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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1951
Page
3
Mr D P Dempsey retired as Town Clerk after two years of service at Forbes and returned in February after December work. Executive officers and staff hosted a social in the Mayor’s room and presented a wristwatch. Mr Dempeary thanked them and the evening closed with supper served by Town Hall clerks and ladies.
The Guardian reports Mudgee gardeners facing widespread tomato loss due to wilt and subsequent grub damage in remaining crops. Green tiles add to the hardship as crews work to rebuild State Highway 6 from Sydney through Cowra to Grenfell, per the Department of Main Roads plan.
A stream of locals and visitors are listed with movements to Brookvale, Canowindra, Newcastle and Sydney. Mr and Mrs Vines and family head to Brookvale. Mrs Macy Newham plans a Fortnight at Newcastle. the Governor General and party visit Canowindra for Commonwealth Jubilee starting March 1. Receptions, visits, and travel plans for numerous Forbes residents and guests are noted, alongside hospital stays, leave from work, and holiday trips within New South Wales and Victoria.
Mr Cahill and Mr A in receipt from the Minister for Housing dated February 2 inform that fur Uver land fee has been secured for NSW purposes within your electorate comprising thirteen acres of Crown land off Far Bell Street Forbes. Upon resubdivision 60 building sites will be available. Notification appeared in the Government Gazette Mo. 180 of November 1940 forwarded here for information.
St Andrew's notes announce changes in Forbes services with morning worship at 9 am on the first and third Sundays and an evening praise service led by organist J H Shipway and presider Mr Cameron. New and old hymns, Easter reference, and a re-formed junior choir aim to enrich worship, with Eugowre to host a Thanksgiving service and broader participation. Sunday schools in Forbes and Eugowre have settled into year’s work.
Miss M Margaret Leader dies at 47 Spring Street Wave Jey inat Thursday. Sister of the late Jack Leader once part proprietor of Forbes Times and licenser of hotels here. Born at Bugowrm, moved to Forbes c1900, attended Convent School. Daughter of Eugene and Low ua Leader. Requiem at Holy Cross Woollahra, remains interred Botany cemetery Bathurst men and upper ten prepare to welcome King and Queen next year, National Advocate notes. Printing services advertised.
A new Cow Museum of Costume planned in London aims to showcase modern fashion through a model evening gown described as an after dark piece intended for future generations. It features a fitted black bodice with a high rounded yoke and a heavy fringe, designed to be worn draped over the shoulders as an attractive alternative.
Reports describe alluvial sluicing at Forbes with deep leads and a rush of up to 700 men. A promising shaft yielded gold in Victoria style mining with strong expectations of lasting wealth, likened to Ballarat, attracting attention to Lachlan district and government officials.
Fragmentary notes recount mining history in Victoria with prospecting claims, ore finds, and company formations. It mentions Britannia Quarts Reef Coy, gold yields, surface reef work, and several named ventures in the late 19th to early 20th century, alongside fluctuating fortunes and work suspensions.
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