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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1929
Page
7
Fragments describe plans and efforts to provide a home and schooling support for girls from deprived backgrounds. The text cites a motherly project tied to a convent and local enterprises, noting rooms on William Street and Brown Street and a girls’ hostel named St John Hootieforte.
Report outlines the appointment of officials and aims at expanding education in a colonial context. It notes plans for a new girls and boys hostel near existing schools, detailing site choices, grounds, and facilities including dormitories dining area and private sewerage system, reflecting period school expansion pressures.
The article describes the establishment and growth of high and intermediate high schools and hostels in Bathurst region to serve the Far West. It notes the church run hostels supervised by vestry and church officials, with plans for expansion, a blessing service by Bishop Wylie, and ongoing community support including funding from Mr Drumond and Education Department.
A massive new Goodyear tyre, built in Akron Ohio, reaches 13 feet tall and 20 inches wide with an 1800 pound wheel and 1500 pound casing. It required 45 men to inflate and was cured in a special vulcanising cueing. The tire is designed for future aircraft and heavy loads.
An old advertisement-like fragment touts Bran Vale Basis Mioto Prive and Phillip Street Withee remedies. It claims cures for backache kidney issues and related ailments, mentioning Down's Backache Kidney Milk and Dean's Vachnehe Kirtsy ills, with sales from Hamilton Street Sydney Aut and others.
A physician promotes internal medicine for piles avoiding cutting and ointments. Dr J B Leonhardt reports 1000 cases with a 34 percent success and a money back guarantee. The ad urges purchase of a “Vaculoid” package claiming wide relief.
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