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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1941
Page
1
Parsoned raids hit hotels in Forbes and Pastes with about £97 10s in cash and petrol ration tickets taken. Three commercial travellers saw rooms searched as reports reach police. One suspect arrested in connection with recent robberies in both towns.
Stanley Moore was sentenced at Grange Quarter Sessions on Wednesday to 12 months on each of two charges related to a girl under 16. The sentences run concurrently from November 1940. The offences occurred in April 1937 and June 1937 at Huntley. Moore denied the charges but was found guilty after a brief trial.
Mr Geo Guno reports from Sydney about a large metal yard where salvage metal is sorted. A worker is asked if a coin is a dollar and the foreman reads a commemorative inscription honoring the children of Forbey district. it notes B E Ford being elected mayor for an eighth term.
Monthly parcels of comforts from the Forbes Ube Lord Mayor's Fund are sent to district troops overseas. Letters from Pte Dan Crouch of the 2/1 Pioneers and Pte HK Edwards express gratitude for the parcels and the forethought of the fund. Readers recount the value of the aid and the paper enclosed, noting prior show and race meetings connected to the effort.
The Forbes program has completed interviews for all applicants and some attendees have been part of the EAAF. Since the train's last Forbes Intermediate High visit months ago, participants expect earlier call-ups than first planned.
Calare MP J P Breen wires Canberra complaining of Cabinet action creating a petrol cartel pool. He warns rationing will depopulate districts and worsen drought effects, urging an advisory protest to the War Council.
In the 24 hours, British and Dominion troops advance in Libya Eritrea Abyssinia and Italian Somaliland. Cirene falls and Benghazi bombed as RAF and South African Air Force hit Italian bases. Eritrea nears Keren and Barentu is cut off. In Ethiopia Haile Selassie’s government seeks Allied support and outlines postwar plans.
London dispatches say raids on Malta were intercepted by the RAAF with several enemy planes shot down. British anti invasion and escort forces claimed success in northern France and off England's southeast coast. Observers note unusually heavy air activity over England with multiple German aircraft downed.
Walter L Gillespie of Bogan Gate Road suffered total loss of his house and contents in a Tuesday fire. He was away at Anglesey. his wife and a child were at the pictures. Fire brigade arrived after 7 pm and could not save the property. no insurance covered the loss with North British and Mercantile Co and contents damaged.
A Pan Am meeting for Greek Day drew a small crowd but outlined actions including a benefit at Western Cinemas on February 28 and a street carnival the next day. The Forbes district backs Greece’s war support with a local fund that has raised over 6500 and welcomed messages from officials and merchants.
A strong critique of the Wan Communist Labor Party dominates this week’s page. Officials speak on unity negotiations and the future, with speculation about possible alliances and outcomes.
Australian Agricultural Council plans extending cold storage facilities across the country to safeguard butter and meat supplies amid shipping shortages. The scheme envisages state and federal collaboration to survey existing plants and expand capacity in inland towns distant from ports.
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