27 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 27, 1917
Page
1
A fragmented report from Forbes discusses Follee’s Caucus with townspeople and officials reacting to a Premier’s planned visit. Territorial townsfolk debate welcome protocols, local order, and responses to political expectations amid noisy crowd commentary.
A dense OCR list outlines upcoming under sixteen fixtures across multiple clubs and towns. Entries include dates, venues, and participating clubs such as Orange J.C. Garryowen RC, Parkes, Wellington, Mudgee, and Cowra, with numerous mid and late September and October meetings.
A fragmented timetable listing train stops and routes with numerous station names across multiple days. It mentions Sunday and Monday schedules, with times around 1 a.m. to late evening, including Cowra Melbourne Molong Parkes and Sydney services. Many place names appear in garbled form, reflecting OCR errors.
A damaged OCR item shows a meeting notice from Austen and Pratley skin buyers. It references a session at Rankin Street and a chairman and others, noting the meeting closing with a request for refreshments after the corkerow.
The Lachlan Motor Garage on Templar Street Forbes offers full stock of accessories and cars for hire. Competent tradesmen carry out air institute? work and the garage remains open day and night for service.
An old advertisement outlines Standard Insurance Co of NZ offerings including fire and accident cover for live stock, dwellings, furniture, stores, stock-in-trade, buildings, crops, and homesteads. It mentions broad coverage with low rates, agents listed as Forbes.
Walter J Kelly and Co advertise auctions of stock and property lists in May across the state. District agents Parkes Purley and Pewk 11 offer loans on wool and stock at lowest current rates. Liberal advances available.
The City Mutual Fire Insurance Co Ltd reports its head office at Pitt Street Sydney and temporary premises at Hunter Street. Alverman Thomas Hughes J.P. serves as chairman of the board of advice with Robert Kerr as treasurer. December capital put up and reserve funds show balances carried forward. Total subscribed capital and funds amount to £399,633 with funds actually £77.1.
Justice Wirth and Co. note renewal terms by Workmen's Compensation and other charges. Acceptance pending. Applications reviewed with terms to be clarified.
An unruly OCR fragment from a stock sale notice lists numerous names and figures in a chaotic string. Entities include Fortin, Parkes, Newton, Wey, O'Mara Son, and others, interspersed with numbers and unclear terms, suggesting a historical securities or livestock transaction record with many garbled tokens and failed legibility.
Fragmentary OCR line includes scattered phrases about deer, fowl, ribs, and hubber's hoy with disrupted wording and illegible context. No coherent event or facts establishable for reporting.
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