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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1927
Page
11
A £20 reward is offered for information leading to the whereabouts of the horse and cattle brand Spyclass. The notice is signed by Walter H. R. Stitt of Forbes.
Sir Neville Howse praises a high altitude locale as ideal for a boys school. The Orange campus features an extensive playing field, a dairy herd, poultry, and a vegetable garden with extra dormitory space and new classrooms for 1928. Stanley Brown heads the school offering preparatory to leaving certificate work plus Wool- Classing and Sheep Management.
Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association offers personal accident insurance through F Bath Co District Natives for coverage in Norwich and London.
Grenfell cricketers bade farewell to Elaworthy Wall with gifts and nostalgia. Parkes bowlers defeated local traders. Grenfell beat Mtasparizza Cup rivals but lost to Cowra for Jack Alford Cup. The town notes pass through hospital finances, choir debut funds, and school prize day with Dux Norma Watson.
The noted Orange eye specialist D J Bono announces a revised fortnightly visit to Forbes. His consulting rooms are at the Vandenberg Hotel and appointments may be arranged at Knapton's Pharmacy if needed.
The column notes Boxing Day travel to Sydney for shopping at David Jones and meeting a New Zealand friend. It laments fashion, flapper culture, and dieting, jokes about grass widowers, snakeskin fashion, itinerant hawkers, and local plans for Weir pool upgrades and a dancing hall debate.
The newspaper notes a widening gap in value tied to its subscriber base. The Forbes Advocate emphasizes that its strength lies in a growing and valuable audience as the paper expands its reach.
Mr J Peck suffered a sudden bite while driving and rushed to Dr Firesim mons. A later check revealed a hole in the car seat upholstery where a snake may have nested, the Wellington Times reports. The article ends with an ad for a felt hat at Austen & Pratley's.
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