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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 26, 1939
Page
3
Philips new idea for Radio-Players receivers adds detachable copper inlays to tuning knobs. These copper centers can be engraved with messages or initials, offering personalized touches to the Radio-Players UML line.
Representations by Parkes officials to the Minister for Works and Local Government over a proposed plan to move unemployed to Wellington for a scenic road have been superseded by news that Woodward Park oval at Parkes will be reconstructed. The project, costing about 60 shillings, aims to absorb local unemployment with levelling surfacing and turfing. The debate included other hardware and radio advertisement notes for Philips radios.
The Forbes Police Court heard that Daniel Crotty faced a postponed charge of possessing a box of face powder suspected of theft. After lengthy evidence the information was dismissed. Crotty, said to be drunk, had argued police grounds for suspecting theft. The case referenced Coles and Co goods and a May 1 incident in Rankin Street.
Horace Clarke Nock pleaded guilty for his father to a notice failing to eradicate stif wort on about 2000 acres near Eugowra. The Shire Council sought cutting and experimentation showed little eradication. the court fined £2 with 21 provisional posts, noting the effort was uneconomical on the large tract.
In Longreach on May 1 a Western Queensland shearing championship heated the scene. Mir Marcom Johnson of WINK led a stout field, defeating A J Brownlie to claim the champion title using Mollet-Virtue tools and Trimmer handpieces reflecting past Queensland form. The event shaded by H Taylor who earlier won at Brisbane, proving the tool’s prowess.
Br 3. Grahame Drew, Metropolitan Medical Officer of Health, argues for national service readiness and strong health as war looms. The piece urges pre marriage checks, tuberculosis prevention, proper diet, housing, and early disease diagnosis through the Department of Public Health and related agencies.
Forbes firemen were defeated by nine points in the Dr Downes Trophy Cup shoot at Eugowra on Sunday. Six men per side contested the Cup with ten yard shots, and a friendly match followed with eight per side. Cup details list Forbes shooters and names including De Downes, Smith, Rupkee, McMurtrie, Kupker, and others.
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