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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 29, 1938
Page
5
Local notices showD P Dempsey of Forbes as town clerk coordinating an upcoming event in Taro Hell Fores Voth Italy on Thursday. The brief fragment confirms an official municipal activity with regional engagement.
A public meeting will be held in the council chambers at 4 pm on Wednesday in August about Department practice and methods of taxation access and provisions. Tax acts and regulations will be discussed, with interested residents urged to attend Town Hall Forbes on July 28. Potential attendees invited.
Jemalong Shire Council announces the Supplementary List of Electors for 1938 to be available for public inspection from August 8 to August 31 at various post offices and council offices including Bedgerabong Ostia and Yorrabamdai Post Offices Cookamidgerd Kugowim Garema Garema Post Offices and Forbes Court House and Council Chambers Objections close on August 24 with forms available at the Shire Clerk Forbes during office hours.
The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission has received an application for a license under the Water Act for a pump on the Lardiston River, near Vega, Coty Adium, for derivation in an area of 80 acres. Interested persons should inform the Commission of support or objections by August 19. Secretary Bev an, Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, Box 21080, Sydney.
Federal and state income tax officers plan visits to Forbes area during August 1096 to explain income reports and help taxpayers address problems or disputes. Commissioner E J McMahon urges attention to July 22 government gazette notice.
An auction notice states a high class sale at Wongaling with items including leather lounge suite two duchess chests beds tables bookcases chairs kitchen items and various machinery. The sale mentions no reserve and invites bidders July or August dates per the readable fragments.
A recent football game between the town High Selvel alumni and Parke Union faced violent disruption. Spectators describe throngs fighting, depots and dangerous scenes as players and bystanders attempted to escape the upheaval. The incident prompted calls for calm and investigation by Parkes Chamber of Commerce and local authorities.
Delegates from mid western picnic race clubs met at the Vandenberg Hotel on Wednesday night chaired by Mr W E Matthews with 16 attending. They outlined a series of race dates across towns such as Peak Hill, Grenfell, Coota, Mungery, Cowra, Forbes and Condobolin and discussed a combined race meeting and paddocking dates for 1980. A Royal Hotel Grange meeting to finalize arrangements was planned for August. Widespread notices urged clubs to circulate details among the western circuit.
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