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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
5
The Advocate column sketches a string of small-town happenings in the Central West. It notes court cases in Dunedoo involving a stock and station agent and horse hides theft, river drownings, a motor accident near Trangie killing a child, and local social items including a mare foal and community concerns amid dry conditions.
At Mudgee Police Court Malcolm Coote Wilhelm Paelton, a skin buyer, was fined £94 or £2 per skin for possessing 47 oppodsum skins. He may pay £15 monthly. if not, £47 remains due. The court noted heavier penalties if the offender had saved an innocent man.
Printed and published for Western Newspapers Limited at the company office on Lachlan Street Forbes.
An Australian testimonial ad praises Doan's Backache Kidney Pills for curing severe back pain and kidney discomfort. It asserts lasting relief, credits a Mrs AU and Mia TAU Okt ME South Forbes, and urges readers to buy only Doan's from Foster McClellan Co. at 15 Hamilton Street, Sydney.
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