Assorted Lot of Rooted Vines for Sale and Council Meeting
An assorted lot of rooted vines is offered at 60 per dozen and 18 per dozen for lesser quantities, with under a dozen at 26 each. A General Committee meeting is set for Thursday next at 3 pm in Municipal Council Chambers to nominate two successors to resigning officials. Also notices invite tenders for a bungalow cottage for Frank Kevin Esq., and list industrial equipment for bid. Officials and firms include J B Reymond & Sons Ltd, Lamrock and Bates, H Haugh, Moore Brooke & Co. and J C Keane. Further ads seek a small vise and a perambulator, with details at the relevant offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B., Reymond & Sons, Ltd
South Forbes
R. Thomson Esq
H. H. Mirrington
C. F. Cledez
Frank Kevin Esq
Porbos
Forbes
Messrs
Lamrock and Bates
Orange
Lord's Place
Orange- Lamboce & Bates
Notice to form Troop of Light Horse at Forbes
A call to form a Troop of Light Horse at Forbes from former ALF men and trainees invites all interested to attend at the Drill Hall North Hill Forbes next Wednesday afternoon the 5th inst at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
ALF
North Hill
Swastika Social Ball at Town Hall on Thursday July
Dancing to Acredts Orchestra with mixed ticket prices of five shillings for gentlemen and one shilling for ladies. Provisions at the door. Veterinary surgeon Mr J W Bodey continues his visit to Forbes and may be consulted at Haydon's Metropolitan Hotel by phone 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Acret
J. W. Bodey
Forbes
Haydon
Metropolitan Hotel
Forbes Registrar Provides Quarterly Vital Statistics
Mr W F Brits registrar Forbes supplies the latest quarterly figures listing marriages 11, births 33, deaths 22 for the period. The data reflects activity recorded at Forbes during the quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Brits
Forbes
Old Forbes reminiscences to run next Friday in Advocate
The Advocate notes the edition grows to ten pages and holds over some items for publication next Friday. Among the postponed features are reminiscences of Old Forbes secured from veteran readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advocate
Forbes
Rainfall for Half Year Reported at Forbes
Rainfall for the half year ending totalled 1345 points at Forbes with monthly figures shown as February 215, March 186, April 202, May 264, June 281. The document lists the period totals and per month amounts in a compact weather record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Opmgaef
Es Ee
Marriage at Orange for Mr Robert Balmer and Miss Elale Dorn M Lachlan
The wedding occurred in Orange on Wednesday, uniting Mr Robert 4 H Balmer of Nangar Valley Murga and Miss Elale Dorn M Lachlan, daughter of Mia and the late J C M Lachlan. The report notes committee members, accidents, and social events in Forbes region including Harnett, Brookfield, McMurtrie, Venables, and entertainments at Bogabigal and town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
Robert
H. Balmer
Nangar Valley
Murga
Mise Elale Dorn M'Lachlan
Mia
J.C. M'Lachlan
Percy Brookfield
Select Committee
Forbs
Brookfield
Broken Hill
Labor propaganda meeting announced in Town Hall
The weekly gathering will be Sunday July ond at pm in the Lodge Room Town Hall. Mr D F Dwyer MLA will deliver an address. All Labor supporters are invited and a special invitation is extended to ladies. Secretary T Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
D. F. Dwyer
M.L.A
Labor
T. Tucker
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Services Noted
Forbes at 11 pm and 7.40 pm Rev L Peacock and Rev R G Cruikshank lead services with the theme The Old and the New. Kugowra at 3 pm with Rev Rh G Cruikshank conducting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Thank you from Mrs Boyd and family for sympathy and tributes
Mrs Boyd and family tender sincere thanks to Mrs Ashcroft, Mr and Mrs Noble, Mr and Mrs Langford, Mr E Murray Canowindra, and all friends and relations for messages of sympathy and floral tributes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd
Ashcroft
Cricket Ground Fence Fund Progress Report
The local cricket ground fencing fund totals show contributions from J. R. Strickland, C. T. H. Broderick, E. Elliott, and others. Amounts acknowledged include seven pounds sixteen and a few smaller donations listed, indicating ongoing public support for completing the enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Strickland
C. T. H. Broderick
E.¥. Elliott
Payments on Harvest Who Gets the 1920-21 Wheat Pool Dividends
The July 7 payment of a further advance to wheat growers triggers a distribution among farmers in New South Wales Victoria South Australia and Western Australia totaling £8,242,675 at 18 3d a bushel on 131 082 000 bushels. Two prior payments of £25 per bushel have already amounted to £32,770,000, bringing the total farmers receive to £41,012,675 from the last harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
West Australia
Big cob of corn yields 818 grains in frost bound year
Mr H J Shepherd of Innisfail displays a corn cob weighing its 818 grains. The farmer notes the grain was planted in December and frost halted full maturity, yet the cob is unusually large and record worthy for the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Shepherd
Innisfail
Queen Surnival Postpones Coronation At Strand Theatre
The coronation of Matron M Ma hon as Queen of Charity was delayed to next Thursday evening at the Strand Theatre. An enjoyable event is promised with raffles drawn for various prizes including watches. Winning details include watch numbers and ticket retrieval rules. An advertising note mentions a sale on aloe and tailoring services at Rankin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'ma‘hon
Queen of
Charity
Strand Theatre
Chocolate Wheels
H. Varcoe
Nickle
Thanking Forbes Hospital staff for kindness in bereavement
Mr and Mrs Michael Cannon of Karyrie express sincere gratitude to Mat ron M Mahon Sister Cunningham and all Forbes Hospital nursing staff for their extreme kindness during Josie illness and to others for sympathy letters and wires in their sad Bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Mahon
Cunningham
Nursling
Forbes Hospital
Josie
Algo
Michael Cannon
Karyrie
The House of Silence and Other Strand Theatre Offerings
The Strand Theatre presents Wallace Reid in The House of Silence a suspenseful mystery film plus Tom Moore in Duds a fighting mystery drama and a Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton comedy The Butcher Boy Also Theda Bara in The Lure of Ambition and Harold Goodwin in Oliver Twist Jor Coming next Saturday William S Hart in The Cradle of Courage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fox
Theda Bara
Harold Goodwin
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
Fagin
Lunger
Sykes
Nancy
Matt & Jeff
Wallace Reid
Paramount
Strand Theatre
Tom Moore
Screenart
Hera
William
Hart
In loving memory of Jam es Milton at rest in Forbes
Tribute for James Milton who departed this life in July 1920. He is released from sorrow and pain and conveyed by angels to heaven to test forever there. Inserted by his loving wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
James Milton
Forbes
Thanking Forbes Hospital Staff for Kindness Toward My Son
A grateful note to Dr Delphery the Matron and the Forbes Hospital nursing staff thanking them for their kindness and attention while my son Norman was an inmate of the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphery
Forbes Hospital
Norman
New South Wales Repatriation, Finance and Crime News
Sydney telegraph reports Minister Rogers on Commonwealth obligations to 2711 returned men in NSW. Figures show revenue up to £34,030,000 with wage gains, banker Sir John Russell French dies, and a fatal Hotel Metropole incident. Prohibition debate, customs receipts rise to £32,000,000 with rebates, and Country Party discuss parliamentary truce amid September horizon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Rogers
Commonwealth
New South Wales
Neville Howne
Joseph Cook
John Ruesel French
Australia
Ttmn
Federal Arbitration Court
A.W.U
T. H. Goodwin
Metro- Dole
Godwin
Labor Council
Country Party
Gregory
Provisional settlement offer in Gables wage talks
Negotiations between employers and engineering workers near a provisional agreement awaiting ratification by union delegates. De Valera regrets Irish delegation unable to attend London conference and argues Irish differences should be settled on Irish soil. He urges unity in peace talks with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
de Valera
London
Britain
Woods Great Peppermint Cure and Local Bargains Ad
An old publication snippet advertising Woods Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds, Childrens hacking cough remedies, a Queensland Cattleman Swamp tonic for corns and warts, tobacco and cigarettes at J Fell’s Rankin Street, and McGirr’s sausages, highlighting bargain prices and cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
C. Buckland
Queensland
Atc
J. Fell's
Rankin Street
McGirr
Our Boys Club Elects Captains and Reports Standings
A well attended Our Boys meeting elected Choe Beulal as captain and 'Blue' Hynda as vice captain. Competition points show Federals 10 Calario 6 Our Boys 6 Eugowra 2. Upcoming Sunday matches include Eugowra v Our Boys at Forbes and Calario v Federals at Calorie. Referees Mr Doyle and Mr Stibbard assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Eugowra
Our Boys
Gen. Doyle
Calorie
Federals
N. Stibbard
Farewell Euchre Party for Curate Oliver in Forbes
A rain struck farewell event for the Rev. F M Oliver, two years at St. John’s Forbes, now moving to Grenfell parish. Councillors and parishioners praised him for his work with the children, his training start, and his warm personality. A wallet of notes was presented, and neighbors toasted his future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England and Friends
Trey F. M. Oliver
St. John's Church
Forbes
Grenfell
Oliver
H. H. Mirrington
W. Clarke
Mr Clark
W. H. Byrnes
A. D. HB. Nelson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anderson & Foreman's
Bhoys
Anderson & Foreman’s
P.O. Box
Stoc
the Farmers & Graziers
Co-Operative Grain, Insurance & Agency Co. Ltd
Union Theatres Ltd
Edwin Geach
Stuart F. Doyle
W. A. Gibson
Wight
Fatty Arbuckle
the Butcher Boy
Particwate
H. Haugh
Calarle
Cfc
Dmce
Xyz
P.O. Forbes
Select
H. Harnett
Parliament House
Harnett
Banjo” Patterson
Man
Snowy River
J. McMurtrie
Tuesaday
Linsley & Hardwell
E. C. L. Killen
E.W. Venables
I.X.L. Stores
J. W. Thomas
the Cricket Ground
Shirvington
Ao Fielder
Drane
Hawke
Surnival
Turkey
Harry Patterson
Nurse Dickson
Mre Webb
Winnie Allen
Mra Connelly
Teggarth
Flynn
Byrnes
C. Bartley
T. Logell
Janet Barton
Mra W. Bray
Mra ¥. Barrett
A. Battye
F. Thornton
Mr C. Smith
Pricas Ara
C. C. Buckland
Rankin Bt
the House OF Silence
E. M. Riches
State Wheat Board
National Party
Slr
Kngck
C. Hath
Fraser
E. Evans
Varese
Baker
Cowell
Jones
Mylecharane
P. Rath
M'Kay
Rymer
Coles
Willis
Phillips
Nevin
Calarte
Pymont
Anderson
Turner
Haynes
Francis
Ted Clothier
Pri
Cricket Around
Pederala
Romes
Church OF England
F. M. Oliver
G. H. Cutler
Bareenong
Meira George Thornton
Edward Taylor
Mr Oliver
Ton Forden
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