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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 09, 1926
Page
6
During a heat wave a bush fire trapped bullock driver Mr. Charlie Holden on Tinonee Old Bar Road. High winds hurled flames across the track and burned some bullocks while wagon wheels caught fire. Holden sheltered on the wagon’s lee side and escaped unharmed after flames passed.
During a Tuesday storm near Warwick Queensland a cloud of small black frogs rained down along Glen Road about three miles from the town. An eyewitness says the frogs were swept up in a wind spout and deposited with the rain, but they appeared unharmed and hopped away vigorously toward the east.
A calflike skin found on Sid Williamson’s Glen Innes area property near Finkett baffles observers at a PLP Board meeting with talk of a kangaroo like face, hind legs attached to the body, and hoofed toes. The calf, dead on discovery, prompted curiosity whether it walked or hopped, amid broader regional water and fisheries notes.
The Grenfell silos will comprise four large bins and interspace bins totaling about 150000 bushels. Foundations for the bin wall are ready and work continues on the wagon dump for wheat reception, due to be finished in about two weeks. About 15 to 20 more workers will be needed in two months, with local married men favored. Currently two workers are on site under Mr Kitchener. Grenfell notes improvements such as elevated bins to keep them dry and offices built underneath.
A Adelaide resident found a damaged Singapore letter with a torn middle and a five pound note tucked into the top corner. The missive, posted from Blingapore by his son, referenced a Christmas box and two photos that could not be located. Officials rescued the letter and sent it to the correct address.
A notable New Zealand figure, fleeing in horror from the so called modern Babylon, denounces Sydney as a cesspool of immorality. He claims hotels cater to a low class, Australians are a washed out people, and Sydney’s picture houses and posters are scandalous and morally degraded. He urges a return home.
The column lists famed figures deemed most tragic in history by contributors such as Laurence Housman John Galworthy Israel Zangwill Hilaire Belloc Arthur Conan Doyle Jan Hay Compton Mackenzie Halliwell Satellite and others The Cootamundra show committee then met deciding the autumn show, set for March 16, would be abandoned if February rain failed to arrive.
The article notes Australia as a leading dress importer in 1824-25 with expenditures totaling 246 10828, rising over a decade. It argues apparel is outward ornament tied to social status, while cautioning that noblesse oblige requires knowledge and conversation, and that slackness or inefficiency are not easily traded for style.
Lieut Brenger of the Belgian Army patents an electric target that auto registers hits via a mechanical replica after each impact. A Trangie man, recently fumigating rabbits with cyanide fumes, expresses fear and jokes about wind and ammonia while pondering personal safety and a hazardous work assignment.
The article describes a grasshopper poison bait mixed from bran arsenic Paris green or London purple molasses orange or lemon pulp and peel water and poison. The solution is stirred and spread in infested areas at dawn to cover about four or five acres and attract the hoppers with citrus zest.
The sale featured wool from New Zealand Japan and European markets with strong German demand for topmaking wool but weak French demand. Overall clearance exceeded modest expectations despite 5000 plus bales catalogued. Prices firm in Sydney and midrange outlook hopeful barring European finance improvements.
A garter accessory with sixpence pockets is advertised as convenient for tips. The ad notes Austen and Pratley’s as the top ready to wear suit shop in town with the largest stock and affordable prices. It invites customers to visit for a big range.
A busy Parkes page records two weddings at St George’s Church with Rev A E Weston officiating and couples leaving for honeymoons in New South Wales towns. The section also reports civic council quarrels, notable social entries, school appointments, health updates, sporting notices, and agricultural award results across Parkes and surrounding districts.
Proprietor CLARRIE HOWE operates a film development service at Taechlon Street marked by the phone listing 3415. The note references Amateurs films developed under the label Gine Gre Lees, indicating a small local photography and film facility and its contact details.
A terse notice states that ASV persons trespassing on Moobong or New Park properties will be presented. All previous permissions are canceled by BE J G SPECK.
Advertisement notices list several Sydney contacts for future ads. Gordon and Goteh Aus Ltd at Bar rack Street and Country Press Co op at 178 Castlereagh Street appear alongside Reuters Ltd at 15 Castlereagh Street Catta Patterson Co at 878 Kent Street and The Weston Co at Chamber of Commerce Buildings Georga Street.
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