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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
1
An OCR readout promotes The Albion Hotel in Forbes highlighting accommodations and comfort for patrons. It emphasizes convenient arrangements, attentive service, reliable cuisine, and branded hospitality, praising the hotel’s amenities and general guest experience.
The Hotel Australia earns high repute for comfort and quality in accommodation and meals. Proprietor J. J. Flannery promotes the property as offering the best service and standards.
The Post Office Hotel undergoes a complete remodeling to become one of the finest in Sydney. Improvements include a high standard of tower features and enhanced customer service. Proprietor Jack Clarke notes bookings via phone 78 as discerning patrons anticipate the opening.
Hotel Victoria shows new management and renovations with fresh branding and updated facilities. The note mentions upcoming events and a house fun night conducted by W. H. Baker, proprietor, with contact phone 3.
The Vandenberg Hotel in Forbes is extolled for superior accommodation and lounges. It claims unmatched comforts with refined cuisine and elegant surroundings designed for guest satisfaction, inviting patrons to favor this leading Forbes establishment.
A £20 reward is offered for information leading to the capture of a thief in Wandany Bloup Ent Mariud Woon. The notice mentions a cattle brand and a stock item, seeking witnesses who can identify the culprits. Walter T. K Stitt Fore is named in the notice.
A fragmented hotel notice invites travelers to Rankin and Templar Streets, praising Lav ry bedrooms with hot and cold water and a selection of spirits and wines. It advertises country visitor services and calls for guests to feel at home, hosted by Mrs Leader, proprietor, with phone contact.
Notice that Weymond and Sons Limited now operate from their Town Produes Store on Sherritt Street Forbes. It lists a full stock including haf Latcerne Hey Oats Flour Bean Poflaed Meal and Chiis Wheat. Also advertised are AMP BAUR WINFS and FRUIT. Additional goods include for stoosh and Drewsed Naber Wool Buttons suitable for Droppere s ud Gateu moth Jur 1936.
Parkes notes a string of local events from hospital conditions to engagements and weddings. Mr. FF Hunter becomes assistant in the Postal Inspector's Office in Purkeu while Mr. Erle Hockey joins the Malone branch of the Commercial Bank. A marriage joins Miss Cecil Menlowe and Mr. Arthur Bickworth as well as Miss Mabel Myers and Mr. Lyall Evans in Parkes and nearby. Ample social notices thread through with details of births, deaths, and a Parkes Council budget proposal for coach-making.
An OCR fragment describes cough mixtures selling for two shillings, references to housing and weather coats, and mentions printing at the Advocate. It cites names and places in a dated British advertising and notice style full of misspellings and error. The passage hints at consumer goods, medical tonics, and local business ads in a historical newspaper page.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a meeting near a street corner and local residences. It hints at a turnout or attendance question but contains many unreadable words and names. The readable bits imply a neighborhood event or planning session without clear details.
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