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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
4
A garbled notice announces a superior application for vial tors from the country. Details are illegible, but the text references term dates and primetpale like procedural steps. No clear names or dates could be extracted.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions Lindley Walker and Co Ltd and references to wheat, government, and acknowledgments. Key names and precise details are obscured by garbled text.
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertisement page for The Forbes Advocate with subscription terms and listed rates in unclear spellings. Names like W Brownill appear as proprietor with scattered words about ads and standing advertisements, lacking clear dates or specifics.
The Portia City Rifle Club informs readers that weekly shooting will resume on Wednesday. Members who passed marksmanship tests will compete this year. Photographs will be taken at the wheel station for Wednesday’s event as the shoot results show weights and scores from recent practice sessions.
Fragmented telegraphic report covers early hotel closing, travel disruptions, and political tensions. Mentions Senator Fearoe Avta Sydney, and a Melbourne conference with talks on forestry, labor, and national league speakers. References to a meeting at Manly and a protest over governance, with unclear dates and several garbled phrases.
A fragmentary report describes pear trees and a nearby site at Teewunk with references to Poplin and a possible airman rivet incident. The text mentions Veir and various garbled names, suggesting a local event with property and possible investigation, but details are unclear.
Allied crowd enjoyed a mid evening performance with Forbes band and mounted police procession. Attendees praised stalls and workers as girls performed wood work and charms. notable figures included Mrs Scott Miss Edna Bal and Gertie Knight among others, with guests noting high attendance and strong local effort.
Fragmentary note questions workday attire and appearance. Mentions Buckland and CO with unclear context. No coherent event or persons clearly described.
A letter to Forbes Advocate discusses the Boomerangs Motor Car saloon fare from Dubbo to Goondiwindi via Warr, listing prices 1 12/ and 14/4 with expenses and credit balances. It mentions Raven balance and travel route via Bugowra on 16/2/15.
A readable fragment recalls the Sydney Royal Show during wartime 1914 with drought across Australia and over 1 million inches of rain missing, the exhibition highlighting land and manufacturing displays. The comics exhibit and British focus shape the mood as preparations continue amid broader hardships.
The report notes Forbes leading in wheat stacking at railway stations while Canowindra ranks sixth on the list. Looming figures describe vast bag totals in paddocks near the rail yards and main production areas, with official counts indicating large quantities for the period.
Local notices mention Mrs Reynolds hotelier at Forbes, nurse CrowLuer, and various Forbes residents including Morbes Kir Ford resigning from 1b. A successful appendicitis operation in Orange is noted, with recruits listed for chute services at Forbes. Telegrams from Sydney report awards to several locals, and a wedding in Forbes district.
Fragmented report covers railway accident in Campania Tasmania, a fatality linked to a YWCA member and a public recruitment appeal. Includes market prices, cattle yarded totals, and an auction notice for Durmore near Kugwa, with local officials and community notes.
A fragmentary, highly garbled advertisement page touts mosquito remedy and eye drops by Fowlen and Kowler with claimed quick eye relief. It mentions citronette and lavender scents, prices like 1/5 and 2/-, and cites “Fowlen’s Antisentic Eye Dropn” as a cure for lemme inflame eyes.
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