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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 21, 1948
Page
3
Notice warns all persons removing firewood or trespassing in Forbes area during November. It lists livestock and produce figures for Yarrangong including sheep pigs cattle and cattle and warns of prosecution.
Trespass notice warns that any person found hunting shooting or trespassing on Bern Ardo or Prairie Villa will be prosecuted. All previous permissions have expired. Newell noted.
Monthly meeting minutes from Forbes Shire Electricity Committee discuss prior referrals, cable delivery concerns, and the need for a new boundary supply policy. The chair outlines agreement with Mr Daniel on motor demand, accepts hardwood pales offer subject to council, and notes installation and cost considerations for school power supply.
At a Municipal Council meeting Mayor Alderman Canridge discussed extending electricity to consumers near Shire and Municipal boundaries. Jemalong Shire proposed sharing a main to serve Salisbury district users, with potential take over by the Shire for part of the line. Officers from both Councils were to confer and seek an agreed position.
Proceedings from the Jena district meeting allocate £400 for a road project near Eu gowra. Dr Shennan and the engineer to decide on expenditures as funds become available. Certificates of service to ex-Crds Griffith and Beddie noted, and bids to local members for Cinegas or Larvoside to combat a rising rabbit pest.
The library announces new titles across genres including medical centre works by Baldwin and Buck and a varied mix such as Eugene Grandet by De Balzac, The Purple Plain by Bates, Buried Alive by Brace, and The Provincial Lady by Dalafield. Other authors include Harvey, Marshall, Moore, and Quinn with titles ranging from short stories to novels and poetry.
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