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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 05, 1916
Page
1
The Foley’s Caucus session led by Rev M T Folee features a condolence motion for a magpie, lingering songs, and a humorous debate on water conservation. Officials discuss charity letters, conscription, and a plan to brew Californian Punch as the meeting winds down after a long night.
Printed and published by the proprietor George Washington Brownhill at the office of The Forbes Advocate Lachlan Street.
A long wartime roll lists Forbes district soldiers killed or wounded in action at Liefront 416 and at sea or camp. It names many men with Forbes, Eugowra, Trundle, Fifield and Bogan Gate affiliations and notes several invalided home. The list indicates status and home district for each service member.
A pint of the finest remedy for coughs colds and throat troubles can be made in minutes by adding 2s worth of Hean's Essence to water and sweetening. Sir Rider Haggard, recently visiting Australia, will take a supply of Hean's Essence and promote it on return to England. Obtainable from leading chemists and stores. Bold by all chemists and stores.
Train schedule fragment shows routes between Forbes Condobolin Parkes and Orange with listed down and up times. Services run on patterns for Tuesday Thursday Saturday and Monday Wednesday Friday with several stops including Molong Manildra Bogan Gate and Tullamore.
Sunday to Saturday schedule details list bus or train times to Parkes Bogan Gate Condobolin Cowra Sydney Melbourne and other destinations with late fees and via routes. The fragmentary timetable notes multiple towns including Calarie Condobolin Parkes and Eugowra with connections through Cowra Grenfell and Bathurst and indicates late fees at 4 p.m. and 0.20 p.m. charges.
All Classes of Machinery Stepalred agents for Jas Martin and Co promote Australian made gear including cultivators ploughs one ways farm wagons cyclone gates auto ford ed air motor windmills and wind driven harvesters May Bros Premier and Climax harvesters Canadian reapers and binders shea rers ploughs and one ways coopers sheep shearing machines and United Insurance Coy features.
Hailstorm and accident cover include live stock, farm buildings, crops, stores, and furniture. Policy issued by Scottish Union and National Insurance Co of Sydney with agents and low rates. Covers personal accident, sickness, workmen's compensation, and all classes of risk with homesteads and growing crops insured.
Trust money to lend at lowest rates offered by Parkes Forbes and Peak Hill agents for Calgary and Co. Ltd. Avation sales conducted anywhere in the state. Stock and property lists available on application. Let us know your requirements.
The document lists the City Mutual Fire Insurance Co Limited head office at 95 Pitt Street Sydney with Chairman Thomas Hughes JP and Manager Robert Kerr. It presents December 31 1906 financials including subscribed capital, capital paid up reserve fund and funds actually in hand. Total security valued at £282,500 with calls of £330,633.
Ed Weaver and Co advertise insurance through Florida representatives Rath and Co. Offers personal accident, workmen's compensation, and other branches of accident insurance. Terms available on application.
John Bridge and Co Ltd report for September notes wool auction sales to be held in Brisbane next week with values indicated for trade. The following week Sydney auctions also, though wool supply is slow. London September wool sales begin on the 12th. Sheep forward adequate, quality good. heavyweight merino and llama stock sold at very high prices. Cattle yarding limited but best quality seen in years, market improving with some gains up to a pound per head.
A long OCR list records shed names, post towns, numbers of shearers, hand or machine, and contract or station, with entries for Yarratandal, Bogan Gate, Waratah, Sunbury, Tullamore, Trundle, and many others. The text also includes a poetic wartime refrain praising Woods peppermint cure and a Dardanelles reference.
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