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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1937
Page
9
Storage available, district depot for Australian Australian Oil Co petrol oil and fuel oils. Furniture removal and kerosene bitumen available. Sludge sewage services. Phones 230 day or night.
A notice warns that any person fishing shooting or trespassing on any part of Bogubigal will be prosecuted without regard to persons. Manager.
Two defendants fined for failing to file income tax returns at Forbes Police Court. Thomas James Murphy, a Municipal Council employee, and Thomas Henry Russell of Eugowra pleaded guilty through their lawyers. Murphy was fined £2 with costs for 1082 income, while Russell received a similar penalty. A later case involved E W Speck, former Advertiser proprietor, now in Glebe, with summons set for convenience.
Heavy rain on Monday night reduced turnout at a combined sheep sale in Sydney with about 2000 fat sheep and a few stores yarded. Prices steadied or rose slightly as buyers showed strong competition, with top ram lambs and wethers trading at improved rates. An additional Forbes sale saw yarding of 4000 head, but withdrawals due to bad roads reduced actual supply. prices for lambs and ewes varied, and next sales were scheduled for Forbes and Sydney.
The fortnightly cattle market on the 9th saw over 200 mixed quality cattle yarded. Prices ranged with bullocks £6/2 to £9, steers £6/8 to £7/16, cows £4/1 to £5/10, heifers £0/13 to £5/9. Most yarding cleared, four trucks sold to Sydney. Dealers and calves also traded with varied results.
The Ioral police found several items considered lost including two rugs a coat and boys jacket on Sunday morning and fibrolite waitesse items including a child's maser on Tuesday in Flint Street. Owners are urged to describe them to the police to claim.
An ad style passage extols Charme non face powder as the best seller worldwide praised for youthful charm. It claims Parisian perfume and lasting wear attract distinguished end users in film stage and society.
A well attended M.Y.P.A meeting in the school hall featured Life Story lectures by six speakers per team. The Blue team won by eight points, 36 to an unseen score, with adjudicator Mr Palmer praising progress and offering guidance. The next meeting on Thursday April will present a mock trial with Tom Parkes accused of murder.
In Caragabal local events raised funds for church and parish needs. A Tuesday euchre night at Dr Pratt’s home drew about fifty attendees, prizes awarded to Mrs Pratt’s son and Mr J James, with over £3 added to church funds after supper. Saturday’s house party at Mr and Mrs A Jones celebrated Kathleen Jones, drawing eighty guests for games and entertainment, generating about £18 for Piney Range Catholic Church building fund.
A half mile challenge race between Gar Jones and Sid Cartera for £6 forms the centerpiece of the Cycling Carnival at the Cricket Ground next Sunday. The club stages a strong program with over 40 visiting riders including Fat McMahon of Nyngan, the Temora Gift winner. Forbea golf opens next Sunday with mixed foursomes as a fine weather week ends. Old-age pensions will be paid next Wednesday instead of Thursday, March 25, says postmaster D. W. Lanob.
A dramatic encounter promises high stakes as teams prepare for a sensational showdown next Sunday. Fans are urged to tune in for live coverage and potential record moments.
Long list of local residents in Forbes district enjoying births vacations and engagements. Mr D W Lamb acts as post master, Ern Dukes and Mrs Dukes celebrate birth of a boy and a girl, while Mrs J Bourke and daughter Gwen return from Coogee and Leura. Various residents travel to Sydney Wollongong and Newcastle for medical care and holidays, pre nuptial celebrations begin for Else Girdham and Arthur Bruce, and a tennis party honors Mrs Baden with a gift set as she marks her birthday.
Rates at the Sydney wool sale remained steady amid strong competition from Yorkshire Japan America and Australia. Prices reached levels where buyers like Winchcombe Carson Ltd and others secured many lots including rams and ewes with varied fleece qualities and prices ranging from several pence to twopence per pound.
Ex Studenta matching hues and stylish gowns filled the high school hall on Wednesday night. The newly formed Studenta Union organized the event with dancing by Dud Smith's band from eight thirty to one, followed by a supper of sandwiches and hot drinks that proved very popular with attendees.
The Condobattn bowls team was to visit Forbes in the pennant, but the match was postponed to a later date because of Patrick's Day celebrations in Condobatin. Forbes will receive Parkes tomorrow and Conowindre on Sunday.
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