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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
1
The Albion Hotel in Forbes is described as the leading commercial house with superior arrangements for patron comfort. It offers true to label liquors, a wide brand selection, expert chef and excellent cuisine under proprietor Arch Freebairn with new management.
Jack Clarke announces he has taken over the well known hotel from Mr J J Kelly. He invites all old and new patrons to visit and promises true to label drinks and attentive service to maintain the house reputation.
The Australia Hotel, praised for comfort and top quality conduct, offers the best accommodation and quality liquor. J. J. Flannery is listed as proprietor.
Tattersall's Hotel on Lachlan Street under E G Day is described as thoroughly up to date offering complete satisfaction and a direct phone line listed as 165 for inquiries or bookings.
Mrs. E J Hooper announces she has taken over the South Forbes Hotel, former Metropolitan Hotel, and will run it on the best lines. She promises top brands of spirits and beer, comfortable traveler accommodations, and invites guests to drop in.
Messre J B Reymond and Sons Limited inform the public Forbes District their office is now at the Town Produce Store Sherriff Street Forbes stocked with chaff lucerne hay oats flour bran pollard meal and chick wheat. Orders received for wines fruit rough and dressed timber hard wood battens suitable for drappers and gates. Forbes 20 July 1925.
Residents and visitors to Forbes are urged to enjoy the improvements at the Vandenberg Hotel now offering top accommodation in the district. The lounges, cuisine, and guest services are highlighted as unmatched in the West, cementing the hotel as Forbes's leading establishment.
The Victoria Hotel offers excellent accommodations with a popular, well located setting and an array of AM Best brand wines, beers, and spirits. Notable features include good stabling and management under Sew. Contact E. Martin at phone 63.
After this date all persons found trespassing on Wandary Holding will be prosecuted without respect to persons. Persons removing horses or other stock without authority will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law.
A twenty pound reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of persons stealing stock from Wandary Sheep Ear Marked W on back Deor Hureo and Cattle Brand Spyglass Walter H. R. Stitt.
The notice states the office has moved from Lachlan Street to BFRING STREET near the Strand Picture Theatre. It offers carting of goods and parcels to town, furniture removal and storage, daily transport, and town cargo contracts. It lists agency for Sydney Fire Office, British Traders Insurance Co, and local Dalgety and Co Wheat buyers, with phone 226.
Wool markets show 6 percent above October levels with strong French and U S demand. Buyers in France invest in modern factories and equipment restoring confidence. US activity revived in September while Bradford fabrics rise, and Australian growers see favorable prices if pastures hold.
An aged advertisement warns of kidney poisons from neglect and praises Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. A Forbes man, John Burling, reports backache relief after six bottles, with seven years of lasting improvement, and a Stirling corroborates the long-term recovery. Sold at retailers for 2 shillings or by Foster-McClellan Co. at 15 Hamilton Street.
The manager of the Government grain elevators advises farmers on bulk wheat wagon design for delivery to the allotment. Fit tabletop wagons with a stain top box and three nine inch square holes enabling gravity flow to central gratings. add chutes and long scraper. limit load to 14 tons. request construction details from the Department of Agriculture in Sydney.
Senator William Cabell Bruce argues that even after the Prohibition Act, alcohol use and related arrests have risen. He cites tables showing arrests by Federal Prohibition Officers from Jan 7 to June 20, 1920 through 1924 and convictions in Federal Court across 1920 to 1925 with large figures.
McNeilly Crampton and Martin auctioneers announce weekly stock sales at Lord's Place Orange every Thursday. Trucks secured on short notice with good resting paddocks and a staff ready for private or auction sales. Proceeds remitted by return mail or telegrams to Orange with listed phone numbers.
A collage of jokes and banter featuring a range of characters from soldiers and Irish suitors to auction buyers and portly officials. Topics include weddings and bachelor life, language misunderstandings, drunken arrests, and wartime anecdotes with sharp wits and light irony.
A brief report notes Liberal pushes on wool and livestock policy influencing market sentiment. Analysts track prices amid evolving trade positions and domestic supply concerns.
Notices warn advertisers that changes must reach the paper by 4 p.m. Mondays for Tuesday issues and by 10 p.m. Thursdays for Friday issues. The policy remains firm and earlier submissions are encouraged for better display and handling.
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