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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1947
Page
7
In Canberra the growing clash between government and private airlines is seen as boosting travel frequency and comfort. The discussion centers on a federal plan that could curb competition, with Parliament debating potential impacts and the government’s preferred direction.
Michael Denton, a motor driver from Forbes, was acquitted of negligent driving at Cartes Police Court on Friday. The trial heard Denton drove on a foggy site leading to a collision that killed two people and injured several others.
Fragmentary notes describe cutting timber along a road near Palmer and Edward Potresider. The text includes scattered words about a fete, goats, poets, and local shire mentions, but details are unclear and many phrases appear garbled.
At Forbes the weekly sale saw lambs and sheep predominating with several hundred head penned. Prices drifted lower with buyers from Sydney and local meat works represented, noting heavy crossbreds and newly shorn ewes among the offerings.
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