Parkes notes from June include fines and council actions
Rain fell on 11 of 19 June days while Parkes reports a string of local items: guilty pleas and fines for indecent language and railway trespass, new district council officers, liquor license renewals, a £1564 fire station contract, planned overhead railway bridge, two fire inquiries, fete planning for Catholic Church funds, reservoir levels, rugby league elections, officials' pay rise, rabbit destruction debate, homestead ballot results with F J Barton, a fatal showground fire, police court sentence on a fraud case, and a successful Catholic euchre party with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Obern
Thomas Pritchard
Richard Job
H. K. Nock
Parkes
Aledown
Coobang
Gunningbland
Mounra Leedy Creek
Messra Shepherd and Whitmill
Peter Wright Thompson
Cookamidgera
John HR. Jones
Bogan Gate
George Lociher
Board of Fire Commissioners
Liverpool
St. Joseph's School
Bumbury
Beargamil
Parkes Rugby League
Frank W. Spicer
J. Sheahan
W. Reidy
Spicer
J. M. Hanuney
Hanney
Grange
Carlachy
F. J. Barton
PF. M. McGirr
M.L.C
Lyons
Robert Stevens
R. J. Shearman
Club House
Richard Moreland
Stevens
Sheahan
J. Gruber
Weather and crops improve as drought ends in Wamboyne
Drought relief brings ideal conditions with rain showers and warm, cloudy nights. Up to 230 plots registered, crops germinating well after fears of seed loss. Gold mining at Owl Pinnacle Hills progressing. community records a funeral and hospital fundraiser success. Local visits recall historic district figures, while foxes and rabbits boost hunting pressure amid fair pasture growth and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owl Pinnacle
W. Chandler Benr
Marajong
Grenfell
Warraderry
Debba Small
H. Webster
Mesdanice Mitton and
Tilden
Trevantan
Lot Grenfell
J. Hogan
Bogandillon
Manna
Wrynlong
Werbert Parieh
Sydney
Parish
England
Feartless Foreeman
Fo Wgalong
Robert Hope
Edward Jones
Eagle
Lake Cowal
Statone
Algo
George Combe opens own engineering firm in Forbes
George Combe formerly with Johnson and Combe announces a new independent engineering business in Forbes. He offers repair and installation of machinery and farming implements, plus on site work with a purchased car. He is the Forbes agent for Alston Metters and Comet windmills and will supply quotes. Address Spring Street and phone g49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Combe
Messrs
Johnson & Combe
Forbes
Combe
Alston, Metters
Comet
Spring Street
Promoters Lauded For Pleasant Evening Decor
An excellent supper was provided by contribution and was one of the pleasant items of the evening. The ball decorations were tasteful and attractive, credit due to Mesars W. Sey mour and Hoctor, the promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesars W. Seymour
Hoctor
Fine wury Dey Gin Returns to London Distilling
Amid wartime strain and home consumption limits the Fine burial lineage has long marked quality. Now Fine wury Dey Gin resumes distillation in London, a practice dating back to 1740, reinforcing its historic fare standard and overseas availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wacsall health tonic advertised with home remedy claims
Fragmentary ad text promotes "Wacsall" Specific as a health tonic claiming to prevent and treat colds influenza indigestion headaches rheumatism and other ailments. It prescribes two teaspoonfuls in water for adults and weekly doses for children, promising warmth and general well being at a small weekly cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H
Sydney
Theas
Wachall
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Rankin St. Motories
Douglas
Excelsior
Henderson
Phil Holyer
International Motor Lorries
E. N
Aw.s
Ollive
Green
Templar
FOIR
Motor Mechanics and General Engineers
James Martin & Co
Western Insurance Company
Essex, Hudson, and
Hupmobile
CAES
Wheatley @ Hill Eugowra
Cl'Inta
America
France
Italy
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
F. Rath & CO
Goachbuilders
Dodge Bros
DODGE
Fant
Arolgan
District News
Wamboyne
Singer Sewing Machines
Frank Smith
Queen Street
McIntosh & Sons Ltd
Elizabeth Street
Peasley & White, Forbes
Dooce Brothers Motor Car
Standardiged Motors Limited
Frath & CO. Forbes
L. J. Johnson
Lachlan Street
International Harvester Co
Lucerne
Titan
Cooper Sheep Shearing
Alston
Metters
Southern Cross
Lx.l
Atlas Assurance Co Ltd
Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd
Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited
Flemington
A.M.P. Chambers
Pitt Street
Bhepharvey
Scone
Winchcombe-Cargon
Homebush
Flemington Siding
Buick
Peasley
White Garage
Colgate
Colgate’s
Alito
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