with casualties on board. The text then shifts to a local tailor shop offering seasonal bargains and fabrics, listing prices and goods such as serges and white shoes, reflecting a mix of maritime disaster and storefront ads.
Fortes Convent School held a vacation concert with a crowded audience praising the students for their high quality performance. Prizes were distributed after examinations and yearly work, as Rev. Father Walsh praised Catholic parents for supporting their children's education.
War and drought cast a quiet mood over Christmas in Forbes and surrounding district as residents economize without sacrificing cheer. The community is urged to celebrate simply while Mr HJ Fowler chemist on Rankin Street promotes a full range of perfumery from 6d to a guinea including Eau de Cologne and Lavender Water.
Forbes aldermen upheld Forbes health standing after a Glen Innes Examiner claim that the town was typhoid prone. Town clerk J W Mills cited four years of records showing 48.6 cases annually in 60 square miles with about 6000 residents, while the sanitary area logged seven typhoid cases per year, arguing the libel harms Forbes and plans were made to draft a rebuttal to Examiner and Truth.
A letter from Mrs Wymer of North Min criticizes past letters about water waste on North Hill and defends meter use. She notes personal savings of 25 to 27 shillings annually and urges signees to publish their names. The editor clarifies Mrs Wymer did not author the earlier letter.
The notice advertises Old Orkney Beoted whisky and Mine's 0.0 popular whiskies with value marks. It lists items like Striped Ninon Volles and usual prices 1/19, 256, 2/10, all at 1/- per yard, claiming special reductions for Xmas.
German papers praise bombardment of English towns. Hartlepool reported 55 dead and 1156 wounded. Turkish and Carpathian operations expand, while Hindenberg fields 20 army corps on the Polish front. Serbia’s victory spurs Austro-Hungarian demonstrations. France aided Serbia with batteries and ammunition as Allied forces resisted Tuesday to Wednesday artillery duels. Australians suffer heavy casualties and frost exhaustion. many Serbs endure 72 hours without hospital aid.
In Sydney last night, Mr Fisher urged young Australians to volunteer for the expeditionary forces. The Defence Minister stated that after the destruction of the German squadron in the Pacific, it has become possible to demobilise a portion of the Commonwealth forces.
The State Government will proclaim to buy all wheat at 3 shillings per bushel after Wheat Acquisition Board decision. Government buyers will operate from country stations, aiming to support farmers who had previously earned less than 5 shillings, amid talks of wage action by tram workers and a tense Federal Parliament session on war and public works.
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