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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1938
Page
5
Readable text lists Barry Norris and Whites BollciLon as agents in a Sydney municipal buildings inquiry. Hunter and Bleh 34 are named parties or locations. Source fragment implies official city building matter with agent designation and city context.
Applications invited for Junior Gardener, age under 17, with wage rate of £1 14s 6d weekly. Submit on forms from Assemblies of God office 103 Lachlan Street. Also notes revival services led by Pastor Greenwood in Melbourne and Forbes final hearing. optometrists H A Baraclough Ltd in Sydney list upcoming Porches visit and representatives Mr A Webster-Stevens.
Rainy afternoon clouds the Strand area as readers are alerted to tonight through Thursday shows. The Strand Theatre announces a Mighty, Robt. Montgomery production and a Friday performance of Might Must Fall. Also notices Wanted to Buy fowls, and a studio theatre listing featuring Wife Doctor Nurse coming soon.
Forbes municipality health inspector J Parsons reports no infectious disease cases for the month and nearly six months since July, with only typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and diphtheria cases in 1936. The mayor notes immunisation efforts and district analyses show high compliance with health standards among periodic mill samples.
New Year’s Day ceremony unites Miss Gladys Catherine Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs W Thompson with Gordon Mitchell son of the late Mr O Mitchell of Sydney. The Rev Bleinhaws officiated. Bride wore cloth of aliver gown with tulle veil and silver accents. Violin and organ music followed, guests hosted at Hill side by the bride’s mother. Honeymoon at Jenolan Coves. future home at Koolagong.
The Jemalong Shire Council met on Friday morning with eleven o clock refreshments. Council discussed road classifications, access to private roads, stone removal, and developmental road status. Officials noted highway co operation, inspections planned by the Engineer, and approvals for subdivision and audits.
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Sydney and Moore Brooke Co report a sale yarding over 1300 sheep with about 1000 in fat pens. Shorn lambs and ewes sold well though prime pens were scarce. top prices reached around 16/6 for the best lambs while other lines traded lower.
Travel and camping reserves near Forben were discussed at the PP Board meeting. Officials considered pumping site land in Gotha, proposed changes to water reserve boundaries, and leases with Parkes and Emu Creek areas. Inspections were set for stock routes, and future reports were slated on multiple lease and occupation requests.
Strand Theatre launches Pickford-Lasky Productions with the Parisian romance One Rainy Afternoon starring Premio Lederer supported by Hugh Herbert Roland Young Erik Rhodes and Joseph Cawthorn. The film blends comedy drama song and murder mystery in a stylish screen debut described as entertaining and brisk. Also notes a future sale by the same firm on Friday February 12.
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