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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1929
Page
1
Fragmentary notes describe a hall gift to a hospital trade arises in a 19 company context. Mentions Anderton and Rowe figures, a piano in good condition, and a payment of £60 for an item several years ago. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
At Fors Court yesterday several motorists faced fines for vehicle offences. Predsrick Henry Spice was fined and bound over for driving a car without a license, Molaney pleaded guilty to replee, and a man named Raw aided in removing the vehicle. A Woblette was later recovered, and Robert Kamany received a penalty of four pounds plus costs for driving without a number plate.
Incomplete OCR text provides limited legible details on footpath sweeping rules and timing. Highlights indicate evening periods and enforcement expectations, but precise hours, locations, and penalties are not recoverable from the readable excerpt.
A scanned fragment asks five questions about local terms and documents. It cites a mayoral reference in 1975 and records a council suggestion to sweep footpaths by 9 am, with shops allowed to the road. Ald Keane comments on small-store tenants stealing rubles from refuge receptacles.
For the year ended December 9 1928 the Council valued 97 building permits for new buildings alterations and additions. Forty two dwellings were erected valued at £11941. Alterations to shops and dwellings and other works cost £22528 16 making a total £284469 16 for the year. Applications on total value 1980 were granted last night with several dwellings approved in Margaret Truelove William Street Cleane Sever Allred Ferny Veurtivebones Browns Street and others, noting extensions and new dwellings on Prines Street Norman Cotes and Elizabeth Street.
Patrick Martin, described as a dangerous criminal with a long record, was convicted at Parkes on two counts of wheat stealing and sentenced to 12 months hard labor. The court noted his prior penal servitude for life for wounding with intent and other earlier offenses. The magistrate announced intent to apply to declare him a habitual criminal.
The Victoria Hotel returns under new management with bright renovations and improved service. W H Baker resumes duties as proprietor and will oversee the house, offering broader accommodations and a full bar with wines and spirits. Phone contact listed for bookings.
Fire and marine insurance details show a large sum insured of £23,000,000 with claims paid exceeding £112,000,000. References to crope stacks fencing livestock and insured against fire, with local agent Moore Brooke and Co. Printing by Archit Austin Mays for Western Newspapers Limited in Forbes Lachlan Street office.
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