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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows multiple 19th century job notices offering general store, domestic, and washing work with weekly wages. Names and places are garbled. references include ANDERSON & FORIGALAN, Mrs Ousby, Advocate Office, and general servant posts with wage hints around £1 or 22s 6d weekly.
Forties, Gord sind Ford sell at auction by STIRLING & SON. Ornwae LAMROCK & TAREE sentteets for sale. Write £4 per bone at Parkes opty. Public notice invites bids for livestock and related items. details at the office.
A fragmented notice from Forbes Pharmacy owner P. Knapton outlines continued business at Tachlan Street and invites strict attention to accounts. The document also references the NSW Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Sydney, noting funds for charity and guidance on policy, while urging action to ensure proper schooling age compliance.
Fragmentary item notes quarant topics about chrysanthemums in gardens. Mentions mowing and a connection with the Presbyterian Church to be held at Town Hill Lot yard tomorrow. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A fragmentary report highlights a laundry team at Forbes with notable opening and hind action. Despite garbled text the piece mentions age and an excursion implied event, suggesting a notable sports or local performance tied to Forbes.
Incomplete rainfall data shows variable totals across several areas with values around zero to forty inches. Notable readings include 40 in Marsden region and 38 in Mooboug while Wilbartray reaches 22 and Yameria 1. Data incomplete and uncertain due to damaged OCR.
A fragmentary report describes deaths among cattle after exposure to fodder from Me Als Straney’s property. Patches of a leaf parasite were noted. a sample was sent to Government Botanist H. Facey for analysis to determine if the disease caused the mortality. The article cites inquiry into why the authority has not yet issued a ruling.
A William Fox feature The Coming of the Tarnished Trail screens at Star Pictures with stars including Hazelton and Brownie. The plot centers on a father daughter crime and a Western setting in New Mexico.
An historical notice invites donations to support the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Children Institution. It notes operations for over a century, outlines debts and current expenditures, and requests funds and subscriptions to meet ongoing costs. The appeal highlights ten days to raise fifty pounds and lists various local dealers and items aligned with the fundraising effort.
From Monday onward, the line will close Forbes wtflee at 7 80 lnat and of at 1200 amy, on Sundays Twoxaaye, and on Phovntays. The schedule affects Canaubolin Muny for Mogan vate Cowry and Greatelt regions, with revised hours.
The Sydney Evening News notes AUS and Arling Entertainers preparing a Western Hue tour. Soldiers detainee Sydney appears with a tribute from Governor Shy Wrap Davidews. The act will perform at the Town Hall in Riebes, Willesbury on May 12, with a stop in Chariton Tunepion abt lel.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Hue Noda of Ban vontests at Parkes Utelasbel with iv anvil Kugowew show. Mentions Rapee ventulions and figures Mumia and Puke, plus a show duty by Ene hoki. Text is garbled with altered dates and neighbor references.
A fragmentary plot centers on Marguerite Fisher and Ani Beewail in a comic tale of romance and misadventure. The narrative blends stagey humor with a mysterious motive as a mother and child navigate peril, mistaken identities, and distant shores in a Gazette style serial.
Mr Donaghay plans to depart Forbes after a lengthy tenure on Rankin Street. He has long been a hardware merchant and senior leader in the DosyHa management, serving as president and supporting church and scholar affairs. He will relocate with his family to Fortos.
At Portes Hospital on Saturday morning Mrs Emm Lewin aged 18 died following influenza. An accused man, moved to hospital a few days earlier, is mentioned. She long resided in a village near the Johnson and Coombs engineering works, known in the community with a daughter Mera Pout. The funeral, at the Church of England cemetery, was led by Rev Oliver.
Mr Thoway Lithgos died at his residence Asiton Hin on Sunday evening. A resident of the district for over half a century he served as a contyae tor to late Dig health issues. He was married for many years and lived with his wife. Survived by Jamis Lithcoe of Forben and a brother. The funeral yesterday was to the Church of Ragland cemetery with Mr Powiley as undertaker.
A fragmented courtroom report details Heturo Abe Ay Arnolds Ty at Suebur Court. It notes accusations of unknown offences, mentions defendants including William Lee Hiv tonne and references to witnesses and police actions. The text is garbled with names and phrases, but signals a court proceeding with limited readable specifics.
A magisterial inquiry opened at Glen Yarra on Saturday into the death of Thomas Cartwright who was found dead in bed at the Glen Yarra station New South Wales. The coroner Mr M Vite noted the body bore no known marks of violence and the death was attributed to natural causes with evidence pointing to gastritis. Witnesses including landowner Strankland and others testified about Cartwright’s last weeks and health, with further evidence to be aired on Wednesday. The inquest resumes with the funeral held at the local church cemetery on Sunday morning.
A fragmented Cowra notices column recalls a diamond wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Ht Pearce, married in 1860 at Bathurst, with two sons and three daughters and a total of 45 grandchildren. It also mentions Arthur Gordon BpitUl es wedding, Lilian V Booth connected family, and a hospital worker’s hand injury. other lines report a six month holiday, a Shire Council meeting in Suber Wty, and local health and autobody events.
Read about special twenty displays at Maude's and Harris's with notable wines from CO. The Miicen program promises interest, inviting customers to explore unique tasting options and guaranteed Borges offerings.
The report cites Nationalist claims of offers to influence Speaker votes, warnings of wheat shortages prompting inter-state supply shifts, and government plans to loan two million pounds at 8 percent to aid farmers. It notes a Brisbane River disaster, a parole release for a city crime suspect, and personnel changes including John Fitzpatrick as Board Chairman. The piece also remarks on welfare subsidies, schooling for Woolloomooloo children, and travel expenses inquiry into the late government.
Fragmented text reports tensions among Vancouver and Sydney elites and Bolshevik rumors. It mentions two American deaths in a Mexican incident and a local court session at Forbes Street. Several ads reference prices, boots, and fashion goods with scattered notices of society events and newspaper promotions.
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