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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1937
Page
3
Inspector V Plank prosecuted Charles Farah at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday for using unstamped scales. Farah pleaded guilty, fined £2 plus costs and 10 witnesses expenses. Scales in Porches shop on Templar Street were last stamped July 1931 and rejected for stamping due to missing balance details.
James Hardie & Joy Ltd Sydney presents Fibrolite as a premier building material at Uniasvar’s Royal Easter Show. The display demonstrates walls roofs and more using the product and includes a model house built entirely of Fibrolite. Free booklet and pamphlet on Fibrolite pressure pipes are available by writing to James Hardie Ltd Sydney.
A Site Marketing Regent report on Forbes district orange crops notes north and Valencia oranges are healthy overall despite late frosts that cut yields by about one to two bushels per tree. In Clay County Treva aged 18 to 30 is dying out, seven acres of mixed trees are removed, and young groves show new green growth.
A Sydney debate on whether democracy can endure featured Everett Dean Martin of Cooper Union and Browder of the Communist Party arguing for and against liberal democracy. The exchange focused on revolutionary principles, dictatorship of a faction, and the tactic of allying with liberals to combat fascism while warning of revolutionary violence and the danger of communism and fascism alike.
The Farmers and Graziers Cooperative reports on the twelfth instant with Brisbane market news showing vigorous Japanese demand and strong Continental support. Prices rose about 5 percent on good and average wools, clearances strong, with London and Bradford signals, and Sydney sales expected to remain firm before next moves in April.
Stationery item note from The Advocate describing headuring and envelope forms for letter headings and stamps. Provides branding cues and layout suggestions for stationer products offered by The Advocate.
The Forbes branch of the N.S.W. Teachers Federation met at the High School on March 13. Officers elected include Patron A Griffiths, President McCo Levy, Vice Presidents Green, Stuart, Forster and Child, Secretary Treasurer W Rhodes. A general committee and auditors were named, plus a coronation committee to assist with Coronation Day. Meetings are the first Saturday monthly. next gathering will be in the High School in April with Inspector Griffiths addressing.
A Melbourne area couple tout Dr William’s Pink Pills as a health tonic restoring vigor in middle age and beyond. The wife recalls recovery from anemia with the pills and says they renew color, energy, appetite, and digestion, with calmer nerves and less age-related pains. Available at chemists and stores, three bottle package.
Visiting optician Mr D J Bong of London will visit Forbes on Wednesday March 34. Appointments may be made at Knapt on's Pharmacy consulting rooms Vandenberg Hotel.
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