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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 27, 1925
Page
1
The Albion Hotel Forbes is presented as Forbes’ leading commercial hotel with superior comfort and service. It boasts well appointed quarters, a wide range of brands, expert chef and cuisine, and attentive arrangements for patrons. Proprietor ARCH. FREEBAIRN. Phone 105.
Mrs KE HOOPER late of the Metropolitan Hotel announces she has taken over the South Forbes Hotel and will run it on the best lines. It will offer all beat brands of spirits true to label and well cooled beer. Good accommodation for travelers. Phone 123.
Messru J B Reymond and Sons Limited inform the public that their office is moved to the Town Produce Store in Sherriff Street Forbes where a full stock of chaff Lucerne hay oats flour bran pollard meal and chick wheat is kept. Orders accepted for VAAMP SAUR WINES and FRUIT, rough and dressed timber hard wood battens suitable for droppers and gates. Forbes 20 July 1926.
Local ad promotes a Singer sewing machine with disposals for cash at Fred Shirvingtons Boot Shop. Full stock of spare parts and accessories available with a large discount and free delivery to any district area.
Residents and visitors to Forbes are urged to enjoy the Vandenberg Hotel improvements. The hotel boasts unmatched lounges, thoughtful conveniences, perfect cuisine, and attractive surroundings. Quick attention to guest needs positions the Vandenberg as Forbes leading hotel. Phone 15.
Centrally situated Hotel Victoria offers excellent accommodations and cuisine with a full selection of wines, beers, and spirits. Features include good stabling and well regarded service under proprietor E. Martin. Phone 63.
Notice warns that after this date all trespassers on Wandary Holding will be prosecuted without regard to persons. It also states that Parsons removing horses or other stock without authority will face the utmost rigor of the law.
A £20 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of persons stealing stock from Wandary Sheep Har Marked W on back 0 our and stock branded Spyglane. Reward issued by Walter H R Stitt.
Ek H Byrnes announces removal of his office from Lachlan Street to Spring Street near the Strand Picture Theatre Hooda. He offers parcel carting to any part of town, furniture removal and storage, daily trains, and contracts for town carrying. Local agent for Dalgety and Co wheat buyers and agent for Sydney Fire Office and British Traders Insurance Co. Phone 226.
Book notes praise H Bower Desert Brow and compare it to Rimo the World while highlighting The Passionate Flight by Martha Ostenso and Tomorrow’s Tangle by Fitzgerald. Also covers O Henry in new Hodder binding, Safely First by Gilbert A. Christian, and More about the Doctor by Isabel Cameron. All available at Grinsted's.
Richard H Bernard did not appear but signaled guilty plea to driving at a dangerous speed on Condobolin Road October 20. Judge G S Shepherd fined 5 pounds plus court costs, with one month in default. Patrick Meti ure failed to renew motor registration and was fined 5 pounds with costs. Edward O Neill paid 2 pounds in default one month for indecent language on Lachlan Street. Joseph Thomas was granted a hawker’s license.
Windsor New South Wales features Rev N Jenkyn rector of Saint Matthews who also sits on the Windsor bench dispensing justice with mercy. He now seeks election to the Windsor Municipal Council amid parish and press duties. Country clergy and pressmen swap roles seeking relief from their trials.
For Information and Literature write to the Manager Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau 34 Martin Place Sydney A coupon issued for a fortnight’s holiday in Tasmania for £22 10 including fares accommodation and night seeing All lines tourist tickets at very cheap rates Round tickets issued via Melbourne Prompt replies to enquiries.
A collage of humorous anecdotes and witticisms. A doctor and patient discuss a weight loss diet and a recipe for memory, couples tease each other about forgetting things, and a string of compact, gentler parting quips from daily life. The piece closes with a camel-marking tale from the Boer War era.
McNeilly Crampton and Martin Ltd announce stock sales at Orange every Thursday. Trucks secured on shortest notion Good Resting Paddocks. Competent staff available for private and auction sales with proceeds remitted by return mail. Telegrams and phone numbers listed. When requiring a car for a journey on roads or tracks, ring promptly.
Agents for Bankers and Traders Insurances Co Ltd offer fire, marine and accident insurance. They handle fire and accident risks and are agents for Sheep Dips, Station Supplies, and related stock and property lists. Correspondence invited. Templar Street, Phone 14.
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