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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
3
A concise fragmented ad note references B O V Cigarettes with a suggestive line about appeal to ladies and testing fashion or preference, indicating a light promotional fragment from a period advertisement.
John Butler faced a Police Court for stealing a bicycle. He claimed he could not ride, then admitted riding it in a lane behind the Royal Hotel. After denial and confusion, he was found guilty, given a month in prison with hard labor, and ordered the bicycle returned to its owner.
Complainant described threats and insults by defendant in a quarrel over land and cattle at a rural paddock. Information dismissed after police evidence. complainant ordered to pay £2 2 professional costs. Defendant Alfred Blume, a municipal employee, claimed tenancy and defended actions amid long running disputes with Gannon and others over land and cattle care.
Forbes branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association forwarded resolutions for the annual conference to be held in Sydney on August 8. Delegates from Ashburnham electorate meet Forbes June 1 to discuss nominations and adopt positions urging reciprocal trade, crop entry revisions, wheat bounty reforms, and reduced railway freight and stamp duties affecting farmers.
A quirky column praises Sherlock Holmes style methods while humorously claiming Woods Great Peppermint Cure defeats coughs. The piece contrasts Holmesian deduction with an unlikely home remedy, noting the playful overstatement of a cure.
A Forbes Farmers and Gattle Association session backed Alderman Thomson's plan to ask the Railway Commission to provide free conveyance for workers, amid disputes over public behavior and police responses, with multiple speakers and later dismissal of charges in a related case.
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