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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 04, 1938
Page
5
Fragmented notices show a London address and a request for a 14 year old farm helper at Goldabrough Mort Co. A memorial message dedicates late mother dated January 4 1997. Names Herb Kathleen Ken Abbiey Joan and Feeyginnicd appear in a family tribute.
Notice from the Panctures Protection Board Forbes District requiring landowners and stock owners to file a land and stock return by January 10 1028 in prescribed form. Penalties apply for late or incomplete returns with up to 60 pounds fine. The document includes official names and dates. Also details on water licensing and a quarterly licensing court in Forbes.
Tender invitation issued for erection work by builders. Details include project scope, submission deadlines, and required credentials. Contractors advised to review specifications and comply with local regulations.
Readable excerpts show multiple cycle events with heats and finals. Winners include O'Ranee, Tucker, Meeth, Hendry, Gribble, and Moad with times ranging from 1 min 12 2 5 secs to 4 min 57 secs. Prize money distribution hints at Forbes Wheelrace leading purses and Lachlan sergeant earning £13.
The 1938 Ford Model 10 is pitched as especially attractive to women, highlighting a roomy interior, adjustable driver’s seat, light steering, and accessible rear luggage space. It promises up to 40 miles per gallon, quiet gears, and a stylish streamline design with harmonizing color schemes and convenient features targeted at female owners.
Studio Theatre will screen the WeUURe programme on Friday evening with the original Young Australia League of boy entertainers who visited Forbes three years ago. The boys, a talented troupe, will be supervised by the Mayor and parade through the streets after the programme, performing music. An American conductor hails it as the best.
Strand Theatre presents Prisoner of Zentia style action with romance and comedy as a young inventor and a travel clerk entangle in a jewel heist kidnapping. The program pairs it with Rustlers Valley starring Hopalong Cassidy in a fast paced Western hero tale featuring William Boyd and companions.
A string of holiday movements and family visits across North Pinnacle Parkes Milroy and surrounding towns features George Stradwick Norman Beasley and Mrs C L Rooke among others traveling to see relatives. Local condolences extend to Mrs G R Hilder after a Cairns death.
The readable portion shows fragmented phrases and garbled words lacking clear events or identifiable names. No coherent person, place, date, organization, or outcome is discernible to summarize into a proper news item.
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