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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
2
The fragment appears from a late 19th century newspaper promoting Tuesday and Friday afternoons issues with quarterly and advance subscription terms. It mentions advertisements and a proprietor named Gow. Brownhill.
Council correspondence indicates a communication from Workes Municipal Council to Jomstons Shire concerning a Saturday meeting and the expansion of a project. The note references railway facilities at Forbes and an incurred sum around £2 10 shillings, with the shire council showing intent to proceed.
A garbled reminiscence mixes journeys and boxing, with blurred place names like By ay, Keyyl, and Port Hfivad. It recalls waterways, a boxing tournament, and a mid-Atlantic wartime mood, mentioning towns, wheeled engines, and a shifting warlike vision through a flood of names and phrases.
Telegraph report from Sydney notes protest against conscription as parliamentarians weigh war powers. Government hints at price controls and steel output limits while railway workers threaten stoppages over home affairs policy. Missing details include labour unrest and broader wartime measures affecting economy and public order.
A seventeen year old driver, Patrick James Keegan, died after a horse bolted a sulky in Forbes Stockinbingat area. The vehicle struck trees leaving Keegan fatally injured. funeral held at Catholic Cemetery. An inquest at Forbes Court Home examined witness accounts and the horse, a girth draught, alleged to be well cared for.
COMING SALES Wednesday March 6 Crateite sale at Mu E Facey Healzerabon ab 100m by Mose Moore Armak Co Portes. Gas Saturday March 14 Sale ab Mp WF Gospie's Kullmurn hy Mwaurn Whokuuy vat Martel AnKawn Om Weinohawy Mawel 6 shan Forming. Inntotutt Ale J Tharry on account Sr POW Tovamne Munre firoaten and Po wietioneers.
The readable text mentions Ford vehicles and comments on the diet of a Ford and similar phrases. Names, dates, places, or clear events are not present. the fragment appears garbled and lacks a coherent narrative or concrete facts to summarize.
Rumors swirl about a proposed new sultan for the holiday, with supporters arguing for change and critics worried about tradition. Officials led by C C Huckland indicate the measure is permissible and sufficient, aiming to settle the matter promptly.
The war update from Sydney notes a clash at Vaux with heavy casualties as troops withdraw from Yournumont. The Verdun front sees continuous bombardment with four battalions redeployed from Russia. Moscow’s port and Novomtevo are mentioned amid the ongoing fighting.
A German air raid by Zeppelins raided Yorkshire Lincolnshire and Kent causing major damage. Reports say twelve killed and eight injured as a Zeppelin moored briefly over towns, with blasts wrecking a mortar house and injuring workers. Local fears grow of diplomatic strains and German forces moving near the region.
Local Courier reports soldiers from Forbes and district en route or recently arriving in Egypt after training at Zettonn. Private Cecil Wheatley writes of Fred Newsham and mates qualifying as first class gunners. Several locals, including Mr John Peston, Bull Bobb, and Jim Clarke, are noted with service pledges and family ties. Council actions delay meeting for a pipe and prepare the public on tailoring with Buckland's new premises.
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