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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
1
A fragmented column blends wartime speculation with weather and travel sketches. It riffs on Germany and global conflict, cites critics of leadership, and threads in climate observations from Persia, Greece, and the coast, closing with reflections on heat and counter irritation.
Printed and published by the proprietor George Washington Brownhill at the office of The Forbes Advocate Lacklan Street Forbes.
An old advertisement for Scottish Union and National Insurance Co Ltd at 84 Pitt Street Sydney touts live stock and accident policies. It promotes cover for dwellings, stores, stock-in-trade, household effects, workmen's compensation, and various risks at low current rates with a large £10,000,000 fund and coverage including homesteads and crops.
Auction sales conducted in any part of the state and district agents named Parkes Forbes and Peak Hill for Vargety and Co. liberal advances on wool and stock at lowest current rates. Application trust money to lend at lowest current rates advertised in state lists.
Former Alderman Thomas Muiues JW chaired the Board of Advice Kohel C Kesh served as manager in December according to municipal records.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a focus on Workmen's Compensation and various branches of accident insurance. References include Ed Weaver Company and terms tied to expl ation injuries. Details are garbled but indicate a notice or notice-like item about insurance coverage decisions.
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