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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
6
Strand Theatre showcases Sammy Cohen shorts and Our Gang as sideshows. Major features include Moran of the Marines and The Legion of the Condemned, with an air picture using air photography. Paramount debuts Fay Wray and Gary Cooper in a war tale following Wings.
Ken Maynard stars in Cheyenne as Tarzan winner in a wild ride across bucking branches and cattle with a beautiful girl prize, billed as the greatest rodeo ever held.
The Jockey Club Wis held its annual general meeting on a Wednesday. The treasurer disclosed a beer profit of £60 and £110 credited, with officers elected or reappointed including Petron Ro Blockey pooled tent, Mr Ak as vice president, and Messrs Wo Chay Tedbiaedt Jorge My W Chew as committee members. Additional roles included a clerk and secretary, with a wide slate of committee names. plans for August meeting discussed along with a forthcoming golf championship and horse-welfare notes.
Miss Myra Beatrice Carr of Grenfell married John Arthur Rolls at Holy Trinity Church with Rev. N Cooke officiating. Local items note bread prices, a car collision case, races at Cioehethorpe, football results, public notices, and community events including library and school plans.
A damaged OCR passage suggests a household instruction to mix Parmint Double Strew with hot water and sugar for ear and head pain relief. It claims the remedy clears mucous, opens nostrils, and eases deafness symptoms, urging the reader to trust the chemist’s prescription.
The Cowra meeting concluded with a tight victory by Burmain in the opening Handicap as The Dancer and Cylesia among winners in successive races. Other trials included the Graziers’ and Winter Handicaps with close finishes and multiple named competitors in a busy two day program.
The Forbes Pound Board and local council remain at odds over upkeep costs for the Forbes pound. A Department of Agriculture ruling limits expenditure to one third of costs with a detailed annual balance sheet. The board’s chair and secretary cite centralized spending and possible grants for other centres as complicating factors, while Grenfell and Parkes seek aid.
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