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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 30, 1931
Page
5
Forbes butcher John Joseph Gunn was fined 10 pounds plus costs for selling meat after hours at his Lachlan Street shop. Evidence showed a clerk and a customer and the magistrate noted the difficulty of enforcing closing times while upholding public order. Gunn argued that strict closing rules were unfair to merchants and customers.
A correspondent protests the Shire Council relief work allotment, alleging preferential treatment for certain locals. He asks why favored applicants appear ahead in the book and calls for equal access to available jobs, urging fair play for all unemployed residents.
John A. S. Mitchell of Forbes pleaded guilty for failing to renew a motor truck license. He was fined 2 shillings 6 pence plus costs after claiming the vehicle was used only on the farm and the owner paid the lapse promptly. A separate case Radbur s versus Marsh was settled out of court. The Lachlan Wine Saloon license was transferred from Caldwell's Wines Ltd to William James Bedford of Forbes.
Forbes District Hospital directors discuss financing a carnival to support the hospital. A large novelty display titled Monkey Railway will feature live monkeys guiding miniature engines on a circular track. Prizes include firm chocolates for winning numbers. The event will also showcase other amusements from manufacturers. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Cox mourn their pen Bruce hospitalized in the city. Mrs Cox is formerly Miss Heather Peasley of Camp Hill Forbes.
In Forbas Police Court last Tuesday two publicans faced charges of trading after hours and several patrons were found on premises after hours. Owen Wilkening of Commercial Hotel Rankin Street faced a charge for allowing Richard Rath on Xmas Eve at 1 pm. Richard Rath pleaded guilty to Xmas Eve trespass at the Commercial Hotel premises, fined £1 and costs, seven days in default. George Blair of Van denberg Hotel admitted allowing persons on licensed premises January 1 at 2:45 pm. he was fined £2 with 8s costs and 14 days in default. John Reynolds, John Thompson, Keith Hackett, Dad Cooper, and Thomas Smith were fined £1 and costs for being found on the Van denberg premises after hours on New Year’s Day.
Deputy Mayor Alderman Byrnes calls a public meeting in Forbes Town Hall at 3 o clock tonight. For six years the Far West Children’s Health Scheme has aided crippled children and others in infirmities and seeks to expand its field of activity with community cooperation from western towns.
Thomas Waller Webb a Hankin Street butcher appeared on four similar charges for the same matter He pleaded guilty and was fined ten shillings with five shillings costs in default three days imprisonment
In Sydney Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports selling 500 bales today as Japan the Continent and Yorkshire competed keenly. Merino and prepared fleeces show an upward value trend with few exceptions. Prices realized ranged 18d 17d 16 4d and 14d.
Twenty nine miners were killed in a coal mine explosion near Linton Indiana on Thursday nine men were rescued as rescue teams worked at the scene. The disaster struck a short distance from the town with emergency crews aiding the injured and securing the mine. Police and company officials initiated a full investigation into the blast causes and safety lapses.
Forbes Hospital gains £400 advance from subsidy and bank overdraft cover as Chief Hospitals Commissioner promises £300 by January end and £200 by February end. Board lauds Chairman Ford for steady handling amid heavy liabilities including £423 5 9 total obligations and January salaries.
Forbes Hospital directors approve sketch plans for a £14,000 expansion with two minor alterations. The board debates funding sources and upkeep costs, hoping authorities or long-term revenues cover the project while considering private patients and staff facilities. Government support and district contributions loom large as discussions proceed.
An ad copy extols Charmosano face powder promising skin that looks young and charming. It claims immediate glamour, mass appeal, and widespread praise from women, with a bold note about a gold and tangerine box and a price of 2/6 per large box.
Last night the council noted four infectious disease notifications this month, three scarlet fever and one typhoid, with precautions in place. Licences granted for barber shops to six individuals and dairymen and milk vendors registrations approved for numerous names. Roads and footpaths repairs urged, Lachlan Street Bridge inspection noted, livestock and sale yard stock tallies reported, water main upgrade proposed at low cost.
Forbes district hospital plans a second Wood Day on February 11. Volunteers from farmers clerks and laborers will load timber from Mr W Marsh s paddock at the 11 mile peg on the Cowra Road to stock the hospital through winter. Director Collitts to supervise operations with lunch and petrol donations arranged.
The Forbes School of Arts carnival on Anniversary Day drew poor morning and afternoon crowds due to competing events but showed potential profits above £10 as dancing at night boosted funds. Highlights included Susanne Lavercombs and Patsy Munn exhibition dances, and aquatic events with a 60 yards handicap swim won by T Wills.
The report shows coal yard data with totals in tons and cwt, stock figures for coal and coke, and a stock of tar, gold, and fuel. It notes a case of bulbs from Holland including hyacinth and tulips, received at the nursery as a replacement for last year’s unsatisfactory stock. Several young trees flourish and may be offered for sale to ratepayers.
A collection of brief items mentions Mr Arthur Witte of Rankin Street spending a week in Sydney, Mrs BE Hunt taking charge in Forbes, Miss Walsh joining John Meagher & Co, and a birth in the Rath family on Farrand Street. Several residents return from holidays to Forbes, including Mrs G A Tanton and Florence, while Dorothy Chandler begins her annual leave for Sydney. The Mayor W J Thomson leaves Forbes District Hospital, and students move between Forbes and other towns for study. A quiet wedding at St George’s Church unites Sidney Hoot and Alma Hallinan.
Tonight at the Strand Theatre one screening of Norma Shearer in Their Own Dash a gala program includes The Broadway Hoofer. Lord Byrn Broadway shows Saturday Monday. Also Hoot Gloson in The Concentratin Kid with Kathryn Crawford. The Fighting Cowboy of the West stars in Rookery Nook Tuesday Wednesday Thursday. Sydney theatre notes.
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