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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1929
Page
6
Fragmented OCR shows a dated narrative about a woman aboard a liner, with scattered names and places. The text references Moira, Ceylon, and various personal reflections, but lacks coherent events or a clear storyline to summarize.
Ted Taylor recalls Forbes rush era with 30 000 spectators. The narrative names Police Chief Guy Frederick Pottinger struck by a lady horse owner amid match races won by Emerald and other horses. Diggers, hotels, rivers crossing, and early race meetings at Forbes and Wowingragong surface in a vivid reminiscence of the gold rush period.
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