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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1947
Page
6
The St Josephs Primary Thesinaa report lists top merit award winners and aggregate scorers in the Diocesan examination. It names Janet Williams and several classmates among the prize achievers while detailing junior and fifth class results across subjects including Religion, English, Writing, Mental Arithmetic, and Geography.
Report on the Cunard liner Mauretania at John Brown & Co shipyard on the Clyde. At about 30,000 tons and over 825 feet, she will be the largest ocean liner of the time, designed for the North Atlantic run with a snow‑klipped bow and luxury accommodations for passengers.
A.LF recruiters visit Forbes on Monday to enlist men for the Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. At the Strand Theatre that night an interrdting programme will be shown interrupted by recruiting officer Lt. McPherson and Occupation Power members. The programme features a documentary and films about training and VE-Day victory.
A terse notice warns that trespassers removing firewood on Wandary property will be prosecuted. It cancels prior permissions per the city manager’s directive.
Delegates from Agricultural Bureau branches in the district met at Forbes Town Hall to decide the time and place for the annual conference and to elect a communalter. A three day conference was proposed with sessions beginning Thursday. Mr Waller Hancock chaired the meeting with Mr Swan and Mr W Gurley among those present.
The notice outlines Ways and Means for a farming community conference with suggestions on a more attractive program demonstration work strict time limits and elimination of resolutions. Attendees from Forbes are urged to invite friends and transport details to Bedgeraborg are noted with potential prosecutions for interfering with stock or paddocks.
An advertisement from Kellner in Sydney promotes glandular extracts as a quick weight loss solution with no diet or exercise. It invites readers to call for a free diagnosis and full particulars.
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