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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1948
Page
8
A 1930s report laments railway shortcomings crippling provincial growth. Delays, unreliable freights, and selective sleeper bookings force towns like Forbes and surrounding lines to endure poor service, with fears for regional prosperity and travel hardships.
Large yarding at Parkes Store sheep sale in conjunction with Dalgety & Co Sydney drew buyers from Orange Oberon Mt David Mudgee Forbes and Bathurst with local and out of town dealers, high prices seen for Merino wethers ewes and rams and a notable lot bred by WP Bell Callingwood Trundle.
Mr B Howland of Sydney was notified of his transfer to the Rural Bank West Wyalong branch and began duties at Wear Wyalong on Tuesday. Sylvia Wales of Miby headed a party at Milby hall and will marry Miam Leadbitter at Tul bien tomorrow.
Attendance lists at the Fortes District Ambulance monthly meeting include Collett president Brenner Malloway and several others. The session covered officer elections and staffing changes, plus notes on driver wages and overtime, with plans for engine overhaul and committee recommendations.
A damaged OCR note describes awnings and a verandah post at the Metropolitan Hotel listing dangers. It warns the structure could collapse if struck by a vehicle and calls for action to prevent damage and risk to passersby. It mentions standard typewriter ribbons for sale at a shop.
A garbled OCR passage mentions names and dates including February 22 and individuals such as Geanette Mee and Mr E Ro Plotke. It references trips, holidays, and area concerns with unclear context and several unreadable lines. The text lacks coherent events but preserves several proper nouns and possible community mentions.
A midlevel council session discussed illumination of the Australia guard at local government associations. Vague references to representatives and names appear, with tensions over governance and future directives in the regional context.
Lamuy carrying out Minutentel Work on his own account. Fstinmbes in dir all classes of work. Phone Vass.
Local construction firms converge on a project at HALDOCK Hankin Street Yorben bat to push full product LW and coordinate material supply. Leaders from Home Builders, Joinery, Mibrelle Plaster Works, and HALDOCK meet to align on timelines and standards.
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