Address- Albion Offices in Forbes on Lachlan Street
Albion Offices located on Lachlan Street Forbes with telephone line 231.
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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 08, 1916
Page
2
Albion Offices located on Lachlan Street Forbes with telephone line 231.
During my absence from Forbes the business of The Forbes Advocate will be carried on annually with Mr A C Brownhill Business Manager and Mr E J Collins Editor. Brownhill is empowered to pay and receive all accounts and act as deputy in business. I leave affairs with confidence in continued popularity and usefulness and thank the public for support since the outset.
Fragmentary text references a trucked load and numbered bags, with incoherent names and dates. The readable items mention a loss, a route, and monetary figures but lack coherent context or identifiable entities to confirm a specific incident or location.
A report from Local Government Of too faming attention describes a balcony collapse at the Locomotive Hotel in Jamalong. Four injuries and a fatality are noted, prompting a safety inquiry and a recommendation to secure all hotel balconies.
An OCR read fragment presents a garbled narrative about a dying scene and a polemic within a long poem. The text references a tale and a manuscript piece while hinting at a character’s emotional state and a troubled dialogue.
The Forbes Court yesterday heard Henry Rousett charged with assaulting Lionel Clarke at Forbes over rent. Clarke’s house altercation led to a fine for indecent language. Roy Lang and Patrick Maguire appeared for defendants with various pleas and cautions.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a meat sale and food vendors with mention of starters and a market scene. No clear names, dates, or locations readable to confirm specifics.
At Forbes, Labor candidates spoke on land policy, education reform, and workers’ rights. Mr Hanney and Mr Hanney asserted Labor’s record in land settlement and urged unity, while opponents argued for different visions and pledged to return Labour backers to Parliament.
A disjointed account records Mr John Hanney defending a letter and denouncing a rival, while Premier Holman faces opposition within the party. The narrative cites factional splits, calls for expulsion, and efforts to curb commercial piracy that harms the public, with references to referenda, labor principles, and parliamentary tension.
The piece surveys J P Lynch and allies in the political contest, noting Lynch’s railway policy and plans for a railway to Mowat Kosciusko, plus opposition figures like Grimur. It highlights his track record in funding schools, local improvements, and his stance against government authority, while detailing the electoral maneuvering and promises across the region including Eugowra and Narromine.
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