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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 02, 1940
Page
3
Bedgerabong correspondent reports Bollar birds linked to drought fears. A local resident recalls a dry spell last November when the birds appeared and continues to be sighted into January, prompting caution about ongoing dry conditions.
Mr. G. Clark, a diver from South Forbes, was admitted to Fares Misterc Hospital after a fall while mounted a horse. He sustained a slight concussion and injuries to the right arm. An ambulance conveyed him to the surgery for treatment.
A damaged OCR fragment yields unreadable names and events. It contains scattered words about people, places, and a possible local event but lacks coherent facts or dates for a concise summary. The readable parts do not form a clear report or outcome.
Manuscript fragment records a visiting optician Mie White with program notes and reverend references. It mentions Lanier water and a venue related to Hotel Shoulenhesis, with credits to artist Init and Pura.
Attendees gathered at Forbes for a prime lamb sale with vigorous competition and higher prices. Lots included crossbred ewes, merino sheep, wether lambs, and Southdown rams, with buyers from listed firms and local agents bidding actively on February sales.
Lord Riverdale claims Empire air instructors and officers have moved to Canada establishing 687 aerodromes and schools. He says thousands of young men arrive for final training in fast machines, with a stream turning toward Britain and potentially striking terror in the enemy.
News reports the British and Australian Red Cross societies sending urgent relief to Finland, including medicines and hospital dressings. It notes German penalties for intercepting or relaying foreign broadcasts and warnings to neutrals, with renewed emphasis on listening restrictions in Germany.
A reader laments the wartime price and proposes vast expenditures. He suggests funding for universal free education in large cities, lifelong stipends for inmates, and massive pensions across nations, arguing the war’s cost will be infinitely higher. A separate coroner’s court note from Gilgandra discusses a man charged with arson and a drug addict case, with brief local legal details.
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