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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1918
Page
1
Report states that the Lille region in Northern France, including the Wool Centre and associated firms, has been taken by British troops. The note mentions motives for occupation and plans for reoccupation, with unclear remnants from damaged text implying strategic moves and local effects on commerce.
A vintage note extols tailored suits, urging patience before judging. emphasizes Felang Heslave and Wyllah styles as Jan Maguire offerings. Suits are praised for wood and lasting impression, crafted by expert workmen with the finest materials.
General Carriers forwarding agents and local agents for Dalgety and Co. Wool Wheat and Machinery. Nicholson and Morrow's farm implements. Wolseley sheep shearing machine. Bundle chain cutters. Victoria Insurance Co. name appears in listings of trade suppliers and services.
John Bridge & Co reports on wool appraisals due late Oct to early Nov 1915. Mum bush fat stock sales show 43,000 sheep yarding with mixed quality, market irregular and dull. Castle market notes 2100 canes and strong buying power, but supply exceeds requirements. Rabbit skins and hides show variable prices with some gains in high-grade furs and softer tallow. Overall market movement mixed with keen competition for prime lots and weaker for inferior quality.
A garbled OCR fragment references headaches and hunger, mentioning nourishment and a plea for help. It contains scattered phrases about a tune, pigeons, and a noisy crowd, though the overall meaning is unclear.
Notice states rovers passing through Barer song misused avenue, license required by order of the Manacian authority. Reads as public notice of permitted passage and regulatory compliance.
An advertisement announcing insurance services by F Nath & Co offering personal agent assistance for Workmen's Compensation and other accident insurance branches with terms available on application.
Standard Insurance Company of WZ Limited offers a hallstorm accident policy including crops and blacks, live stock coverage, and special for war risks. The document outlines basic policy scope, insured items, and risk classifications for agricultural and wartime scenarios.
After completing the Orsi half year, Moore Brooke and Co and J Keane announce continued fortnightly stock sales at Forbes Municipal Yards every second Saturday. They thank Sellars and Buyers for support in establishing a communal yard business and note that special sales will be conducted by their auctioneers.
The City Mutual Head Office at 99 Pitt Street Sydney reports temporary premises at 33 Hunter Street. Allerman Thomas Lighes chair of the Board of Advice and Robert Kerr manager lead governance. Balance carried forward for 1906 shows 297,500 with 50,200. funds actual 277,138. total security 899,633.
Fragmentary OCR lists several insurance firms and a string of unfamiliar phrases. The readable portions reference Companions of commercial unions and life insurance entities, with garbled place names and alleged products or features. No coherent event or action is discernible.
Ed Weaver and Co Scottish Union and National Insurance Company at 4 Pitt Street Sydney directs a policy covering dwellings furniture stores stock-in-trade farm produce and livestock. The incident affects workman's compensation and live stock insurance with lowered rates for houses to be built wool sheds and crops. details unreadable due to damaged text.
Printed and published by the proprietor George Washington Brownhill at the office of The Forbes Advocate Lachlan Street Forbes.
In a tense session the Condol Olins Pastries Protection Board debated handling rabbit gate closures and penalties. The Land Board chairman sought guidance from the solicitor amid disputes over the Crown and a drive to inspect Emu Park property held by Henry Rogers. calls for disease-driven action spurred a push to establish regional disease bureaus and lease applications were reviewed while inspector Cox reported rabbits, sheep lice, and dipping measures impacting wool value and pastoral practices.
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