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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1925
Page
4
The Rosehill card shapes as a lively guide to Randwick Autumn. Laute, Lausanne, The Hawk, Virgin Gold and Vallard head the Doncaster and Rawson Stakes picture with balances and weights noted for key rivals. Parkes and Randwick reports add to the betting outlook as horses like Meenah, Houdini, and Virgin Gold attract attention amid a busy spring of form.
A large crowd from Wamboyne and West Wyalong attended at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church for the marriage of Annie Marga Fowler to William Fraser. Rev C Goy officiated, with Miss May Frebairn as bridesmaid and Loftus as best man. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast followed at Querrell's Retreatment Rooms and the couple departed for a honeymoon at Bathurst. The bride wore a navy silk morayeath dress with matching hat. many presents including cheques were exchanged.
At a Forbes council meeting Alderman Campbell moved to raise a loan of £20000 to fund road and kerb work and a new bridge to replace the Camp Hill structure. The motion, supported by the Mayor and other Aldermen, passed after debate, with some opposition over concern at short deliberation and potential rate increases. The decision hinges on government grant and ratepayer approval.
Entries received for Forbes Jockey Club Autumn meeting to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday include numerous horses in divisions such as Opening Handicap Maiden Handicap Metabsne Chancel Baroness Beaumont and many others with names like Thelma Again Meredrix Ken Murillo Namina Ratepayer Rairtrel Honora Malira and Bronze Pigeon among the fields. Key entries appear across First Day Master Three Brian Calm Storm and other stakes consignments with multiple horse names repeated in trials and handicaps.
Horse names and divisions listed for Rosehill meetings including Royal Dighton, Manfred, Lovebox, and Parramatta Mile. Divisional stakes noted with varying odds and entrants such as Valais Queen and Strongbow, plus juvenile and three year old handicaps and related races.
A sequence of auction notices lists sales through late April including a 600 head special horse sale at Wellington on March 31 by Robinson and Hillyard, a clearing sale at Pine Dale via Grenfell on April 7, and multiple furniture, stock, machinery, and farming plant auctions led by Keane, Butler, Shine, and others across South Lead, Tallaview, Bugowra, and Forbes durations with stated times and locations.
In a special article for the Daily News, Wilson K. Midgley reports on American views of prohibition. A prominent business man describes bootlegging, porch drops, and groceries left as payment, warning that prohibition threatens personal liberty and could spark state revolts.
Evans and Evans announce their move to Gorman's Corner opposite Rath and Co. offering sheet metal work, licensed lumbers and gasfitters, shearing machine services, agricultural implements, engine experts, and motor carriers. They thank customers for support and pledge value for money with prompt service.
The Local Land Board for Forbes land district will convene at Forbes Court House on dist March 1925 at 10 o'clock to consider appraisements capital value priority of conflicting applications for H F Area 1610 Parish Lake Gipps and inquiries into fulfilment of conditions. It will also review compulsory road permits for Penhale J R O R ourse Acroyd Leslie J and consider purchases under Road Act and claims under the P P Act including Reps N A Gatenby versus Levi Haley.
Donations are being solicited for the Soldiers Memories Fund with hon secretaries E. F. Austen and M. Cahill and hon treasurer P. H. T. Bennett. Contributions include £100 from C. B. McPhillamy, £50 from G. D. Bassett, and many other amounts from individuals such as J. J. Sweeney, J. Sharp, and H. B. Sweet. Mr H B Sweet offers £10 if four other professionals give the same.
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