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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1924
Page
4
The piece warns against stimulants and painkillers for nervous exhaustion and promotes Hean’s Tonic Nerve Note as a nourishing remedy. It suggests a holiday helps, but a course of the tonic is readily available to those feeling run down.
The Forbes and District Chamber of Commerce met in the Council Chambers with members including L. Clemens, M. Duon, A. Nicolas, M. Cahill, P. T. Knapton, H. B. Sweet, N. P. Rhodes, J. J. Flannery, F. Harris, Dr. Broadbent, and the secretary D. J. Murphy. Reports covered Wyangala dam inquiry witnesses, telecommunication link work, Red Bend siding loading, railway time-table impacts, bank holiday protest stance, and ongoing railway and telecommunication correspondence plus new member nominations and policy motions.
Wilfred Thomas Pryce, brought before J.P. W T Gilchrist and H Webster, charged with not having visible means of support. Witnesses testified Pryce lived in Forbes for three months without work, admitted funds from a woman, and acknowledged a maintenance order for wife and child. Verdict: three months hard labor in Bathurst gaol.
Rifle shoot at Parkes sees Forbes defeat Parkes by 42 points as conditions challenge shooters. Captain Crippin tops with 72 points, Fred Shirvington and W Plowman each score 71, Forbes aided by coach Jim O Sullivan. Consistency and young marksmen shine.
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