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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
5
Vague report details an election at Forbes Literary Institute with W Jones as President and Ar BW Veo as Vice President. A committee on insurance and meetings is named, and a plan to acquire reference books and periodicals is discussed, including costs and possible subscriptions for subscribers.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions July decisions and a selection of names such as Landesgilvey, Gut 9A angler, Something gow, and Aly Forbes Ymaiinie. Details are unclear but suggest a local notice or item list awaiting clarification.
A report outlines silo construction and wheat handling at Forbes alloy works in Sydney. It details reinforced columns, belt conveyors, boot machinery, and a receiver belt feeding a central tower. Workers manned hubs at Peak Hill and Peake Hill, grinding and loading wheat as capacities reach full.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a set of job and reward notices. Items include employment bids for railway area work and general labor, with names such as EDWARD WEAVER, GODDARD, and LEO IVERS. A horse or buggy related reward and a branding note WH 1908 appear.
Department of Public Works Sydney issues invites tenders for construction and bridging works. Projects include timber truss bridges over the Lachten River at Murrin and the Truw Bridge at Willanthry with February 24 deadlines. Minister for Public Works oversees the call with details rebus in the notice.
The program runs from May 1919 for twelve months at Hereford House Teachers Training College. Scholarships target Leaving Certificate holders and other certificates per the February Government Gazette. Fifteen percent go to candidates meeting social or attainment standards from the Social Finance Examination on March 18 1919 in Sydney and country centres. Applicants must be unmarried, aged 16 to 35, apply on the official form available at the Board or from country school inspectors, and submit by February 28 1919.
Tom E. Drane, late of the 1st Field Engineers, announces purchase of the Tailoring Business of James Magutrs on Templar Street, Forbes, promising careful attention to all work entrusted to him. The new owner will don professional attire and assume full control of operations.
A terse notice warns that anyone found shooting sitting or trespassing on Gridgery after a stated time will be prosecuted with no respect to any persons involved. The garbled text mentions an unnamed authority and a date or parameter but the core message is enforcement action against trespassers.
Public notice outlines continued vaccination in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning with hours from 2 to 8 pm. The document notes a morning start on Friday and a separate Monday slot from 2 pm to 8 pm. No additional doses will be offered at the tall rwuldant location.
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