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Newspaper

Forbes Advocate

Location

Forbes, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Dec 24, 1915

Page

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Casual Comments and Oddities From the Empire

Morwong presents a column of lighthearted notices and curiosities. He notes vast gold holdings referenced by war materials, recounts near misses at Collingwood station, a dead cat sold as a rabbi, and a West Australian fondness for peculiar foods. Ford’s travels provoke jokes as a Scotland coastal voyage anchors satire. Benjamin Beetle recalls fossil finds in Forbes and Pompeii’s preservation, musing on future buried cities and unlikely discoveries.

Collingwood Vic Porteriad Parraw Australia West Australia Geraldton Ford Scotland Foli Caucusorum Benjamin Beetle Forbes Australian Museum Sydney Pompeii London Faris

Heroes of the Dardanelles List From Forbes District

A wartime notice lists Forbes district soldiers killed or wounded at the front, with many names grouped by status such as KILLED, DIED IN CAMP, DIED AT SEA, WOUNDED, SICK IN HOSPITAL, INVALIDED HOME and MISSING. An editor’s note describes finding tobacco tins near a footpath group, implying local soldiers in the main street area.

Forbes District Barton J. P Forbes Bird O. B Fifield Bradford George Combe Cassimir J Connor Qotha Currie Francis Moonbi Dunne Ernest Huot J. J Grawlin Ferguson M. C Gombert F. L Hall Jack Hampson J. A Hurley Hond FL ¢Fhield Magill Eric Bogan Gate Matthews F. W Tullamore Shine Joseph Eugowra Watson H. B Coleman T. H Eliott Claude Tuohey James B Kendall V, II Betland Browne Clarence Burke Charles Chatman Arthur Cornett Fred Trundle Cousins W. M Crocker Alan Cusack John Crane T. E Douglas Roy Hunn C. BE Duane Holland C. B Wendary Humfrey Jones Kelly Chas Long Manby C. Martin R. J Merrie Muir Archie M'Millan O'Hea Jas O'Connell Sloane Bugowra Thomas J. F Thompson Turner Cecil Beges Beuseville Brownhill Gillet Gow W. G Goolagong Hackett B. A Halloran M'Quirk Shepherd Capt Stanford EB. J Breole Street E. W Ashcroft Frederick Roy Bartlett Neil Yarrabandai Booth W. H Bengon Colls Johnson Norman M’kenzie Gordon Rathbone A. E Strick

Mail Time Table With Extensive Bus Route List

Sunday to Saturday timetable lists multiple motor coach runs between Parkes, Condobolin, Bogan Gate, Sydney, Bathurst, Orange, Molong, Parkes, Trundle, Eugowra and many other towns. The schedule includes departure times, late fees, and via routes such as Cowra, Goolagong, Grenfell, and Yarra Yarra with numerous stops and connections.

Forbes Mail Service Down Dep Am. P.m Sydney A.m Orangh Ai Tye Tae Bumbury Wale Sess Parkes Forbes Pew Ews Parkes Beseene Aces Beens Bogan Gate Trundls Trseyhnees Tallamor P.m. P.m. Tullamore Trundle Parkes Case Bytales Beb Forbes Bogan Calarie T.P.O Calarle Yarra Yarra Anderson's Speck's Waelong Gle Yarra Uah Fearce’s Russell's Amor Chandler Leslie's Warangla Barry's Boyd Scott's Tregelone T.P Bathurat Orange Young Lowra Melbourne Molong Cookamidgera Tichtorne Carowbalgie Goolagong Wenz's Tomandu Cowra Grenfell Fee Hugowra Calaric Bedgerabong Condobola Newland’s Carrawobltty Eulomo Traversdale MacPhillamy's Rawlin's Hall's Hope Jemalong Porter's Kennedy's Sweeney's Bogandilion Cadlow Morgan Bros Borambil Monwonga Pretoria Werrroo Polles Corinelia Anderson Wee

Weathering Wet Seasons and Imported Trinkets Reflected in Local Shops

Readers note a rainy spell easing gardens and vegetables, with winter clothes needed. Shops display Japan bound novelties including light wood boxes with cretonne coverings, umbrella handles matching the shade, grey kid bindings with Australian scenic pictures, and a growing Meccano craze attracting adults. The Criterion Theatre showcases Nobdy's Widow with Grace Pwella gowns and lively comedic misadventures amid modern fashion.

Kugskin momMmine Shopa Wormer Vorne Ona Childre Criterion Theatre Muriel Starr Duke of Moreland Grace Pwella

Fragments of Witty Sayings and Humorous Exchanges

A compilation of humorous quips and dialogues about marriage pride memory and social foibles. Jokes cover wives husbands barber barbs from a magistrate and everyday misunderstandings. The text blends puns and social satire in a dated tone.

Short fashions from a Paris show sparkle on taller figures

The bodice was decollete with short puffy sleeves. Every alternate flounce used net lace. Other dresses appeared handsome, but on shorter wearers the style looked less effective than on Miss Palotta’s taller figure.

Palotta

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