St Hwelser's Boarding and Day School for Girls
Visitor The Right Rev. the Bishop of Bathurst. Principal Miss M B Lawrence. Pupils prepared for Sydney University examinations and Associated Board RAM and RCM. St Hwelser's sits on its own grounds of several acres. Large rooms, lofty spaces, verandahs for sleeping out, health and comfort of pupils specially studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathurst
Sydney University and Associated Board
R.A.M. and
R.C.M
ST. Hwelser's
Walter J Kelly & Co Auctioneers Parkes NSW
Walter J Kelly and firm Finnogan Newman and Kelly acquire Mianagan Newman's interest and will trade as Walter J Kelly & Co Auctioneers Stock Station and Financial Agents Parkes NSW. The firm offers prompt service and has arranged for W E Flana to assist with auction sales of land stock and all property. Broad Acres offers cheap money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Kelly
Finnogan, Newman, and Kelly
Mianagan, Newman & Co
Walter J. Kelly & CO
Parkes
N.sw
W, EB
Flana
Limporfert
Superior Accommodation for Visitors from the Country
Terms and all particulars on application to the principals.
Local civilian trainees drill through rain to the hall
In wet weather on Friday trainees gathered for a drill at the hall despite rain. The event showcased the persistence of about a hundred team members as they prepared under instructor Endavott for various exercises including marching and physical drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duckaress
Saul
Ploncetits
Muier Endavott
Forbes Tennis Club hosts charity weekend event
The committee of Karhes Tennis Club is holding a district event featuring men and Indies doubles and all-age events. Entry is 2 shillings 6 pence per event with proceeds for a local hospital. Matches run Saturday and Monday, with finals and prizes arranged by local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tantienpa
Courtice Miso Hombles
Oyhles
Ail Indies’ Hhoubles
Core Eben Tea Ui
Ant
Floy
da Baten
Ott
Tih Porches Club
Meaars FC
Anderson Euzowrab
C. Todd Trnadbed
Afternoon church service change at St Lawrence’s Chul
The Rev Father Micco announces new Sunday timings starting June tth with Misses celebrated at Saol 11 wan instead of 7 00 g 10. The church plans afternoon benediction after devotions and shifts to Sunday 2 o clock services. The rector cites winter conditions and congregation comfort as reasons for adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Lawrence's Chul
Father Micco
Saol
Tahgam
Ile Slites
Flare at Forbes Town Concert Sparks Panic Averted
During a Doletan school concert in Forbes Town a flare caused panic as attendees jumped for exits. Mike Colimenidable and Harrison acted quickly to calm the crowd, extinguish the flare, and allow the program to continue. A later ad for a cough remedy appears in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dbistrial
Forbes Town
Filitay Mbiche
Tim Limes
Gon
Min
Marrison
Moonand
Tanya
Harrison
Debating Society Meeting Debates Capital Punishment Question
The Debating Society met at the Literary Institution last night with a fair attendance. The affirmative led by Mr D Thomas won the debate on abolishing capital punishment for other treatment by a small majority. Mr J Bryant supported the opposition. A social evening will be held next Monday in the Methodist School Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Thomas
Er J. Bryant
Methodist School
Belgian Orphans Drive Empires Day Appeal
About 250000 N Wales school children urged by Mr PL Board MAL Director of Education to raise £10000 for Belgian orphans. Porches District School plans one penny per head from their 19000 share. Conversion of Sith will be repeated Friday the 24st at 5 pm in Forbes town hall.
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N. 8
Wales
PL Board
Mal
Porches
Forbes Town Hall
Notable Telgian Window on Helmian Day Display
The Mesars John Meagher & Co window featured Telgian themes with a bil lp on the tale The Australian giveth freely motif and a memory of brave Belgians. A wax fire tableau and a Belgian flag flank the scene while a £5 note lies in the Bel gian left. The display includes harmonious decorations and pot plants, crafted by W J Beatree manager of Phin drapery department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesars
John Meagher & Co
W. J. Beatree
Phin Drapery Department
For Forbes Stockinbingal Railway Work Progress Update
A transcript fragment reports Norton Griffiths Co and Forles te Stockinbingal line work advancing under contract terms with revatio to Me Geimm. It notes ongoing construction, expected rail progress, and assurances from Mr frimm that the project continues despite weather and seasonal setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wetaila
Norton Griffiths CO
Forles Te Stockinbingal
Wether
Frimm
Jadee
Jottings Rally And Local Notices Amid Stormy Weather
The piece lists several community items including a note on Trooper Durrett from Virenfell who served at the Dardanelles, local meeting motions about committee meetings, tree lopping needs on Lachlan and Rankin streets near Flannery's Hotel, and traffic interference from a Writches footpath issue. It mentions a Third Lecture at Presbyterian hall, possible clergy appointment rumors, a Sunday morning military parade with militia and town band, and Labor League meeting in town hall. It also cites Forbes volunteers for front line service and a recent puppy stakes win at Orange coursing carnival, plus local advertising for Chesterfield coats and whisky brands.
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Durrett
Dardanelles
Virenfell
Munnbergal
Alvermiain
Lachlan
Rankin
Flannery
Calder
Presbyterian Hall
Robertson
Arncliffe, Sydier
Varkow
Villerat
Wie Town Hall
Forbes
Alex
Murray
Louk
Buckland
Orkney
Peertege
Forbes train service visit sparks local demands and criticism
The Chief Railway Commissioner visited Forbes on an inspection tour with a deputy delegation pressing for a Stockinbingal line loop to Forbes waterworks. Town officials argued for improved passenger service while wider cuts show tension between finances and rail reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Etalon
R. E. Rawling
Patterson
Lee
Reymond
Stockinbingal
Harper
New South Wales
Coonamble
Inverell
Shierman Tutterson
Tralin
Tia
Lew
Mer Harper
Aumeliior Rawlins
Me Harper
Tom
Wisness
Walters
Local notables pledge service and mourn deaths in Parkes
Master Mitchell Brown begins public services duties as assistant to Mr A S Wickham. Nurse M Mahon of Forbes recovers from a serious accident and can move about. Mr T D’Arun now married and running a dairy farm at Byron Bay. Mr W Clark of Moyd and York volunteers for the frame. Deaths include de la Clifford of the Empire Motel and Eugene Forster son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Forster of North Will. funeral at Roman Catholic cemetery.
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Mitchell Brown
Wickham
M'Mahon
Fores
T. D' Arun
Union
Forbes
Weiter
Byron Hoy
W. Clark
Moyd
Lork
Parkes
Clark
Bn Australia
de la Clifford
Lamonde
Onl Mra
Clifford
Empire Motet
Parelle Nave
Tiet
Eugene Fureter
Arthur Forster
North Will Desensed
Catone
Ned Morden
Porater Ani
Marvels of Chicago Tour by J H McCormack at Forbes
Mr J H M Cormack of Moora Moora returned to Forbes from a world tour and comments on New York accidents and Chicago industry. He notes New York workers, insurance payouts mid fall, then details Swift and Armour canning plants in Chicago with slaughter processes, elevator stockyards, pig handling, and tin can production lines.
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J. H. M Cormack
Moora Moora
Forbes
North America
New York
Chicago
Armour's
Swifts
Libby
Swift's
Australia
Government ships lamb and beef to Imperial authorities
The State Government has shipped 263000 carcnoses of lamb and 35000 quarters of beef valued at £571000 to Imperial authorities. Emma Lonsdale sentenced to death for murdering her infant child at Melbourne Criminal Court. The schooner Mary Heverley grounded on a Cape Upstart reef and was beached. Captain and crew were Sara. Barclay Hector, former New Zealand University Registrar, jailed two years for theft of University funds. John Grigan watchmaker shop window broken. diamonds and rings worth £800 stolen. four men suspected.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Emma Lonsdale
Mary Uheverley
Cape Upstart
Queensland
Sara
Barclay Hector
New Zealand
John Grigan
Brunswick Street
Fitzroy
Victoria
Grigan
Rainfall Ends Drought With Widespread Gains Across Districts
After weeks of drought relief arrives as rain totals rise across the Riverina and western districts. Forbes reports 1.41 inches with averages between 1 and 2 inches, while Wolllmstan Dubbo Trangle and Larramine also record notable falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raton
Riverina
Fowkes
Wolllmstan
Dubbo
Trangle
Larramine
Forbes
Forbes Has Come In For Ite Slare
Ueh
Local Bowling Handicap Draw Faces Weather Delays
The singles handicap tournament for 21 up begins with a no draw, pending weekly tests by the Howling lab committee. Weather may delay rounds. any heat not played by Wednesday June 2 will be forfeited, and absences will hasten elimination.
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Howling Lab
Womtart
Aymneribar
Censon
H. A. Sharp
Y. d. Saa
Ag. F. Longmuir
Baldoelk
Swift factory meals and sanitation impress visitor
The visitor notes extensive dining rooms at Swift's factory with meals at cost and cafeterial convenience. A staff of manicurists screens workers handling meat and vegetables to prevent dirt spread, signaling spotless cleanliness and up to date methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Ely
New York
Chicago
M'Cormack
Enrolment Surges at Victoria Barracks
Over 350 men enrolled yesterday at Victoria Barracks. The recruits were described as excellent material and ready for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Victoria Barracks
God of Justice Phrase Stirred Goulburn Synod Address
Archdeacon Bartlett warned at the Goulburn Synod that without a God of Justice Belgame will be avenged, framing the issue as a moral imperative and divine consequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Goulburn
Bartlett
Belgame
Distressed Servia Aid Brought By Mr Holtian
Mr Holtian sent £5000 by cable to the Agent-General for relief of distress in Servia. The contribution supports relief efforts amid ongoing hardship and awaits allocation by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Holtian Bag
Servia
Aliens Targeted in Australian and New Zealand Unrest
A Newport Victoria mechanics meeting called for immediate dismissal of men under 55 with German Austrian or Turkish parentage amid a rising anti alien campaign. Newcastle district agitation spreads with militants ousting non nationals while miners urge summary removal of certain aliens. In Wanganui New Zealand riots flare as Geran shops are attacked but police shield occupants. one shop is looted.
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Sydney
Newport Workshops
Victoria
Newcastle
Wanganui
Munition Volunteers Abandoned for England Mission
The Federal Government abandons plans to send munition workers to England after a War Office cable notes transport challenges and testing obligations. More than 700 men applied to go, seeking to join the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
England
War Office
Germans Advance and Bombing Reports Hit Ramgate Harbor
Latest dispatches say 40 or 50 incendiaries struck Ramgate causing extensive damage to houses and boats. Six British soldiers retreating from Mona have reached Holland after nine months of evasive fleeing, a price on their heads. Germans push in Poland and Galicia while Russia makes a stand near Przemysl. Lille fortifications grow stronger and three torpedo boats are built at Antwerp. War crimes reports note killings of British prisoners around December 26. Portuguese revolutionaries capture the ex-Premier and place him aboard a warship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Ramagate
Mona
Holland
Poland
Gallicia
Przemysl
San
Lille
Antwerp
Germans Joy Over Gallera Successes Reported
The article notes elation in Berlin over German successes in Gallera and increased munition and submarine production. It mentions the Cunard Inez Transylvania arriving at Greenock from New York and lists casualties: sixty killed and two hundred forty four wounded on Friday amid Lisbon riots and related casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Greenock
New York
Tertiany
Berlin
Gallera
Lisbon
Parkes J C Races Entries for May Meetings
Parkes J C entries list for the Hospital Handicap on May 26 and the main event. Competing names include Logvalo Royal Colors Lord Rice Pine Phobes Ruenalo EUG Penni Queen Mills Red Tape Red Velvet Lord Daniela Steel Link LL D Belgian Handbag Miss San Lori Rico Flue Park Phobos B O G Pen niless Queen Mills Miss Bim Red Tape Red Velvet Lord Daniels Steel Link LL D. Weights to be declared May 21 with general entry on Monday May 24.
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Logvalo
Lord Rice
Queen Mills
Lord Daniela
Steel Link
Miss San
Lori Rico
B.O.G
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J. He Warby
ST. Helier’s
M. B. Lawrence
Glennie Memorial Church of England School
Toowoomba
R. Spooner-Hart
F.W.M.A. Lond
M.R.C.V.5. Lond
Macleay Street
Potts Point
Cardiff
Tudman Avenue
Mahi
Gulmens
Watson-Browne
A.tin
Burmapcl
Hoffnung
de Merlbe
Pianola Goy
Che Forbes
Forbes Tennie Club
Forbes-Stockinbingat
Forbes Train Service
Persghal
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Litthy
M'nell’s
Hine
Bryant Tv
Gnymard
G. Bissett
Herhon G
Brooke
CW. Muller
G. W. Brownhill
V. R. Wice
WB. Coleman
Rath
W. Sintlile
Kevin
A. Lestie
Grinsted
J. Eliiott
Noleon
OE Royng
Rawlins
Phomeon
Weaver
FL Cochrane Y
Belohery
GOD OF Justice
Advarge
Mons
Germary
Parkes Races
Parkes J.C
Lewes
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