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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
1
Casual column discusses wildlife balance, praising goannas for pest control yet noting eggs and young birds harmed. Reflects on Tasmanian liquor referendum timing, fair rents in Sydney, and local leisure pursuits like boating and rowing. Ends with a humorous Irish shepherd exchange about family and a priest.
A district tribute listing soldiers from Forbes and surrounding areas who served at the Dardanelles. It marks KILLED, DIED IN CAMP, DIED AT SHA, WOUNDED, INVALIDED HOME, SICK IN HOSPITAL, MISSING, and ON FURLOUGH, naming many local names with affiliations to Forbes Fifield Eugowra Goolagong and other districts.
Sunday to Friday listings show numerous town calls with times, via routes, and late fees across Parkes Condobolin Bogan Gate Sydney Melbourne Orange Grenfell Daroobalgie and related stations. notes repeated patterns and late fee at 4 pm across multiple segments.
This fragment hints at a world event around reevaluation or reform, mentioning gray hair as a metaphor for aging or wisdom. The readable parts suggest a historical or reflective piece noting a long wait and a significant return or decision. Further clear details are unreadable.
A fashion and lifestyle column discusses autumn garments including a colored cotton overall with blouse and skirt, a soft blouse with square neckline, and a taffeta silk frock with godet skirt. It notes a small velvet hat, a new hooklegs fastener, and care tips for patent leather, stockings, linen mildew, and lemon cakes for tea.
A collection of aphorisms and humorous vignettes on truth, gossip, money, marriage, and social manners. It contrasts perceptions of health wealth and status with light satire of photographers, etiquette, and urban characters, ending with a playful exchange between two office clerks about a hinged object.
The recipe details mixing two ounces each of castor sugar flour and butter, then add two ounces of cornflour, beat in an egg, fold in lemon essence and baking powder. Fill eight deep patty tins half full, bake quickly for 10 to 15 minutes, then cool.
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