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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1947
Page
2
Sydney wool sale details describe a mixed autumn and summer clip with linen and vegetable faults, highlighting districts in the far West middle West and north. The L.H.6/47T mason sale closes Tuesday 17 instant with a call for 2000 bales, per M.2 Loan & M.A. Co. Ltd.
A new modern college opened in Wagga with 159 students 75 female and 15 male. It expects 300 accommodation by year end and draws students from Sydney Broken Hill Murwillumbah Albury and Wagga. Notable enrollees include Portea girls Erica Coles and Shirley Yonge.
Forbes hosts a hockey carnival with 24 teams, drawing players and families from Parkes, Orange, and Sydney. Spectators reported high skill levels and few injuries, while local officials noted strong turnout and ambulance presence.
The report lists engagements and social visits across Forbes Parkes and surrounding towns. Rita Joan Godden announces an engagement. Forbes families and visitors travel to Narromine Parkes pageant attendees and residents frequent Dr Young’sfamily and Brentwood hospital updates include Mrs BE Lawler and Maureen Tildell receiving treatment. Local movements include Crawford, Ward, Malloy, and Duff families visiting Sydney and Grenfell Street guests.
Parkes and Forbes clubs dominated a weekend hockey meet with mixed results. Key matches saw Bathurst, Grenfell, and Lithgow Blues scoring, while Parkes and Forbes players contributed to close contests in men and women divisions. BC Cowra and Waratah teams posted notable performances amid a crowded results card.
Forbes basketball team beat Gren with a high scoring effort yesterday morning as the circle game produced ten to four goals.
Lionel Vivian Puller a 3% man and carpenter staying at the Victoria Hotel Orange was shot through the head with a 22 rifle on Sunday. Police found a gun near the body and a taxi driver led to the home of Puller’s brother in law. Fuller, a war veteran and former post mistress at Fifield, had driven to Fifield to confront his wife before returning to Orange.
Forestar Guides mark a fifteenth birthday with a party entertaining Local Association leaders Beaut Patrol Leaders Cub Sixers and Brownies. Mrs Debenham created the birthday cake while Wilma McMillan lit candles Lorraine Parker blew the nut and M G Gunn urged success in the Princess contest. Mr Biggs led the campain thanking the Local Association and Mrs McMillan for tireless work as games and competitions closed.
A conversational fragment shows a speaker praising a rice powder for making them look younger and more attractive. The item captures a playful exchange about beauty effects and personal satisfaction with the product.
The Torch of Faith to Fallen Comrades keeps Legacy work alive across New South Wales and Australia. Local Legacy Clubs and contact groups support war orphans, widows, and families, funded by personal contributions and the 1947 War Orphans Day on July 2 with badges sold statewide.
About 200 attendees from vari ous centers gathered yesterday at Live Lutheran Church on Funan Street for a Lutheran rally and service led by Pastor Hiadl Temn ora and Portes ante Colyer. The crowd heard reports from local groups and a social after at Mi weir poser ath bhe at Lernoen. A fuller report will appear soon.
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