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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1930
Page
6
An advertisement touts Wrigley chewing sweets as a pleasant antiseptic that stimulates natural mouth juices to gently cleanse and maintain throat health, avoiding sore or husky throats.
A contemporary notice outlines practical guidance for amateur prospectors in New South Wales. It stresses that luck plays a role but emphasizes foundational knowledge, and invites visitors to consult the Department of Mines for free guidance, demonstrations, and access to mineral samples and testing facilities at Sydney museums and provincial centers.
A historical note outlines procedures for sampling minerals, stressing honesty and representative collection. It details breaking material uniformly, testing portions, and noting weight hardness and streak. It cautions against biased sampling and highlights guidance from the Department of Mines.
The readable text outlines shaping a material into Winnheap form and removing a whale of one quarter, then reducing the remainder to about half the prior size. It mentions sending about one pound of sample to the Department and testing for prospecting purposes with a plan to keep the sample intact if possible.
A fragmented historical account covers the rise of a government savings bank in New South Wales, noting deposits and withdrawals across years such as 1819 and 1830. It mentions figures like £53 deposited and £7 withdrawn, and deposits reaching £2998 185, with accumulated balances near £9695/211, while weaving in period commentary and references to notable figures and institutions.
A damaged OCR fragment paints a rural country scene with eucalypt trees and heat. Fragments evoke longing, sunlit paths, and nature while mentioning indigenous imagery and a distant city feel. The text preserves a poetic mood without clear narrative.
Fragmented OCR notes describe building activity and site names around Poant Pe and nearby streets including Wise Petty Street Veranda and Jt ewer garage. Mentions several people and places such as Hendrik Hove Sivnie and NCTM Athaston with references to street addresses and dates unclear in the damaged text.
Reported here is the large scale dam project at Wyangala with 350 workers on two shifts. Work runs from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm in the cofferdam as excavations push forward for the dam wall. The document appears to describe shift patterns and daily progress amid a noisy construction setting.
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