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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1912
Page
4
Scottish Union and National Fire Funds six million pounds cover for accident live stock and foliciny issued 19. Dwellings barns stores stock-in-trade farm buildings crops and personal residents sickness and workmen's compensation and live stock insurance at lowest current rates. Edward Weaver & Co local agents Forbes.
Shaw wins special prize for best pour wheeled vehicle at the Royal Agricultural Society exhibition in Sydney. He earns the J Gold Medal as champion light vehicle, the sole cold medal awarded, a distinction never before won by a wagon builder in the west.
A dated promotional letter from E. Nock advertises an aerated water plant as the most up to date in the market. He claims 25 years’ mariner experience and invites inspection of the machinery at the Hotel Victoria beside the Bank of New South Wales, asserting the waters are absolutely pure.
A weathered District News page from Hogan Gate reports a disrupted schedule and chaotic notes about a planned lecture by famed meteorologist Mtr Clement Wragge. The text blends local delays, accommodation shortages, and scattered references to events, places, and people, creating a patchwork of names, venues, and dates.
A hectic report describes luggage found in carriages of a Wortes mall train at Morwes for a February week in 1912 to 1913. Items include portmanteaus, bags, Gladstone, writing cases, cloaks, umbrellas, furs, sticks, combs, a baby’s feeding bottle, and more. Authorities note the loss caused by broken addresses and overcarried trunks, urging owners to provide correct contact details and addresses to reclaim items.
W Wheatley reports a fair attendance of tyres at last sale with Fat Sheeve Fur yarding down. Market at Homebush shows fat wethers 10/5 and crossbred ewes 10/7/2. fat cattle yarding small but steady with best fat bullocks to £8 5s. Cattle drives lower, small yarding overall.
H Taylor and Co report 400 fat sheep and lambs yarded amid good quality prices. Fat cattle sold from Kanimbla Station with strong bidding and high rates. Prices included 7/16 to 9/8 for various store and heavy cattle, margins solid across the yard, reflecting a buoyant market.
Bathurst fat stock sale lists 49 cattle yarded including steers cows and heifers with prices ranging from £2/18 to £25/ at a Tuesday session. Numerous accounts noted: Gleeson Adlam Wergwion Linnane Moor Rylaston and others. A large clearance sale at Haglan attracted many buyers as farming machinery and horses also fetched strong prices.
A South Australia Bureau meeting of the Narra Court Ranch discussed optimal ploughing depth. W Loller cited cases showing deep ploughing up to ten inches producing better results in some trials, while a leading district wheat grower achieved over 20 bushels per acre using shallow ploughing of two inches or less with heavy disc cultivation. A Borunga farmer who ploughed forty inches deep and poorly yet showed slow improvement after three years was also noted.
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