British Air Raid Hits German Naval Base at Sylt
News from the war parliament describes a Royal Air Force attack on the German naval base at Sylt lasting over five hours. British bombers reportedly damaged hangars and a munition dump, with explosions heard far from the target. Reports confirm widespread damage and German acknowledgment of the raid.
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HILE
Scarpa Flow
Royal Air Force
Sylt Leland
Tuat
Copenhagen
Hindenburg
House of Commons
Scarpa
Charberlain
Fairy
Pam
Minister Grummond Addresses Junior Farmers on Future Welfare
The minister spoke to junior farmers, praising their loyalty and commonsense in a wartime effort to secure Australia’s future welfare. He warned that lives are being sacrificed for the country’s enduring integrity and the peaceful preservation of its atmosphere.
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Educa- Hon
Mr Grummond
Tussay
Generatin
Australia
Board election canceled as candidate quota met
P.P. BOARD No Election Necessary One new member elected in triennial director polls. Wm. Gibbons and IR Hockey win Division A, G. A. Bergy and A. S. division B, RH Beddie and 4. A. Goodwill in Division C, W. B. Butler and E. J. O. Speck in Division D. Dir. W. J. Tomkins of Tichborne did not run.
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W. J. Tomkins
Tichborne
Wm. Gibbons
Two RAAF casualties in training plane crash near Salisbury
In the Adelaide area a Royal Australian Air Force training aircraft crashed ten miles north of Adelaide near Salisbury on Tuesday. Pilot Officer Cox of Camberwell and Air Cadet R C Bowron of Heidelberg were killed instantly. Both served as Victorians. the flight originated from Parafield Aerodrome.
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Offeer Cox
Camberwell
R. C. Bowron
Heidelberg
Saliabury
Ten Mile
Adelaide
Parafela
Saltothe
Cox
Bowron
Agricultural College for Forbes Proposal Moves Forward
The Forbes Development League reports progress on an Agricultural and Experimental College at Forbes led by the Martis Brothers with an estimated cost around £10,000. Land Board approval and Crown land acquisition near the Botanic Gardens are advancing the plan, with finance secured and Pope approval anticipated. Trustees remain undeterred by wartime disruptions.
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Forbes Development League
Forbes
Martis Brothers
Botanic Gardens
Joen] Land Board
Bard
Directors Approve New Cordex System at Forbes District Hospital
Forbes District Hospital directors meet with chairman Mr. K Ford and secretary Mr. Thomeson to approve installing the Cordex oyster system from Le Roy Tracey Co. at an estimated £40 cost, to simplify records and speed reference.
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Forbes District Hospital
Mesa HH. K
Donets
le Roy- Tracey Co
Gale
Press
Almler
Hospitals Commission
Mr. Boughton
Forbes
Department of Works and Local Government
Furnilal
Major Conder Appears at Bankruptcy Court in Melbourne
Former AB general manager Major Waller Taarian Corder faced public examination this week in a Melbourne bankruptcy court. He cited travel failures and unemployment as factors, with liabilities reportedly small and a military pension his only steady income. The ex-official said he had kept out of the war and learned of bankruptcy just weeks earlier.
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The
Pantridge Prive
Melbourne
Waller Taarian Corder
Uth Wilthinabe Jovall
Els
Mualor Conder
Public Meeting Called for April 5 on Unemployment
Alderman Gunn urged a motion to create local work for the unemployed. He cited 60 men dismissed from Jem along well, and proposed two projects: a weir on the Lachlan River near the Southern Crows with a channel to Lake Forbes, and concreting the State school grounds.
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Finance Commonites
Forbes Municipal Council
Ad Gunn
Ald. Gunn
Jem
Lachlan
Lake Forbes
Paris face powder promises beauty at thirty pence
An advertisement extols Charmosan face powder from Paris as a cheap, effective solution for lasting coverage and instant glow. It claims the powder stays on, conceals flaws, and offers a refined appeal, touting a subtle allure.
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Paris
Paria
Chean face powder shades released and sold by chemists
Product notes describe Chean face powder shades including act suntan and Big double jaize box 2/6. Mentions folding and drape packaging sold in stores by chemists.
Local ad fragment hints at beauty products and jars
Fragmentary text mentions products by Gemisia including Chammosan cold cream Boudoir jars and massage themes. Details are unclear but reference to jars and tubs on sale from a drapers shop.
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Gemisia, Drapers
Sudden Death of Forbes District Grazier J J Sweeney
John Joseph Sweeney, aged about 60, a prominent grazier and longtime Forbes district figure, died suddenly yesterday morning near Wilbertroy on the Saint Condebally Road. He was a former president of the Forbes Graziers Association, served on the Jemalong Shire Council, and supported the Jockey Club and District Picnic Race. Survived by a widow, the funeral will be held at St Lawrence’s Church at 11 o’clock this morning.
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John Joseph Sweeney
Forbes District
Toby Wilbertroy
Condebally
Sweeyjey
Tollway
Suawee
Wally
Atibe
Ceety
Firbes
Characen
Alice
Forbes
Bundaburra
Soricktarn
Mir HF
Mo UJ Sweerey Tome Tela
Wilbertooy
Sweeney
Porbea Pla
D& Ho
Jockey Chabane District Picnic
Forbes Grassers’ Association
Jemalong Shire
Smythe
Cowra
Noa Mir
St Lawrence's Church
AG. Jones
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Roosevelt
Europe
Count Ciane
Rome
America
Meither
Moscow Radio
Mir
Nelaon
Coal Miners’ Association
P.P. Board
Forbes Plp
Kndian Ton
Getter
Denen
Shufflenes
Pes Albin Hage
R.A.A
Agricultural College For
Forbes Hospital
Wilentinia
Porches
Johin Williams
Yeaterday
Advocdte
Pope
Williams
of Directors
Iatron
Crittenden
Pebrumry
Joan Carters
Flo. Bolden
Howe
Cocksedge
Hodder
Mrr. C. J. Brees
Major Conder
Ilocal
Advocate
Toraday
Shanna Ices Sane
Chean
Blackheads
Gren
Charsie
Mins Frasca Perkin
USA
J. J. Sweeney
Davis Spring Street
Nest Strand Theatre
Bore Malle
Ldn
Malo
Kmapton’s Pharmacy
John Meagher and Co. Pty. Ltd
Portes Auk
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