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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1944
Page
5
Small listings honor a July death in 1938 for Mrs. Wood and Lola Connors, with messages from family. Also includes church notices for Rev A Brooks and a poem-like remembrance. Additional items advertise piano sales and a chemical products box price.
News from Caragabal including visitors and returns such as Jim Sul tistfi lk okie from New Ghilnea and Mins Marie Jones of the WAAAF spending leave with parents. Local items mention Mr A B Bayne’s return, Mrs McKinnon and Ben Austin, and other community updates with social gatherings, a wedding, and school events.
Local community items from Forbes in 1944 include Pullabooka youths praised for effort in a regional ugly man competition between Caragubal and thin centre. Notices report Eunice Huckel joining the AWAS for duty next month, Mrs J P Rinwell returning from Forbes Hospital, and Carlwright at Nutley. A land ballot by Gronfett Land Board selects locals. a Produce and Handicrafts display funds development. Frnest Araldo seeks a Spirit Merchants license for Sunnyside Forbes with court filing dated July.
Readable lines indicate poultry stock available for delivery including White Leghorns and pullets. The notice mentions cockerels and some unsexed birds, with weekly delivery capacity and a target quantity in the low hundreds.
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