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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
3
Fragmented notes describe rain delays for elections and council sessions. It mentions aldermen and committees meeting, hospital preparations, pipeline and utility concerns, and wartime references including Gallipoli and French theater. Several community events and incidents are sketched with names, places, and dates, plus hospital and water issues.
An old farm yarn recounts a farmer’s misadventure with a cattle trough and a curious incident involving a heavy iron device, a long trek, and a seaside naval officer who uncovers the tale. The tale blends rural stubbornness with unexpected visitors and a surprising ending.
An elderly account recalls a drought era prayer gathering at Windsor near Lud County. The piece notes parishioners and mourners, including Maya Upton and Joni, seeking divine aid during hardship and reflecting on faith, weather, and communal endurance.
Jumbled text fragment shows stray names and garbled phrases. It mentions a Saturday event and an auction incline with unclear subjects and outcomes, lacking coherent facts or persons.
Students and teachers return to classrooms after holidays held in Sydney and Romeacence, as some mothers plan to have their children back in school. Among the attendees Budhels and Whotr pMLilli Hho DNsHieal noted the need to resume lessons Wednesday. XP Purrington shows good health after the break.
A garbled regional letter contemplates whether rain will come soon amid drought fears. The writer muses on weather predictions, community mood, and hints at local cricket and civic concerns, with reflections on future plans and hope for timely precipitation.
A fragmented inventory lists stock sales including Park Getate G and G Math with various numbers and dates such as 18/4 and 11/5. It notes buyers Murray, MlO%rr, and Cannon with silver items and multiple cow and crow breeding entries alongside prices like 19/8 and 20/4.3. The dense OCR yields scattered lots with entities Landy Tregalana and others amid miscellaneous figures.
A dense schedule of sports fixtures and club activities across towns in New South Wales. Entries include dates and associations such as W.D.A, WD.R.A, J.C, ARC and various towns like Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst, Grenfell, Canowindra, Parkes, and Cowra with matches, meetings, and notices through May and June. The list preserves period tone and local scheduling details.
Train schedule lists departures to Bozeh Gate Trumbig Tutlamore and Tottenham Teaven Parkes on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays with morning times 9 20 and 8 19.
Fragmentary OCR yields a messy notice about a train called Totten ham leaves Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays calling at Tullamore Trundle Gogin Gate with an arrival at Parkes. It mentions Eastern expresses renewals and poetic lines about gardens and a distant event in the Orient.
A faded column recalls William Jinks who kept a show on Bungrtio bay and refused to advertise. A paper man hints at a name and Jinks firmly declines, insisting he will not advertise. The next day a teary Abdorad demands no mention of the affair.
The report lists match results from a billiards round at Menara Morgan with Corbett losing to Lockyer by 10 7, Lender defeating H. Cirghau by 6, and several turnouts including Phanaon over Cortelt Morrie over Casamais and Moraland over Watson among others.
The council accepted a tender from Richard Biggs to build a bridge at the foot of Lachlan Street, with two other tenders tied to completion milestones. The decision drew mixed support, with Aldermen Weinstey and Donnell approving and Aldermen Fain and Eavorite opposing, amid debate on property value impacts and spending priorities.
A highly corrupted OCR passage lists headaches and backache remedies with scattered references to a brand or product and mentions various unclear names. The readable fragments hint at a historical medical advertisement or medical booklet page, but most details are unreadable and the overall meaning remains obscured.
A testy list of timetable notes shows trains or services extending to Cowra, Parkes, Grenfell, Trundle, and Sydney with multiple stops and varying times, including Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday sections, reflecting a broad, disorderly schedule. Names like Cowra Parkes and Grenfell appear with several stops and travel windows.
February notices list multiple church services across denominations including Unitad Serio of Fenian sug and St Andrew's Church. Readers see times such as 7 30 pm and references to Methodist Church events with dates in February.
Poorvary G Forbaw leads morning prayer and 7 30 service, Rev G Wattaka presiding at Harves parish. Special notice lists services for Monday at eight, with evening prayer and catechism. Provisions for youth and visitors noted in the program.
Fragment describes readiness to supply Beat Crystal in any quantity during current warfare. Delivery or sale promised over counter. ATL orders will receive prompt attention.
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