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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1941
Page
3
Wise folk monitor signs of ill health and turn to Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills to aid digestion. The ad claims they relieve obstructions from overindulgence and lack of exercise, touting their high efficiency and urging everyone to keep a bottle handy and take a dose at first trouble.
Readable portions describe a school sports meet with multiple heats and events. Names such as J Rawson J Crome and K Townsend appear among senior relay and jumping trials. Parkes Forbes and Tichborne names recur across junior and senior rounds, with times, distances, and heats noted in a dense meet record.
Fragmentary OCR text lists names like Pascoe Dowst Hockey Arthur Peale and mentions heats and times but provides no coherent event, outcome, or location. The readable parts resemble a sports meet heat results page with multiple athletes and times scrambled.
A Shute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd catalogue shows forty bales of wool mainly from North West Bloore Central-westers slopes and plains with prices varying by bale. Principal prices and bidders include several names such as K Mullens J Taylor and Mudge Vale, with bids around six shillings per bale and mentions of buyers and lots.
An OCR fragment lists numerous buyers and consignors in a rural stock sale. Mentions include Wesel, Hegubte Boo Bayle Rylstone and Estate Lachlan Kennety Por bes with crossbred and wether entries, plus buyers like George Limbern Forbes and Goolagong Heggety lod. The note references ewes and wethers with various prices and lots in a regional catalogue.
Auctioneer Forbes Market reports a brisk sale of about 3600 sheep and lambs at Forbes on Tuesday. Prices for various classes ranged from prime suckers to prime woolly hoppers with values firmer overall and steady competition from Bycney and local butchers.
A Comforts Fund trophy and related items were disposed of recently by Mr. W Dean of the Yarrins, with Mr H Everson Tillaburg listed as the buyer. The sale supported the Comforts Fund, raising funds through this local event.
The Parkside championships feature section two relays with Canowindra and Forbes squads, a Group 2 relay, and multiple hurdles events. Notable results include Parkes taking first in the Reines Cup Final with Forbes second, and J Rawson and RK Bowdian winning junior hurdles while time-records are listed.
A fragmented political column discusses shows and posters with critical jokes about leaders and policies. The text mentions figures like Percy Spender and Earle Page, contrasts local and national politics, and ends with a mock advertising line about stationery products.
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