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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
1
The Forbes council approves a 1999 general, water, sewerage, and street lighting rate plan under Local Government Act provisions. It sets unimproved land rates, water and sewer charges, loan-related levies, and weekly garbage and sanitary service fees, with details continuing on page 16.
Edwyn W. Hoge pleaded guilty in Fortes Potion Court on Tuesday to permitting his brother Alfred Loh Hoge to drive a motor vehicle without a license. Alfred had long driven the firm ferry and was issued a driver’s permit after being taken to the Police Station. Hoge claimed he looked after the carrying business for his mother, and his brother had absented himself. Hoge was fined and given months to pay. Alfred John Wuco also pleaded guilty to driving without a license and to other offences. he was fined and given costs, plus a month to pay. Kenneth Roy Pupsarns, Harold A. Donnelly, and others faced penalties for expired plates and related offences.
A fragmented reminiscence describes tele phone exchange girls taught to handle long distance calls with phonograph records and British voice standards. It notes flirtatious chatter, mood, and jokes about ringing etiquette, ending with an exchange where a caller is told to call again after being told the line is engaged.
Monday next Anniversary Day will be observed as a public holiday. The Postmaster informs of local arrangements: Post Office open 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. No money order service. No mail delivery by postmen. Mails close at 10 a.m. Mail available at the counter for 30 minutes. Telephone exchange continuous service. Street letter receivers cleared at 9:20 a.m.
Patrick Fogarty was found of unsound mind and wandering in Forbes. Before P.M. R. Donaldson at Pollet Court, doctors Broadbent and Kelleher testified. An order sent him to the Mental Home at Orange for attention. Josh Wallace was discharged for being at large on Dr Broadbent’s evidence. The notice column advertises a garage apprenticeship with equipment to repair condemned vehicles under Lloyds policy. The New South Wales fire on Thursday at 64ill is noted as the second highest grade on record and the highest for 25 years.
At Forbes Police Court Charles Robert Bartlett a yard man for Hurst's slaughter yards was charged with cruelly ill treating 17 pigs and four dogs by withholding food and water between December 17 and 19 1938. The magistrate found insufficient evidence of wrongdoing or that Bartlett remained employed and discharged him. The case featured witness accounts and a water provision timeline.
Lachlan Juniors line up to face Garema at that centre on Sunday. Players listed include Besgrove Green Watson Redfern Rath Besagrove Heffer nan Pages Rousell Withers Johnson Bracken Little. Conveyance leaves the Vandenberg Hotel at 9.0 am.
Mr W A Meares elected president of the Forbrs PA and A Association for 1035 at a weekend meeting. W D Roberts was reappointed secretary with a 15 bonus. Officials include patrons Afesarne Herbert Coward and WOR Clason. vice-presidents Tout Schwarts Grimm. finance committee Kendall Phillips Speck and Meagher. Subcommittees include Griffith Meares Schwaris Meagher Tout McPhillamy and Baisnit. Master amalgamation talks with Forbes Jerkey Club discussed. Auditors sought with fixed remuneration of £12/0. Donations credited on member accounts. firms paying memberships appear as members.
A fragmented OCR snippet mentions names and locations but lacks coherent context. It references Marshall and Blockhirer Base and hints at a story about wealth replacing misery, though specifics and full details are unreadable. The readable portion indicates a historical newspaper card fragment with incomplete phrasing.
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