Thanks to Forbes District Hospital Staff
Frank Banham and Grace Banham express sincere thanks to Dr Hair the Matron Sister and nursing staff of Forbes District Hospital for excellent care of their two sons Bill and Viv. Examination for the Certificate as Engineer or Overseer of Works will be held in Sydney on August 8 1921 and the next three days. Applications to attend close August 3. Full details from Local Government Engineering Examination Committee o o Public Service Board 33 39 Hunter Street Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hair
Forbes District Hospital
Bill
Viv
Frank Banham
Grace Banham
Sydney
Local Government Engineering Examination Committee
o/o Public Service Board
Hunter Street
J. Garlick
Local Government Department
Wanted Cairyman to milk 35 to 40 cows job advert
A classified notice seeks a Cairyman with a family to milk from 35 to 40 cows. Wages are £6 10s per week with an extra 6d for every calf and pig raised to five months. A good house is provided. For details contact J. B. Reymond & Sons Ltd, South Forbes. Applications close 18th Inet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairyman
J. B. Reymond & Sons, Ltd
South Forbes
Inet
Forbes Poll of Ratepayers on Gas Plant and Power Plant
Notices announce a ratepayer poll in Forbes on August 6 1921 at 9 am to 7 pm at the Town Hall. Questions seek views on council borrowing 3000 for gas plant repairs, selling the gas plant with town monopolies, handing gasworks to a private company for a term, or selling gasworks to raise 20000 to install an electric lighting and power plant. Ballot uses preferential voting. I W Mills Town Clerk Forbes July 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Marion Davies
Robert W. Chamber
Ajoll
Maing
Beat Jterme
COOKAMIDGERA-EUGOWRA COACH SERVICES ADVERTISED
Advertisements seek land and stock loans near Forbes and Molong with offers of wheat land on shares. Also listed are a light draught horse and a farm position for experience. A coach notice reports service changes and a £1 reward for a missing branded bay mare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Edward Weaver
Jugowra
J. J. O'Maley
Parkes Road
Bugowra
Wheatley and Martel
Rabbit Trappers Foresee Reopening of Daroobalgie Works
The Daroobalgie Freesing Works will reopen soon to receive fresh sound rabbits at current market rates. Opening date to be announced later. W. Angliss & Co. N.S.W. Pty, Ltd. are the responsible Cal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Angliss & Co., N.S.W. Pty, Ltd
Private Sale of Cedar Furniture and Household Goods
Webster Bros of Bandon Street Forbes offer a private sale featuring high close Cedar Furniture and a handsome French grey Double Bedstead with Spring and Hair mattresses, plus Silver Plate, China and other household requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Bros
Bandon Street
Forbes
Forbeas Advocate Urges Wise Ratepayer Spending
Che Forbes Advocate argues ratepayers should invest in productive ventures rather than waste funds on doomed projects. He cites paying for an efficient electric light system over the old gasworks and compares choosing a winning racehorse to backing a hopeless crack. He urges personal assessment of value and return on investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbea
Challenge match pledge by Wally Jones face Alf Sparkes
The note quotes Alf Sparkes challenging Wally Jones to stop him within 106 rounds but the speaker refuses to take less than £20 aside. The cryptic message includes initials W D N HODDER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf. Sparkes
Wally Jones
Hodder
Forbes Licensing Court approves saloon license transfer
At Forbes Licensing Court the Brave Heart wine saloon Ltd Forbes license transfers from A J Morgan to Martin Kymer. Forbes Police Court fined EB G Blick 65 or 24 hours for drunkenness and 40 or 14 days for indecent language. A Cole man fined 6 or 24 hours for drunkenness and 20 or 7 days for language. A street morning scene shows dog carcasses on roads and yards and a poison cleanup with cooked mutton bait posing risk to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes Licensing Court
Brave Heart Wine Saloon, Ltd. Forbes
A. J. Morgan
Martin Kymer
Forbes
EB. G. Blick
A. Coleman
Bhorlf
Aome
Advocate's Circulation and Advertising Reach
An advertiser who advertised in last Friday's Advocate reports receiving responses from Orange, Molpone, Parkes, Kugowra, Bogan Gate, Grenfell and several from Forbes and nearby areas. The note illustrates the paper’s remarkable circulation and advertising value as a medium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advocate
Orange
Maplone
Parkes
Kugowra
Bogan Gate
Grenfell
Forbes
Who’s at fault in Forbes gasworks dispute
A reader questions whether past Forbes town representatives or the gasworks itself bear blame for sixteen years of struggle. The letter argues current aldermen would fail with a worn plant, urges referendum, and previews a mock trial in Forbes on August 1921 with ratepayers as jurors weighing electricity and gas outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Forbes
Sams
Forbes District Notes and Local Updates
Personal notices report Mr George Patterson's serious hospital admission. At Forbes Literary Institute meeting Mr E J Grinsted was elected trustee. Captain Beora of the Salvation Army says Ambassador Booth is not connected with the Army anymore. Mr A H Read receives praise for recruiting five district residents to the association. A Junee wedding unites Miss Isobel Piercy and Gordon Turner with Adelaide and Sydney connections noted. The death of Mr Patrick James McMahon, longtime Forbes resident and Bushman's Reef finder, records his Sydney Customs Service retirement after 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes Literary Institute
E. J. Grinsted
Beora
Salvation Army
Herbert Booth
Ambassador Booth
Mise
Iasbel Fiercy
EF. Piercy
Bedgerabong
Jand Trundle
Gordon
Alf
A. Turner
Boolarra
Gipppland
Victoria
Forbes
Adelaide
Sydney
Patrick James M’mahon
Bushman's Reef
M'Mahon
Jth Customs Department
Maize Yield Figures From Dubbo Area and Innisfail
A Dubbo Sun message cites Forbes noting Mr J Shepherd of Innisfail grew a maize cob with 918 grains. In Dundulumal near Dubbo the average cob had up to 26 rows and 61 grains per row totaling 1326 grains, with some cobs exceeding 7000 grains. A question is raised about the brand that impressed the Dubbo visitor at Dundwllimalt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Dubbo
Forbes
J. Shepherd
Innisfail
Dundulumal
Brand
Dundwllimalt
Forbes and Parkes Feud Prompts Harsh Letter
A Parkeres Examiner note reports Forbes Advocate reprinting a Sun- sourced message from Forbes correspondent alleging town tensions. The writer condemns the piece as chatter by a mischief-maker and suggests a firm corrective rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkes
Forbes Advocate
Sun
Forbes
Bronzino Stud Notice in Advocate Spurs Local Breeders
The Advocate runs a stud notice for Bronzino imp inviting district breeders to a season at ten guineas. Bronzing will stand at owner George Sheehan Glen Idyll Stud Forbes. Golf Club members celebrate major improvements to the links including a new nine hole course. An eighteen hole stroke event marks the first competition on the updated layout with many entries expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
George [Sheehan
Glen Idyll Stud
Liguori Case Ends With Defendant Bishop Dwyer Cleared
Verdict found no fault by Bishop Dwyer as jurors said he did not inform himself of true facts nor believe his magistrate testimony nor act with malice. Legal costs may reach £5000 charged to plaintiff barring appeal. An eight day window to appeal exists. A Sydney Town Hall meeting with Archbishop Kelly expected to preside was held Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liguori
Bishop Dwyer
Shand
Supreme Court
Justice Perguson
Sydney Town Hall
Kelly
Meetings Move to Saturday Mornings Concluding at Lunch
A notice of motion by Mr E V Blott at Forbes P A and H Association meetings passed, shifting gatherings from Saturday afternoons to Saturday mornings. Meetings will conclude at lunch, aiming to improve attendance and allow members to attend weekend sales. Secretary Mr Keane, an auctioneer, can work more profitably if not tied to Saturday afternoon rituals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Blott
Forbes P. A. and
H. Association
Elliott
Wales
Farmers & Settlers’ Association
Geveral
Farmers &Lettieres
Keane
DANGEROUS DAYS Screenart features at Strand Theatre
Tomorrow night at the Strand Theatre presents DANGEROUS DAYS by Mary Roberts Rinehart with thrills amid steel mills and a weaving marriage problem. Also The Restless Sex from Robert W Chambers with Marion Davies and Ralph Bellamy, plus A Battle Royal and a Buck Jones One Man Trail. Coming Wednesday The Last of the Mohicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Theatre
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Screenart
Robert W. Chambers
Marion Davies
Romante Reserta Steels
Ralph Mellard
Carlyle Blackwell
William Tex
Buck Jones
Eileen Penny
Mohicans
Forbes
Bore Application Boosts Water Supply For Forbes Area
The Jemalong Shire Council records a communication from the Horing Superintendent of Cootamundra Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission regarding an application for a bore by Mr K D Bush of New Forbes Road Forbes. The superintendent urges settlers to secure a bore to ensure a permanent water supply, noting potential savings for stock and country, and states that forms and regulations have been forwarded to Mr Lozell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jemalong
Cootamundra
Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission
K. D. ‘Bush
Forbes Road
Forbes
Lozell
D&c
Cattle sale and shop notices at Goulburn and Forbes
A sketched page lists a cattle and sheep sale at Goulburn next Tuesday with auction details by J T Woods, plus various auctions in Lachlan Arcade Rankin Street. It also advertises sales on clothing from Manson & Co Austen & Pratley and M Dade boots, with price cuts and discounts, and reports on wool prices at Homebush and Forbes with references to Winchcombe Carson Ltd.
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W. H. Wheatley
Goulburn
J. T. Woods
Lachlan Arcade
Rankin Street
Pinnacle News
Manson
Iuetions
J. Manson & Co
M'Dade
Rankin
Boot
Forbes
Homebush
Thos. Strickland
Winchcombe, Carison Ltd
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
P. M. M'Girr
Riveraleigh
C. C. Buckland
Austen & Pratley’s
M'Dade & Harrie’ Root
M’dade's
Granville
Austen & Pratley's
Edward Jowett
M.H.R
Woods
Austen & Fraday
Austen & Prathey
C. D. Buckland
Rankinst
Tallor
Basser & Co
Baldwin's
Paton
Heento Heenso Cough Remedy Cuts Winter Costs
A Victorian era notice touts Heento as a money saving cough and cold remedy. It claims previous mixtures cost nine or more and warns that Heento with water yields a family supply for coughs colds and sore throats. Heenso claims double benefit and availability from chemists.
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Azores
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Anderson & Foreman
Ment
Agnew
New
Zealand
Mrs Agnew
Anderson & Foreman's
P.O
Ocho
I.X.L. Stores
J. W. Thomas Phone
Union Theatres Ltd
Edwin Geach
Stuart F. Doyle
W. A. Gibson
Mary J Roberts Hinehart
Oply, Griffiths & Miller
Yamma
I. W. Mills
Town Hall
Mack Sennett
William Fox
Buce Jones
Eileen Percy
Grinsted’s
Acret
Joseph Berg
Wongajong
Offce
Hayes
Mine
Calarie
Chambey
L. Stevenson
Mary Street
Longueville
Johnson and Farrand Streets
M. J. Ryan
Molong
Cookamidgera
Eugowra
Wilson
Che Forbes
Pete
the Farmers & Graziers’ Co-Operative
Commonwealth
Brave Heary Saloon
Youra &c
Progressive
BIG Case
George Patterson
A. H. Read
Forbes P. A. and H. Association
Austen
Read
Forbes and Parkes
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