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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
4
Pearce and Parkes announce the opening of a branch of their stock and property business in Templar Street Forbes. The offices formerly occupied by Murphy and Lozell will be under the personal supervision of Mr E Williams. Correspondence invited. auction sales monitored district wide.
In Tilloring We note tailoring shapes impression through clothing quality. Maguire's Suits promise a good lasting impression with latent style, refined workmanship, and durable materials crafted in every detail.
A highly garbled OCR fragment mentions officers, cartels, and a forest area with scarce LozmaND presence. It references early choirs, a golden party, and an Awe-tut context, plus terms like Gorm, Liye, and Feintanve. The readable gist centers on scattered names and imagined factions amid a misted landscape.
An OCR plagued notice from a pharmacy or supplier mentions tonics and prices but is garbled. It references a manufacturer, an address on Cantloraagh street, and a vague claim of availability. The blurred text hints at medicinal tonics and eye remedies without clear details.
Townsville magistrate heard Robert Jum Mataanon charged with stealing a dog owned by Stanley Townsend. Prosecution witnesses Dr. Moloney and Sergeant McCurlay described the dog being taken and later located with alleged ties to Townsend. Evidence included descriptions of the animal, its leash, and testimonies from relevant neighbors and owners.
Extract recounts a bankruptcy examination with testimonies about losses on horses and hotel investments. Witnesses discuss debts, laborer payments, and a plan involving a hotel project tied to a railway route. Several named figures refer to a May or June timeframe and a property tied to a palatial tank project.
Miss Lay Field receives soldiers letters written from Forbes Camp Slugshund dated August 31 and August 31st 1917. The messages express longing for home, request missing papers, and share photos while awaiting news from loved ones. Private Fred Field and Corporal Rod Hackett sign off from active service abroad, describing wartime hardships and hopes for early recovery.
A fragmentary wartime note lists hospitals and places such as London General Hospital Wandsworth London England Woolwich Park Hospital Ryhnen Barrey Buelland Warefeld Park Hospital Haveheld Wacol Hacks England and Helioran near Cairo Egypt Tsef Hospital Valett as locations tied to wounded soldiers and news of the front. The readable text references the Forbes Advocate and a wounded count, with scattered place names across Britain and Egypt.
Local transport listing advertises Shanahan and Peasley providing full time well kept cars with drivers for any journey. Core availability by day and night, agents Boule for Nobby Throat Tyree and Tubes, located at Little Court opposite Alblom Hotel and next to S C Bank. Phone numbers 4, 240, and 240.
A terse note indicates a business entrusted for prompt careful handling. It mentions buying or selling a tract of property and paying up to 10 390 by a live agent, and emphasizes noting the address.
A brief catalog of agricultural tools and equipment including DALGETY & CO. Wook Whitd Myehivery SIMTOLSON MORROW Farm Amplerventy and VICTORIA INSURANCE Co. Ltd featuring sheep shearing machines bundles Cyl Cutters and related farm gear.
A local insurance offer outlines coverage for dwellings furniture stores stock in trade farm buildings crops and live stock with a 10 million fund. Policies extend to accident workmen's compensation and all classes of insured property at low rates through local agents.
Walter J. Kelly and Co advertise Aveion Sales and property loans with low current rates. Trust attorney load at lowest rates and discreet agents Parkes Forbes and Peak Wit present for Dalgety and Co. Liberal advances offered on wool and stock.
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