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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1922
Page
4
H. F. Nolan advertises well boring and pumping plant installation with fifteen years of experience. Offers immediate work, area supply, and satisfaction guarantee. Terms and particulars on application. Wombat 81, Young. Phone Young 186.
Bargains list Gent's Black Hoots solid leather sewn soles 19/6 Men's Working Boots solid leather tops 13/ Steelite soles 17/6 Genuine Tan Military Cossacks 21/ Genuing welted Hoots 26/- Youths Boots black and brown 16/-. Buy next pair and have old ones repaired.
A fragmented excerpt warns that anyone selling spectacles risks being an optician and calls for New South Wales optician legislation. It notes Mr Buna, holding qualifications under Queensland's Optical Act, visits Forbes every three weeks for eye trouble consultations.
A promotional note touts first class hotels and clubs stocking Sandy Macdonald Special Liqueur Scotch Whisky. The description promises a mature mellow spirit distilled by experts and thoroughly matured for quality and uniform excellence.
An advertisement claims SENALA removes head parasites from children's hair and dandruff in adults, priced at 2s, available at chemists and stores. It promotes BUG NET for cockroaches and bugs at 2/é, and SWAMP bush remedy for corns and warts at 1/6, offered locally.
A vintage medical ad warns that bent backs signal neglected kidney trouble and promotes REAVEKR HEALTH SALTS as a cure. It claims one teaspoonful each morning restores health, with a price of 2/6 per bottle and distribution through P. T. Knapton and chemists, wholesale by Australian Drug Co. Ltd. and Hillett Bros. Ltd, Sydney.
An advert notes Jean Reuver Face Powder as a final touch before going out. It claims to refine pores prevent irritation and wrinkles and give a youthful healthy look with a lasting fragrance from French gardens. Extra large boxes priced 4/6 post included. Avent P T Knapton Forbes
A speaker leaves the city and family behind to return to rural life along the old valley track near Woods' Great Peppermint Lure. The poem echoes hardship during flood-time winters and thinning family ties as it seeks a simpler, distant home.
South Sydney reserve players arrived in Forbes and won both games against Forbes 27 to 3 and 17 to 4. The visitors praised Forbes hospitality, coached local players, and discussed forward play, passing, and running strategies learned during the trip.
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