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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
8
The Trundle Hotel has been renovated and furnished throughout to offer one of the Wests most complete accommodations. A commercial dining room with excellent table service, beers, wines, and spirits is available for visitors and residents.
An advertisement lists Luigetty Cuull and Gas Hin Biles as operators with Full range of services at Fortesque and 110L areas. It mentions bicycle repairs, motor repairs, and Ampie storage for cars with a contact phone for day or night assistance.
Fragmentary OCR lists include Farmers & Graziers Co op International Harvester Co and North British Mercantile Insurance Co plus Wool and Grain buyers Shirley’s Fertilisers stock and property listings. Contacts show office and residence lines with partial phone references.
Auctioneers Cahill and Martin with Frocke and Proftety Agents list stock and property for sale across the district. Agencies include Commercial Union Fire Insurance and Dalgety and Co machinery and law insurance firms. Contact Cahill 18 for office details and lis tings in Salta area.
An early 20th century ad notes a fully equipped workshop offering car hire, welding, battery recharging, and repairs. It lists sole agencies for Ford, Fordson, Trundle, Tulla more, Bogan Gates, and other brands with contact numbers and night phone.
A local trader informs the public that they can meet all requirements at prices to suit the times, with no high rents or big staff. The note claims cheaper sale than larger stores and lists agency for Suishing Machinery Farmers and Gra gters Co op. Trucks ordered for Flemington.
January rainfall near three inches and two inches so far this month keep the district optimistic about lambing and green feed. Wheat stacks at Garema indicate a strong harvest while many farmers prepare fallow for another crop. Pinnacle annual sports and race meeting aim for a record crowd on Poultry 18 with HOMMikes backing.
A report from Wamboine notes Alley Clear losing to Wamboyne by one run in a recent cricket match amid muggy air. It also records the death of Mrs. J Mooney after a long illness, detailing her family ties to Tobit Sparkes of Glengariff, her marriage to Joe Mooney of Avondale, and the surviving children and brothers. Vandoyne offers condolences to the bereaved family.
Harvest progress in Bogan Gate is slowed by wet weather with rain halting harvesting and wheat carting. Officials anticipate over 200 000 bushels more to be stored at the silos, marking a regional record. Fallowing begins as farmers plan to reclaim every acre for next year. An accident kills four drought horses, prompting veterinary aid. The Bogan Gate and A Association meeting is postponed to 14 inst. due to a clearance sale. Pool of local businesses, race club plans, and an upcoming monster clearing sale are noted.
Community report from Bedgerabong details extreme summer heat followed by a severe thunderstorm and heavy rains over the weekend. Grasshoppers multiply ahead of Christmas, threatening crops, while a social on February 6 supported harvest festival prep. Mr Black donated half his orchestra fee, and the harvest festival date moved from Melrane 18 to February 20 due to counter attractions.
We have long mats of properties in all districts. Particulars of sale on application. Trucking of fat stock attended to. Atlas Assurance Co. Ltd district reps. Cash buyers for wheat at Yoarrabandal and nearby sidings. Contact before selling via Telegram Bird-Oliver. Office phone 28. private 27.
A. B. Mills Agoneles of North Britiza Fire Insurance Company T. Robinson and Sons Machinery Gray Motors and Hart Parr Tractors listed in a sector trade item.
Crawford and Wade are listed as forwarding and commission agents for The Farmers and Grains, with district agents for insurance and machinery, including Sunshine Machinery and Phirloy’a Manures, as part of the agricultural enterprise network.
Wheat deliveries arrive at Trundle with good quality notes though several lots are refused at silos. A truck is sent to Alexandria for sale. Community efforts preserve the old building for weather protection, while sheds near completion add grounds value. Farmers anticipate February levies with easing payments boosting district funds.
The season brings heavy rainfall totaling 1965 points and a springlike outlook. Lucerne growers report frequent fodder cutting about every three weeks, boosting farmers for upcoming dry spells. Wheat carting finished before heavy rains on roads to Yarrabandai Siding. quagmires noted in places. Grasshoppers appear but, amid vigorous herbage growth, damage remains minimal. Miss M Reedy returns from Bathurst and Sydney after a month away.
From our own correspondent the grasshopper plague has appeared in the district, damaging green crops. Rainfall for January at the focal post office stood at 347 poles. Mr and Mrs Michael Gooran with Mr John Nowlan left for Sydney by car, intending a month there before returning home. Mrs Mishrelson, wife of Rev Michaelson, an Anglican missionary in Tonga, is visiting her sister Mrs E Millard. Rev Michaelson plans to retire soon after thirty years in the New Hebrides. A young man named Grey, worker at Bhafter's mill, slipped last week and his foot was caught by a saw leaving him with a severely cut heel in Forbes Hospital.
Barometer readings show an unusual mild season with heavy rainfall totaling 23 inches in January and a recent week end adding 10 points of rain. Local orchards report fine peaches and fruit varieties with Norman Conn and families highlighting Blyth Bland Road orchards and nearby residents, while social events for the Methodist Mission attracted many guests and organized tea and music.
The listing recounts a varied program with performers including Mr Gardner Miss Annie McCawley and Mr Rowe plus a Hawaiian march by Bob Eve and other songs by Mrs Boin Miss Troth and Mr Barnes among highlights. General news notes piano company visits a unique musical clock in Jack Poulos shop banking changes and draughts club members. A return cricket match Quandialla versus Bimbi set for Sunday at 10 20 am aims to avenge a prior defeat with some players unavailable.
Liberal cash advances on stored wheat announced by Louis Dreyfus & Co across agencies including International Harvest Co South British Insurance Co Ltd and listed items such as Battle Separators Bergers Paints Shirleys Manures and Gray Motor Car stock and property lists available on application.
Frank Charlton announces takeover of the General Storekeeping business at Bimbi from J R Cullen. H Conroy runs the Bimbi branch with large stock. Branch overseen by Charlton, offering groceries drapery ironmongery smokers requisites and agency lines including International Harvester Bourke’s patent riddle and Berger’s paints.
District agents appointed for FP and G Co at Quandialla and Bar rendabba, Mitchell Machinery, and Citizens Life Assurance sub agents at Rugby Cara. Bonser Cool Sate. Phone 6 Quandialla.
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