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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 13, 1925
Page
2
A garbled mix of notices offers rewards and applications for property and services. Items include a Sunday church schedule, a trespassing warning for local properties, a missing person appeal from a mother and family, an advertisement for a horse reward and portable item, and a clothing overcoat offer. Names appear but legibility is poor. actions include inquiries, applications, and prosecutions without further context.
The Owls Company of Forbes staged a charity concert at Condobolin Hospital on a Sunday evening to aid water works. The piece also notes bowling and cricket club movements, a mayoral court case in Warwick, and a seasonal outlook covering wheat yields and farming statistics in New South Wales with figures on area sown and grower returns.
The Forbes and District Chamber of Commerce will meet in Council Chambers tomorrow night to discuss several important matters and encourage good attendance. A flood relief note mentions a 4260 grant from the Government to the Forbes Municipality for a road repair fund. A Strand Theatre event screens Helen's Babies with Baby Percy drawing a large crowd. A sports program promises pony and horse events with prize money and a Do Ya Orchestra night.
A garbled listing of local merchants and goods. Mentions pricing and attire, street names, and various store slogans. References to clothing, tailoring, dyes, and fashion items appear with scattered phrases and incomplete sentences.
Fragmented telegraphic report notes Kilehorn at Nundah near Singleton partially destroyed a railway bridge. Included are mishmash snippets about declarations, strikes, weather, and political reception in Sydney with scattered names and events, reflecting unsettled postwar reporting and erroneous OCR fragments.
In late sport notes a Melbourne racing scene highlights heavy support for Royal Charter and Speukel in the Caulfield Cup. Heroic te remains a clear favorite amid a field of upsets and rising trainers as Windhag and Manfred show strength for the Melbourne Cup.
A garbled entry lists horse names and handicap times including Rosebery, Flying Mandigat, Second Dwinlow, Myamley, Third Pigloton, Eighteen Pence, Queen's Gr, and My Answer. Mentions divisions, novice, and couplet times but text is fragmented with unclear context and missing punctuation.
Labor candidates face a busy program as Senator Japp Gardiner arrives in Forbes to speak at a public meeting near the monument. The report lists other local figures including Nar Feu Reymond hospitalized after appendicitis and Jim Carleton of St Joseph’s College praised for sprint wins at the G.P.S. meet.
The Webster ballot for selecting a candidate to support a Mrs Neville Nowa MP minister for defence at the Federal election yielded Webster 5, 2 a. BR O'Donnell and others. unclear results and names due to damaged text.
Jumbled lines show multiple division results and names. Hirst Division lists Pinch Erich and Camden Belly, Bed Division shows Tharline and Robbery Handicap, Print Division mentions Rarl Lippwn and Mine Bra, Second Division references Erurz and Far Libpmu.
A Northwest wind swept across the fields, bringing dust and sparking damage to crops. The storm peaked around midnight Sunday, with clouds of dust disturbing farmers and threatening wheat yields for the month. Damage is described as severe, with parching winds and potential long term effects on harvests.
In Forbes Police Court Judge Shepherd presided as Robert Butchard aged was charged with being drunk and disorderly. He pleaded not guilty after witnesses described him in Lachlan Street under the influence, waving arms and shouting at bystanders. He was arrested and later remanded for four days while further testimony and other cases were heard, including Jonos Wan charged with drink offences and Kennath Conway awaiting a hearing on the Liquor Act matter delayed due to language of the principal witness.
A regional cricket meeting at the Behood of Arta on Saturday produced a vote to form a district clubs association. Delegates from Hugowra Vyehun South Forbes Cole Graw- Jin Red Cremk and Forbes backed the move. A further meeting will be held on Saturday 24th to finalize the association and select a venue. Several clubs may be relegated to lower competitions amid enthusiasm and plans for a regional program.
A man found unconscious on the Avenue in Forbes died en route to the hospital. Coroner’s inquiry traced the death to acute alcoholism after the deceased, Henry Pritchard, 60, was identified as a returned soldier who had traveled town to town.
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