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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 10, 1944
Page
3
Fragmentary notices detail auditions for a children's amateur event, contract inquiries for hay purchases, and local sales, with lost items, memorials, and cartoons. Names like Edward Weaver, J. Sanderson, and William Arthur Patterson appear amid scattered dates, addresses, and contest references.
Edward Weaver and Co report at Forbes on October 6 about 2000 fat sheep and lambs yarded in dull conditions due to drought. Prices quoted ranged with prime suckers and lambs down, grown sheep moderate, crossbreds and store sheep mostly sold to bargain prices as metropolitan and country buyers attended the sale.
The annus picnic at Garena and Grewlin schools drew strong attendance with a long athletic programme. A six hour day holiday boosted visitors from surrounding schools. events featured bikes high jump broad jump and numerous wheelbarrow and hopping races. A luncheon tea and afternoon stalls, followed by a dance, marked a successful, enjoyable community event.
A fragmented appraisal summary of wool consignments from New South Wales districts including Warren Trangie Forbes and Central Division. Notes on wool quality with some good specimens, many showing dry-season effects. Prices listed for various lots with entries from producers and graders across several lines.
The Angus General Meeting of the Porches Branch will be held in the Council Chambers Town Hall on Friday 13th October at 2 PM. Agenda includes Balance Sheet Auditor's Report election of officers committees general business D FP Dempsey honorary secretary.
New books added to the School of Arts shelves include Kathrine Hans Habe The Lady Maurice Walsh Midnight Lewls Bromfield Morning Robert Casemore The Man from Mustang Max Brand and other titles such as The Beam Don Treble in the Air Mark Gross and The Lonely Heart Richart Llewellyn.
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