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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1914
Page
2
Forbes diary chronicles social events at Junction mine and hospital ball, notes the Lachlan Hotel closure, and reports community happenings from Parkes to Bedgerabong. Includes rainfall tallies, marriages, births, deaths, and a record wheat shipment as the town endures storms and civic activity.
First wool load of the season arrived off Forten from Wanda. Forbes show drew over 500 attendees with Messrs Venables & Co.'s motor car destroyed by finding on Parke. Jon L. Trefle opened the Forbes show with Malley of Goolagong attending at SS years old. Public Works railway committee and hospital benefit performances noted.
November reports note limited safety matches for three months due to bush fire danger. A Forbes incident list includes a storm at Forbes station, trucks colliding, and several injuries. Frederick M Mahon and Frederick Walsh were run over. William Brownlow narrowly escaped, and Richard Firs serald was killed at Trebornt. TheGeisha opera impressed Forbes Musical Society, while the Forbes Freesing Company annual meeting showed a year’s loss of £198. A former Forbes resident Stewart was mistakenly arrested at Inverell. Beath Circle Park renamed Edwards Park in honor of the mayor. Wheat yields at Forbes plots averaged 22 bushels per acre, with Federation manure usage noted. Rainfall for November recorded as 12 points.
September records describe the Pigeon Club race at Condebolin Forbes and far broader regional activity. Mentions of railway work, church appointments, and local officials accompany scattered racecourse and agriculture notes. Names include Mr Hens Webster, Mr R Stirling, Rev JM Dowell, and Condobalio coach horses. The garbled text references the Ketriet headline and a western railway depot, with various local figures and dates obscured.
December record from Forbes Advocate mentions Gen Thornton elected president of a local association, Arthur Grimm defeating Jack Leneh in parliament, Rev J M'Dowell leaving Forbes for Annandale, Jemalong Shire setting rates, aerial railway opening for river crossing, heat wave hitting Forbes with up to 10 percent rise, hospital and church fundraisers, and local charities aiding Forbes Hospital and a charity gala at the convent garden. Several stray names and places appear in fragmented OCR.
At Forbes Police Court on Tuesday before Mr Fletcher P.M. Harry Salth charged Franch with assault. Witnesses described disputes over delivery of town bills and a fight after a show. The court dismissed the case but Smith was ordered to pay costs and a small court fee.
A coroner's inquest at Forbes Court on December 22 23 examined William Hampton who died in Forbes Hospital after ingesting sheep dip containing carbolic acid. Testimony linked the bottle to a household disinfectant mishap, with Mrs Fraser and Alice Froger among key witnesses. The coroner ruled death resulted from accidental self-administration of the poison.
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