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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1947
Page
7
Hot week with daily highs near 107 degrees and hot winds. School resumed as families planned Harvest Festival events at Bedgerabong Hall with crafts and a church service. Cricket match at Warroo featured Bedgerabong players and local officials observing.
Quandialla sub branch of the ASSATLA held a farewell for Mrs N EB Thompson in the upper room of the focal hall. The event featured cards, music, speeches by Mr J Martin and other members, expressions of gratitude for her service, and a warm community sendoff with attendance from many local residents and guests.
The fragment blends a dental medicine sales pitch about calomel and liver bile with a cricket match report from Quandialla and Wirringa where key players like R. Neville and L. Neville contribute, noting a low wicket margin and bowlers like Hill.
Bimbi won toss and bowled first, Quantialla struggled with the bat posting 178 all out. J Walsh produced a superb 41 and 16, while Armstrong and Howarth led the home attack as Bimbi chased unsuccessfully for 97.
Higher salaries attract applicants for the police force with 45 730 men accepted since the pay raise and a training squad of 37 beginning this week. A national recruitment drive drew strong interest and a second class is expected. The force aims for about 4000 recruits with Bourke Street and a planned Perth training camp preparing for occupation next month.
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