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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
2
The Forbes Advocate announces a circulation expansion covering the entire Forbes district and nearby centers, expanding reach for advertisers and readers. The move broadens access to local news and community notices across multiple towns.
A long letter argues against Eugowra and Warraderry options asserting a central line to Broken Hill via Kuabalong, contending it would serve broader wheat country and cut transport costs. The author rejects rival plans, urges joint evaluation of four options, and favors a Warraderry to Kuabalong route with parallel links toward Condobolin and Parkes.
The fragment describes wool descriptions and prices with terms like prime wool, merino, and Worsted. It mentions cattle yard listings, sale terms, and yardage figures, with references to locations and sale readiness. Specific names or dates are unclear due to the garbled OCR.
An OCR fragment quotes Kipling on Ulster and rebellion, interlaced with garbled spellings and corrupted lines. It references Patrick and old power, oppression and fear, with stray phrases about a forthcoming day and long-ago struggles. The text mingles poetry and protest in a mangled historical clipping.
Two unnamed defendants were implicated in a breach related to a broken instrument used in a transportation incident. The report notes involvement by Hunter and HM in a sequence tied to a local disturbance.
A historic inquiry by an 1891 Legislative Assembly select committee assigns first discovery of “payable gold” in New South Wales to William Tom and James Lister rather than the better known Hargraves. The report notes Hargraves aided others but Tom and Lister were the initial finders. it discusses rewards, public proclamations, and the ensuing economic boom.
Norwich and London Accident Assurance Association advertises accident insurance with F Rath and Co district representatives offering personal accident workmen's compensation and other branches of accident insurance acceptance. Terms on application.
The report lists Thomas Hughes as chairman and Robert Kerr as manager of the Adyses board. Capital paid up stands at £262,600 with £339,633 in reserve and funds carried forward, while £77,180 is actually in hand.
A loan offer of £55,000 to London to fund Broad Acres in one sum at 4 percent for five years. Funds available from March 2. All business to be conducted with strictest confidence.
Meeting minutes report outrage at inaction by the department over the supplementary water scheme. Councillors pressed to move swiftly, plan a deputation to Sydney, and interview the minister, while noting reduced water supply and rising costs.
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