Mrs J B Arthur to Continue Saddlery Business
Mrs J B Arthur announces she will carry on the saddlery business of her late husband with the same manager and capable workmen. Work guaranteed.
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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1922
Page
2
Mrs J B Arthur announces she will carry on the saddlery business of her late husband with the same manager and capable workmen. Work guaranteed.
WHEAT. We are buying again for Gillespie Bros Ltd. Highest cash prices at railways, special quotes for best milling varieties. W. K. Garnsey Senr. Phones 41 and 269.
Wheat grower acts as local agent for Lar gely and Co ready to take farmers wheat on storage account. Also a cash buyer for wheat in any quantity terms of storage available on application at G Hugo’s Office Lachlan Street.
Property sale notice for Oakwood Estate Milvale to be held at the P and A Society's hall Young on Thursday January 26. Estate area 207 to 770 acres with 2179 acres freehold offered, terms to be advised. Auctioneers C H Eller man Co of Young and W F Barr Milvato act jointly.
The notice urges compulsory enrolment for state and federal polls and warns NSW voters to ensure their names are on the rolls. A Goolagong resident recalls a near miss with a returned snake during hay stacking, then mentions a forthcoming sales event by T. J. Martin & Co. at Bogan Gate offering farm land, stock, and furniture.
Every owner of stock one head or more and every owner or occupier of land liable to be rated within the Forbes Pastures Protection District must file a return on the prescribed form with the Secretary P P Board Forbes by January 10 1922. Penalty for noncompliance is £20. Forms available from any petty sessions office or police station or from T Lozell Secretary Pastures Protection Board Forbes.
Readers are urged to note in the current issue the Picture of St Stanislaus College Bathurst. The college, described as the oldest Catholic institution in the Commonwealth, boasts notable alumni in professional, business, land, and varied life activities. The president emphasizes decentralisation to appeal to country readers amid Sydney’s influx.
Forbes reports a busy fire week with two earlier blazes and a Saturday night fire on Farrand Street damaging a weatherboard building owned by P. M. M'Girr and used by Hynds. Insurance covered £100 for the building but not the contents. Nearby Crowbalgia Station the Corby woolshed with about ten stands burned down. it was insured though details of the loss were not known.
The Strand Theatre offers Straight From Paris starring Clara Kimball Young described as the fashion show of the year with Lada Cowan as scenarist. Mire Young is praised for artful costumes making the film a fashion showcase. Also announced is It Can Be Done starring Earle Williams and Saturday’s Love Special with Wallace Reid.
Forbes town showcases a wide array of cups across cricket football and horse racing. Notable trophies include the Grinsted Grinsted challenge cup the Trundle challenge cup the McCabe Grenfell challenge cup and the Old Collegians cup. Football honors feature the Ebercamp Hogan Gate cup the Prior cup and the Morgan cup. The Lachlan challenge cup belongs to Forbes Rife Club with several racing cups also noted. A photo session was planned for Sunday morning at the town hall.
Forbes defeated Orange by 29 points in the Western District Bhicke competition on the local green. The match details list Do F Heatley Martin Boullier Lee and others for Forbes, with Buckland secretary arranging a postponed Bathurt game for Anniversary Day and a day train departure.
Mr Fleming arrives in Forbes succeeding Mrs Worley as administrator. Archdeacon Campion appointed for Forbes Wilcannia diocese. Local weddings set for 26th. Jemalong Shire Council president J J Sweeney hosts dinner at Albion Hotel. Cowra headmaster A W Sileks to be replaced by H M Ballex MLA. W D R A handicapper W Gardner ill with double pneumonia, improving. Nurse Murphy named junior assistant nurse at Forbes Hospital. Frances to join as probationary nurse. Andrew's Church choir honors George Morrow for long service and prior London singing.
The Strand Pictures show Forbes Model Band on Saturday night. J Woods reports a successful Lachinn Arcade sale last Saturday with a large variety of goods sold. J T Martin & Co announce a clearing sale on behalf of Mir J A Broderick at Avondale Gunning Gap on Wednesday January 25. full details in Friday issue. Fatty Arbuckle trial delayed due to crowded docket. Serge suits by C O Buckland offered at guaranteed quality. Cool summer suits by O Huckland in light weights. Tan Calf Derby Boots with heavy sole and toecap from Gillespie, 23/ cash. M Dade's Boat Stores.
Historic Bundaburra property in Forbes district changes hands within the Strickland family for a third generation. Tom Strickland recalls early fencing, water drives, and stockmen feuds as Bundaburra and Bareenong passed through heirs. Prices and distances reflect frontier life.
In police court this morning before Mr Longfield Relieving P M Verett Sidney LeBrocque was fined £1 and costs for being found on the licensed premises of the Club House Hotel at 1130 p m on December 31. The licensee Susan Pascoe was fined £2 and costs for permitting him on the premises though it was shown he followed the police in after gaining entrance. A heavy list of cases was dealt with and full particulars will appear in the next issue.
At a Melbourne shareholders meeting the National Bank of Australia Limited directors were empowered to buy the Bank of Queensland for £520,000. The Victorian Government raised the reward for Alma Tirtachke’s murderer to £1,000 and offered a pardon to any accomplice.
A Somali cricket scene item notes that Reds vs Whites failed to form a full team with only about six Whites turning up. A staged scratch match between Leama and a Gaggin-Baker selection ended very close, Gaggin’s side winning by one run. Remaining round plans include a Reds versus Whites match considered not a forfeit.
Hedgerabong hosts Monwonga on Saturday with a 5 run win as 132 to 75 scoreline appears. A Sunday return at Monwonga ground ends with Monwonga defeating Moonbi by 1 run amid tight bowling from Bell Bassett and Rout and players Dignam Grainger and Simmonds contributing notable scores.
Calarie leads a listed eleven to Par kea for an away match on Sunday. The Calarie lineup includes Vallance Forsythe Hunt Clothier Pymont Smith Dickenson Pritchard Burton Francis with emergences Mayberry Spice and FH Dickenson. Riverside beat Railway 66 to 63 last Sunday by two runs in a close match. The notice lists shoe and hat sellers and promotional pitches for Miss Bathgate and M Dade’s Boots alongside Sharland’s Kola Nip tonic.
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