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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1916
Page
4
Auction sales conducted in any part of the state on application. Trust money to land at the lowest current rail district name Parkes Porboa and Peak NL for Dalgety and Co. Lut v Libera Avaneve made on wool mit stack. Let in Snow your requirements.
Funds six hundred thousand pounds exposed to fire accident live stock and personal insurances. Polidad issued to cover dwellings furniture stock buildings crops and all kinds of hazards. Workmen's compensation life and burglary insurance at current low rates. Homesteads wool warehouses barns hay stacks growing crops and all kinds of liens insured at lowest rates. Edward Weaver & Co Local Agents Porbes.
Standara Insurance Co of WZ Ltd details fire, crop and livestock, including brack and halstorm, and farmer policies with live stock and foaling risks. Policy scope mentions crop losses and animal perils under farm coverage.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Worwich and Loadon Accident Assurance Association and references to workmen's compensation and related branches. Text is garbled with misread words and lacks clear facts, dates, or individuals to describe a coherent event or notice.
The Albion Hotel Forbes is presented as a lending communeist and family hotel described as one of the homes of the West. Proprietor Croft is noted in the nyory department ILV region.
T Ginty announces takeover of the Post Office Hotel from B E Richardson. He pledges continued pursuit of the best of everything and strict attention to patrons’ wants, aiming to merit past support at the central and favorite hotel.
Mr Martin seeks to renovate Forbes district premises, aiming to take over the club house and conduct up-to-date operations. Wines and spirits will be dispensed, with tables supervised by Mrs Martin. Excellent storage and accommodation for motor cues noted. Motto cited: Treat others as you expect to be treated.
The Royal Hotel Parkes presents itself as the leading house with excellent accommodation and stabling, inviting visitors to call and rest between trains. Sole agents for Schweppe's Aviated Waters, Bruce Thompson promotes its services and rail accessibility.
Announcement that Pom Saluth has taken over Central Livery Stables formerly run by late Jack Robbe. The notice assures the Forbes and district public of attentive, practical management and meticulous handling of all stables affairs under the new proprietor.
In a terse exchange Nye Phenie and Wedethie Partian arrange terms and undertake a possible acquaintance. The pair navigate a social engagement with a cautious pledge of future contact.
The Morning Post cites Turkish forces retreating about a mile toward a bend of the Tigris near Elwossa after January clashes. Colonel Aylmer advances on both river banks, a frontal assault on January 12 paired with a northern flanking move. Turkish lines shift 1200 yards, with limited progress expected until weather improves. A fresh British column campaigns along the Bhatt-ol-Hal toward Kursi Amara, while another force pursues toward Basra.
In Courland a Lettish girl aged about years aided by powder from blue bells thwarted 24 German soldiers threatening her father’s farm. She poured wine laced with powder, disarmed the intruders, and tied and delivered the men as prisoners before guiding her father and herself to safety through swamps and a river outpost.
A Sydney dispatch summarizes January British casualties across theatres. It lists killed, wounded, and missing figures for France and the Dardanelles, with officers and men totals and notes incomplete returns. The piece notes figures do not include some fronts or missing reports.
Fragmented OCR text recalls Kaiser Wilhelm's birthday amid wartime morale notes. It describes limited newspaper mention, a Bavaria telegram praising divine confidence and heroism, and a crowd pulling down a flag despite police. Government orders protection of the flag incident.
Rome Star correspondent cites confidential Greek information showing a clash between King Constantine and the Cabinet. Reports claim the king could overpower opposition backing the Allied Powers to steer Greece toward Central Powers. Paris Journal says Theotakis, Mochaileidakis, and Yannaki fear cabinet waning and martial law may be sought.
Sydney reports Perograd officials claim large Turkish columns were crushed with prisoners taken and vast munitions captured. Troops pursued near Liven Ersennia and Mush, seized more prisoners, and reported defeats east of the Turkini frontier. Further advances claim driving Turks southeast of Hamadan in Persia.
Sydney dispatch from Monday summarizes the Near and Middle East, praising allied sentiment in Roumania, noting Bulgarian resentment under German rule and bribery in Turkey. The correspondent reports widespread poverty in Bulgaria, food shortages, and fears of renewed discord beneath German influence.
Telegraphic summaries report demoralizing strain on central powers and growing Allied pressure. Zeppelins bomb Britain as aircraft strike Germany. martial law proposals arise in a strained cabinet. Italian, Austrian, and Russian fronts show activity with shifting loyalties and strategic moves.
The annual meeting of Drbes District Hospital covers a year’s finances and operations. Dr. Broadbent and others present reviewed the president’s annual report, noting a burdened year with reduced subscriptions, a government grant of £200, and a series of entertainments raising funds for hospital maintenance and staff work amidst rising costs.
Furuliury Renoved and Stored, Marvel Delivery. lS tratesmat, sieneral Produce Merchant.
A fragmented advert touts Robert Robinson & Co Farmers offering to handle crop sales including hay wheat and chatt with promise of high prices and correct weights. It references Forbes Consten Sydney Parkes and representatives Walter J. Kelly Thos J. Martin & Co.
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