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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
5
Incorporated accountants Mr Ow Vy, Bowler, Ral, Alla, Meiyo Wo Kerr Mean Hees open new office in the Albion Hotel Building. They offer to undertake all kinds of station work, with the office recently accepted by the late Alfred Short.
An ad for Fowler Chemist at Rankin Street Ryals Kopark promotes a health tonic that allegedly revives digestion and appetite and improves energy and vigor. It asserts the product can restore nervous energy and blood flow, urging readers to try a dosage with claimed quick effects. The note mentions that testers saw improvement and recommends the product to a few customers.
Invitation to attend an exhibition on George Bassett's Farm in Old Anglesey on Tuesday noon in mid March 1917. Organized by Clutterbuck Bros and Pace Loot Agent. The notice names H Hick's Champion Storepump Skim Mow and invites interested parties to the event.
Auction by Moore Rook & Co at Lachlan Street Forbes on Wednesday March 7 1917 features Lot 1 fronting Septimal ear Mord’s Hotel with a brick dwelling containing four rooms. Lot 2 at Beetlon 10 Renfree Street includes two lands and a Weatherhound Cottage. Lot 3 at Seogla Ht Reatree Street has two rooms with weatherboard improvements. Details include parcel dimensions and property specifics.
The readable text lists names such as Marly Borbes Thaynone and Davies with scattered dates and times. It mentions a weekly fellowship meeting on Tuesday and a schedule item for Wednesday, but many words are garbled, leaving unclear context or exact actions.
Ashburkh am electorate announces that Marth Grimm MLL.A. of the National Party will address the electors on Monday March at 6 pm at Googeagoone with other speakers including Mr W Holdam and Mr Juli Sewel's. The notices list several locations and times across the region for March engagements.
Sidoie Brooke & Co of Forbes announce a sale of trotting stock and stallions by Hiarkwood Chief and Farewell among others. The event features multiple mares geldings and harness fittings with entries including Victory breds and Pneumatic Tired Silkies, listing stud names and performance lineage. The catalog notes Hastings and Chieftain lines, with high emphasis on the stallion Hiarkwood Chief and the filly Farewell among the notable entries.
A rare opportunity for trotters to purchase trotting stock in near mint condition. Vendor will provide information on any particu lar horde before the sale. Each horse will be sold at hammer. Date is Wednesday March 7 1917 at 2 80 p.m. Moore Brooke & Co Fore.
Readable portions show a special stock sale at Jerilderie Ashburnham offering 10 000 sheep 150 cattle by W Lloyd & Sons with various livestock lots and consignments. The document also includes a public notice for the election to return a member to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the electoral district at Ashburnham with nomination day and polling places listed.
A garbled OCR fragment from a local page mentions Forbes readers and a town event. It references a weekly column and a city site, with partial phrases about readers receiving notices and a paper at a local site. The text is incomplete and difficult to parse.
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