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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 20, 1925
Page
12
JHN McGRATH proprietor announces the Trundle Hotel has been renovated and refurnished throughout making it one of the Wests most complete and comfortable homes from home. The accommodation is excellent with attentive visitors and residents served by commercial dining rooms and an extensive selection of wines and liquors.
Bird and Olliver operatives offer property sales across districts with stock and sheep on application. They attend trucking of stock and act as agents for Atlas Assurance Co Sydney and are cash buyers for wheat at Yarrabondal and nearby sidings. Telegrams Bird Olliver. Office phone 28, private 27.
Bloomfield and Shean advertise as Ford service station and motor engineers with skilled mechanics and a well equipped workshop. They carry Trundle and Tullamore brands, provide oxy acetylene welding, battery recharging, and repair services with storage for batteries and adapters for various Ford vehicles and tractors.
B. J. Butler announces he can supply all needs at lower prices than larger stores. He notes agency for Sunshine Machinery and Farmers and Graziers Co op. Trucks ordered for Flemington. Office contacts listed as 46 Cahill and 48.
Local shoppers can browse seasonal bargains at Reasonable Prices store highlighting clothing, home goods, and seasonal staples. Community shoppers report steady discounts and weekend promotions.
An item lists L. McCauley & Co Agencies and several firms including Clyde Farmers and Graziers Co op, International Warvester Co, Producers and Citizens Life, North British and Mercantile Insurance, and Shirley's Fertilisers. It notes sales on up-to-date lines and provides phone numbers for office and residences.
Local district notes describe light hay cutting and slow carting with about 30 points of rain since Saturday. Farmers anticipate stripping this week. fallow land may yield well while overall crops are lighter. A crop competition entries are to be judged soon. A dance to raise cricket club funds drew visitors from Coobang and Hogan Gate, about £5 expected. Bogan Gate defeated local cricketers 163 to a low local total. Somerville from Trundle led Sunday church service, first time in Gunningbland.
Overcast skies gave way to a heavy storm halting haying and delaying early harvest work. Wheat and grain look good with fair yields expected as rain reduces benefit for ripening crops. Weddin Shire to spend 3000 on main road Nag's Head to Boundary Road. Wheogo District Council discusses local organising with new general organiser Mr O Neil arriving. Co operative sheep dip nearly completed opposite Gleneden. Mrs J Saddington returns from city recuperation. Mr J Walsh ships a new Vulcan motor lorry from Sydney with modern features.
Weather report describes patchy rain with varying intensity across the region. The election concluded quietly with all voting and no notable incidents. A local resident, Mr. Mervyn Field, recovered from a severe stomach chill after overheated water. Dodgerabong cricket team named to play Forbes and district teachers on Saturday led by J H Noakes and others.
After hot weather steady rain began on Saturday around six points. Rain won’t help crops now and will delay sheep dipping. Mr H Hanns newly joined the police force is stationed at Dungog. Polling day passed quietly with over one hundred votes a district record. Sheep and cattle freight continues with good prices. A good Sunday saw strong cricket and a probable match with Bogan Gate next Sunday.
An advertisement for Norman King Stock Station and General Agent at Quandialla announces wheat buying by Loura Dreyfus Co with top prices and liberal cash advances on stored wheat. Agencies include International Harvester Co, South British Insurance Co, Baltic Separators, Berger’s Paints, Biciley’s Manures, and Gray Motor Cars.
A. Olsen, general storekeeper, operates from a bright new store on Bleectric Street offering everything fresh from drapery to groceries. The premises boast first class accommodation with big stocks in ironmongery, drapery, groceries, haberdashery, fruit, confectionery and refreshments.
A promotional blurb from The Forbes Advocate urges readers to entrust their office needs to Olsen General Storekeeper. The copy links business standing to quality stationery and recommends Forbes Advocate services for proper judgment.
Warm spell with a heavy Sunday rain showe r near Lown and around 1 inch in places. Local farming activity blends hay harvest with civic events including a Grand United Order of Oddfellows euchre party and dance with prize winners, plus council and progress association actions and cricket results for Quandialla teams.
Charlton and Sutton prepare for the 1926 Show offering Millinery Hats and Dress Materials for ladies. They advertise summer suits, new materials, and guarantee perfect fit with a range of groceries drapery ironmongery and shoes plus agency listings for International Harvester and London Assurance.
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