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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1921
Page
2
Between Convent bill and Cemetery bill an incomplete notice notes a swimming costume a bag of bike tools and a tin of Monkeyerrip with a 6 reward for returning to A Hawke on Templar Street.
Listing announces Sunday services at Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Forbes at 11 am and 7 30 pm on January 24 with a notice of a lost Gold Pendant with Chain and Photo inlet between Times Office and Mr Gillard at the Cricket Ground. a reward is offered via This Office for its return.
Classified notice offers a Massey-Harris header in splendid order with two fame combs for £150 cash. Contact Hammond at Yarraville Forbes by phone 146.
Forbes leads 11 am service at Gunningbland with 7 40 pm. Forbes returns 7 40 pm. Rev L Peacock at Calarle 5 pm. M J T Woods listed among attendees or speakers.
Tenders close at the lockup on Saturday the 22nd for alterations and additions to two shops on Lachlan Street. Plans and specifications may be obtained on application at G Hugo's office, Lachlan Street. G Hugo.
For sale a Massey Harris Healer described as in food order with false comb. Apply to William Jones care of Mr Read Ted Read Forbes.
In loving memory of Jammer Wakefield who died January 16 1920 at age 66. A beautiful memory left belted of a husband and father true and kind. We have lost but Heaven gained one of the best the world contained. Inserted by his wife Mrs James Wakefield and sons and daughters in law.
Notice states the partnership of Hilda Briggitta Petersen and Gloretta Stirling Gardner, trading as Petersen and Gardner, is dissolved by mutual consent. All debts to be paid by Gloretta Stirling Gardner who will continue the business in her own name. Dated December 13 1920. Witness: Rh. Hawkins solicitor Forbes.
Finial returns from the Convent Garden Fete held at Forbes show a net profit of £1001 after all expenses. The result is praised as gratifying to all concerned.
The annual district meeting of the Loyal Forbes Lodge Manchester Unity 1.C.C.F. will be held in the lodge room town hall tomorrow at 10 30 am. All desirous of attending during the day are welcome. At night delegates will be entertained in the supper room town hall and the public are invited to attend.
The article notes severely broken weather hampering harvests with many farmers still facing three weeks or more of work. Headers are in short supply now, though they may become cheaper later as harvests continue.
A Bathurst correspondent explains how Cowra is misrepresented as a suburb of Hathurat or Young in Sydney press hoaxes. The piece notes repeated wiring of hoardings to auction the Sydney press by Bathurat correspondents and Cowra residents pushing to assert their town and district identity.
The article argues a looming general slump in 1921 tied to government finances and farmer payments. It cites wheat subsidies and wool sales as key pressures, notes banks tightening lending, and quotes a Sydney financier predicting higher prices and reduced consumer buying. It highlights the need for producers to sustain national prosperity despite tight credit and cautious enterprise.
The snooker tournament at Rotal Billiard Saloon on Rankin Street faces delays from hot weather and holidays. Unplayed first round games by month end will be scratched, with the second round largely completed and to be drawn.
Two returned soldiers driving four horses with a wheat load in Parkes raced against the 5 pm railway gate closure. They mounted the near horses and, in a pantomime hurry, bolted for the gates and slipped through just before closing, amid cheers from onlookers.
In Parkes district, John Hyney of Limestone harvests a premier Canberra wheat sample yielding about 11 bushels per acre. The article notes a misprint about wheat payment certificates. none were available locally last Friday with agents issuing interim receipts instead.
Tomorrow evening the Strand Theater screens the Union Theatres attraction Eyes of Youth featuring Clara Kimball Young in the chief role with an acclaimed performance noted alongside the Australian fame of Emilie Polino. Also showing The Tales of Suffering Creek with William Russell. Saturday brings Cecil B. DeMille's Why Change Your Wife starring Thomas Meighan and Gloria Swanson.
Australia innings and England innings detailed batting and bowling figures. Mailey, Parkin, Gregory, Howell, and Melloway feature. final England total 180. Australia second innings 71. beef and mutton sale at McGirl's Butchery with reduced prices and new honey at McDade's.
A report notes a northern proposal for eight hour nursing shifts would add about £500 yearly to costs. Forbes has adopted an eight hour day, with nurses earning public holidays and a month of annual leave. They work 54 hours per week and receive a day off weekly. The nurses express satisfaction with the scheme.
The Gun License Act informs applicants that forms have not yet reached the local Clerk of Petty Sessions. Exemptions include naval military air service members and those with war trophies. Licenses cost five shillings, valid until December 31 of the issuing year, and applicants must be at least sixteen. Maximal silencers are not issued in municipalities.
Forbes residents receive updates on hospital progress and visits from E W Venables while Gerson Bayace makes steady improvement. A railway worker bridegroom elect Alfred Hunt and Mona Rath plan for a Forbes wedding. Myra Magill’s Melbourne operation yields steady recovery as ex soldiers share holiday visits. Forbes police inspect Warroo station as Inspector General James Mitchell travels through town.
A farmer near Goulburn, Mr Chris Sloit, observed an object overhead that proved to be a magnificent golden eagle. The bird landed nearby and was shot by Mr Holt. The specimen measures seven feet two inches in wingspan with a golden crest and burnished body feathers, described as among the finest in the region.
A Sydney contractor owned fleet arrives in Parkes to haul the record wheat crop. Three trucks are now busy carting to Tichborne and Goo- Humbla sidings. Mrs. John French of Mirrool Road Temora milks a cow when a snake crawls up its leg and into the bucket, killed with a shovel. Parade for military trainees at Forbes is cancelled. Tennis meet at the School of Arts tomorrow at 7.20 pm to discuss court improvements.
Leopold Villatety Wm Booth F Telford and Joseph Fitzgibbons face assault and damage charges with adjournments awaiting Attorney General decision on Villotet committal for trial. A separate driving a car tail lamp case led to a £1 fine and costs. Prohibition order for Frederick Feeney for twelve months and bail set at £20 in each case. Billiard license transfer approved from A E Spritles to Frank Smith. Anderson Foreman v Jones verdict for 27 pounds 14s 10d with costs.
Jottings report the Wagga municipality raising a £50,000 loan at 7 percent for electric tram installation and question whether Forbes can raise £20,000 at 7 percent for a similar purpose. Two men escaped Narrandera lock-up. Harold Williams, about 20, at large, tied to a camera theft from Sydney's Government Printing Office.
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