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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1929
Page
1
Farmers report severe drought hurting orange groves and paddocks. Local water restrictions and heatwave conditions intensify losses, with livestock and crop yields declining as authorities warn of continuing arid weather.
Maurice Dias, a young man arrested at Fores racecourse last week, was sentenced to a month’s hard labour at Forbes Court. He admitted entering the course and mingling with the crowd during a race, claiming he had no money and had come from Parkes. The magistrate noted prior convictions and warned him on a new charge of stealing and vagrancy.
A highly garbled OCR passage lists scattered names and phrases across locations and events. The text is incoherent with broken terms such as Water, toaster, Lanwer, Caston, SVU, and Hutubirah, lacking clear narrative or identifiable facts.
Mr. Arthur Widdows aged 70 fell while putting on a brake on a wagon at Bimbi last Thursday. He was crushed under the wagon wheel and sustained serious injuries. He was quickly moved to Grantfell hospital after attendants arrived.
Forbes will play Parkes at the Forbes after's oval on Saturday. The Forbes Association will also contest the Ferch Cup against Canowindra on February 10. The Broken Hill Association plans to send a team to Forbes on Easter Saturday and a Sydney team may visit on Easter Monday.
H A Barraclough Ltd Opticians will visit Forbes on Wednesday from 9 am to 4 pm at the Bere Hotel. The firm has served the town regularly for 90 years with eye care and eyewear.
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