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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
1
Casual Comments laments wartime optimism and argues limited progress despite bravery. Warns that trench warfare and costly casualties offer little path to a quick end. Recommends practical fixes for bad roads and raised tracks over boggy stretches to ease travel in wet conditions.
A humorous travel reminiscence on appetite sparked by motoring and cycling in mountainous country. The narrator recalls daybreak rides, breakfast duties, a bustling eating house, and a chaotic dinner scene where food vanishes amid a crowd, ending with a reflection on busy Ministers and Ministerial pay.
A long roster details Forbes district soldiers killed wounded died in camp at sea or duned in action during World War I. Names include Barton Bird Black Bradford Combe Connor Currie Dunne Elliot Ferguson Gombert Hall Hampson Hurley Hall F D F Magill Matthews M'Millan Shine Watson Vivien C Coleman Elliott Toohey Kendall Betland Browne Burke Chatmen Cornett Cousins Crocker Douglas Hunn Edwards Geddes Grant Gray Hall Hastie Henson Holland Jones Kelly Long Mandy Muir OConnell Sloane Thomas Thompson Turner missing Clancy and others with many enlisted outside the district. note place names often omitted.
A dense old time table lists Sunday to Saturday routes and stop points including Calarie Condobella Sydney Melbourne and Parkes with late fees and multiple stations such as Bogan Gate Vookin Station Eugowra Coputta and Doma Creek in a period-voice schedule.
A wrangled note describes a man nicknamed Grey Hair left in thought after races. He remarks that during the National Anthem his cap may remain on, as he contemplates which wood to use for a west event. The piece praises Malloy's intellect and the demanding concentration of picking winners.
Timetable fragment shows trains between Parkes and Hogan Gate and Fullamore with arrival and departure times. Notes include Tuesday and Thursday operation, and services to Pullamore Primile Ces Reeeeye and Prondla. Mentions days Monday Wednesday Friday and 4.20 p.m. as a listed time.
Walter J Kelly and Co conduct sales in all parts of the State offering stock and property lists on affidavit. Trust money to lend at the lowest current rates for the district. Contact Dalgety Co for wool and stock advances. Let us know your requirements.
Aldiensman Thomas Ibess Jr as chairman and Hobery Kerr as manager seek a sum of 339633 in the current request. The filing lists the two named officials and the amount sought.
Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association offers accident, workmen's compensation, and other branches of insurance through district representatives. Access terms on application.
Nonsensical dialogue snippets and stray phrases about virtues and vices. The text mentions poverty blessings, quarrels in marriage, a grocery clerk, a traveling motorist, a church service misprint, and a painter named Michael Flanagan. It reads like a collage of overheard conversations and clippings with incomplete sentences and odd juxtapositions.
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