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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
4
A gold brooch with Klaine and pearls is missing likely from the town hall on Thursday night. Return to the office of Huy ANVIL about 24 cwt and price details to REG READ Calarie.
Classified notice seeking a useful man for station duties. Duties include milking guarding a garden and other tasks. Wage eighteen shillings per week with keep. Apply J Lyell Templar Street.
Mrs M Tucker and family express sincere thanks to Dr Broadbent the Matron and Nursing Staff of Fortes Hospital for their care after the death of their husband and father and to friends for floral tributes messages and sympathy.
Mr and Mrs T Sayers express sincere thanks to Dr Ebery Matron Sister Cunninghame and the nursing staff of Forbes District Hospital for their kindness and skilful attention to their son Gordon during his stay at the institution.
Residents are told Monday June 6 will not be a public holiday. Forbes post office opens 9 to 10 am and after the mails for counter service. Money orders and savings bank work halt. no post delivery. Mail despatch closes 11 am. A German gun delivered to Daroo balgie school, captured by a battalion including Caroobalgie boys the Andersons and Allisons. Gun currently at Mr W H Sly’s residence awaiting a meeting decision.
A local tennis event will run at the town courts with preliminary rounds on Saturday afternoon starting at 2.15 pm and late rounds on Monday at 10.0. Prizes of 1/19/0 are offered for ladies and gents singles, and for doubles.
A lively concert is announced for Tuesday evening in the town hall to benefit the Sherwood Queen hospital competition. The programme features local artists with boxing content, comic sketches, and amusing tricks, promising an entertaining evening.
Mount M Donald correspondent reports the death of Harry Newman of Oxley's Flat at age 0 years. He made his own coffin and dug his grave to avoid trouble at burial. He instructed that no prayers be said. Burial occurred on his own plot at Oxley's Flat per his wishes.
Forbes Pasture Protection Board reports sufficient pasture for winter, stock in store or fat condition, and travelable stock routes though choked with needs. Rabbits controlled, foxes prevalent during lambing, blow fly less active with colder weather. 19921 sheep 1238 cattle 12 horses traveling stock observed.
A classified notice advertises a very quiet pony with sulky and harness in good condition, plus a nearly new double bed and sideboard. Owner leaving district must sell. contact TEACHER Wotgajong.
The Distressed Soldiers Relief Art Union has been cancelled with the Attorney General's approval. Refunds available on application to F A Heinke at Willowdene Forbes. Also notices on Bacon Curing orders, share farming agreements, trespass warnings, and various products advertised by Lea hy Birkmyre and Gourock 1375x 2% Ltd.
Forbes and its dog will be at the Federals vy Our Boys match with a few who play tennis golf or bowling The piece invites attendance at the match or a walk to the cemetery as an alternative to missing the event
Forbes Advocate notes Forbes High School pupils produced The Acacia, a quarterly magazine with articles verse and short stories by students Janet Gibbes Laura Wheeldon Mort Venables Hugh Stitt Will Thomson Hiva Ferguson Evelyn Sweet Howard Alien R A Thomas Pearl Field Emily Ferguson Arthur Harkness Sadie Field Ivy Carpenter Allan Ferguson. The issue reflects good editorial notes and quality workmanship, and the staff is praised for enterprise.
Personal notices from Forbes cover Roy Strickland’s pneumonia, W G Dowling’s deputy-sheriff appointment, H B Sweet resuming dental practice, and congratulations to M Dun Manager Forbes Commercial Bank and Neil MacPhillamy for Justice of the Peace posts. Also notes a Manly fishing visit by William Rath, Major General Sir Neville Howse’s Army Medical Services appointment, a funeral for Dermot Foley, and staffing updates including Nurse Surse Dickson and Edna Baldock’s farewell at Manson & Co.
Mae Murray and David Powell star in The Right to Love a Paramount Royalty Masterpiece shown at Strand Theatre tomorrow night. Also on bill are a two reel Western Drama and Mack Sennett Comedy My Coodniness.
The advertisement touts a Moxie room warmer that burns any fuel with no odor, provides steady heat, emits no sparks, and is versatile for boiling, toasting, frying, and warming baby food. It is described as very compact with a height of 1? inches and a 1 inch diameter, with circular parts mailed to readers asking for the storekeeper's name if not stocked.
Sydney honors list includes Knights Bachelor Benjamin Fuller Hugh Dixon and Sydney Kidman (cattle king). Reports cite counterfeit ten shilling Australian notes and a deadly rope scene in North Adelaide. Federal talks seek nipa palm pulp use for paper and a 500 ton weekly output with 7 million gallons of motor spirit yearly.
A district inspector and three policemen were shot dead in Killorerin County Kerry. The Belfast Newsletter cites the King opening the Northern Parliament on June 21. The Evening Telegraph and Free man's Journal face a ban until June 9 for false military statements. A sale of goods and a local cricket meeting are noted along with sports plans and a trophy idea.
The Australian team opens against Cambridge University with Cambridge scoring 111 all out in their first innings led by Hill-Wood 26 and Ashton 107 retired hurt. Australia reply with Mayne 24 and Pellew 146 in a lengthy innings as Armstrong and Marriott share sixes. Cambridge second innings ends at 111 all out with strong showings from Dowling and Marriott. England picks for the second Test name Douglas as captain alongside Hobbs Hearne Knight Hendren Woolley Durston.
Directors gather this morning with chair Wallace Hunter and others. Correspondence covers Jemalong reserve grazing issues and permissive occupancy. Board refused land lease but will stop impounding Jemalong stock for three months. Opossum season request denied. frost hits Forbes with 34 degree low.
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