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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
3
Watson, Noble and Co report only minor changes in this week’s municipal market with scarce prime grades. Hen values recover from a recent dip, and sales are steadier though not at fancy prices. Prices shown: good roosters 5 to 6 shillings, prime 7, choice 8, hens up to 6 shillings, ducks 4/6 to 5/3, muscovy drakes 10/6, turkeys few and unchanged.
Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports Brisbane wool sales opened to a very full attendance with keen bidding. Compared with last Brisbane auctions good wools rose 6 to 1 percent, bulky skirtings led gains, scoureds brisk. Ruthven Breasy fleece 17d necks 164d broken 1nd crossbreds to 193d. Compared with Sydney prices market firmer, skirtings clearer.
Forbes Jockey Club members met at Haydon's Metropol itan Hotel with W C Brooke in the chair. Officers discussed fixtures, prize money of 100, club arrears over 60, and plans to sell course stacks for best value. A sub committee will draft the event programme and February 16 may shift to March 16 to align with racing.
The Tanned Sheepskin Clothing Committee reports 78 386 waistcoats 60 795 walategats and 30 400 pairs of insoles dispatched to Australian soldiers. 14 410 waistcoats given before December. Urges urgent provision of sheepskin vests for reinforcements facing heat then cold. Committes offer single waistcoats at 7 shillings to 11 shillings and seek subscriptions, Edward A. Harris secretary. Room 16 floor Equitable Building Sydney.
Forbes aldermen visited Parkes on Sunday. Molong beat Parkes on Anniversary Day by 3 runs. Allies Day takings total £284 with more donations pending. Nicholls of Rosedale secured 301 bags of Gluyas wheat seeds. Loneragan, long-time CP8 and Crown Lands Agent, transferred to Newtown. Heat wave intensified early week. Parkes Council seeks to reserve Parkes Common for wounded soldiers. District schools reopen Monday after Christmas. Over 100 Special War Committee replies. 25 percent of Citizen Forces volunteered. Parkes Picture Palace was sold to Arthur Guest. windmill at Phoenix Mine sold to E. J. Witts. Local Land Board held short sittings. new recruits for Boomerangs sworn in. Tom Pearce’s son Norman arrives in Egypt January 17. Watts and Mare to Sydney to join Riflemen’s Battalion. William Roy Ross, 17, drowns at a Deep Lead tank. Burglary at Butter Factory. gold watch chain stolen from Master Jack Gibson. Private R. W. A. Spicer receives wristlet watch at Boomerangs departure. Coradgery Agricultural Bureau honors secretary J. Clatworthy with silver entree dishes. Police link petty robberies to juveniles. stolen goods recovered. Boomerang Route March funds reach £187, with £70 wired to Canowindra.
Racing news from Tasmania and New South Wales reports Forbes approving a March 17 public holiday tied to the Forbes Hibernian race meeting. Launceston Cup winner Hock Temple with Polska second and Tan man's Isle third. Jack Rogers ran in the Flying Handicap at Menangle but failed to place while Pankhurst, ridden by Lillyman, won. Lachlan suspended from riding at Randwick until April 1 for impertinence at the post. Machine Boy interfered in Randwick Trial Stakes and finished third. A photo of late champion Captain Anthony Wilding, presented by his parents, sold for £625 at the Wairarapa tournament for wounded soldiers. Captain Wilding was killed in the trenches at Ypres. Sydney reports R Cameron, linked to The Parisian Melbourne Cup victory, sought front-line service but was rejected after an earlier accident. A pigeon shoot at Botanical Gardens yielded a first division prize of £1 to several shooters, with subsequent divisions shared. Bathurst Turf Club met with Openings and various stakes. Anniversary Handicap at Randwick saw Machine Boy win by a length over Giru, time 2 min 34 sec. The meeting also listed other races and winners including Miss Tressidy and Trinobantes.
The Forbes Amateur Swimming Club skipped a carnival season yet hosted a small meet at the suspension bridge on Anniversary Day week. Terry Gunn won the boys 14 and under 25 yards with Loxley second, Gunn also placing well in the 25 yard race, while N. Sayers and Tozer led the adults race with close finishes.
The examination results show successful candidates for qualifying certificates across multiple districts including Forbes Bedgerabong Bogan Gate Rawdon Eugowra Forbes North Treborne and Wongarong. Names listed span numerous individuals such as Ronald E Brown Edith Constable Ellen William Henry J Coster Minnie Alexander Edward Ryan and Muriel Coles among others.
Sydney reports Russian forces stormed Turkish lines on the Caucasus amid a violent blizzard. Russians advanced at night and overwhelmed 100 Turkish battalions with rockets and searchlights useless in the snow. Cossacks pursued, capturing prisoners and finding frozen Turkish soldiers in villages.
In the Yser area the German assault failed to debouch except at one point where detachments entered our advanced trench. After grenade fighting, they withdrew with heavy losses. Mines and bombardment preceded a 1500 metre front attack along Arras-Lens and Neuville-Thelus roads, but they were driven back to their lines after our fire and counteraction. They occupied two craters briefly but were ejected almost immediately.
Reports from Rome deny the fall of Scutari while two German warships attempt to sink a British vessel to push it from Danish waters. Salonica notes growing weaknesses in enemy air power as Bonar Law cites New Zealand enrolment near 61,000 by June. Monenegro fully occupied with 60,000 Montenegrins moving into Albania. Turkish and German fronts predict Salonic action as Allied defenses are readied. Russia claims Erzerum investment has begun, and Sweden hints future treaty tensions may trigger new belligerence.
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