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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1916
Page
4
Notices list Royal Mail steamers sailing from Sydney with dates and routes through the Suez Canal. Karmala sails September 16 while Osterley leaves September 2. Letters for soldiers in Egypt or elsewhere should be posted at Forbes two days before the gas gauge falls.
In reply to inquiries, the correct address for letters to members of the Australian Imperial Force on active service is No. Fodd Private Thomas Atking a Company 17th Battalion AIF Base Records Victoria Barracks Melbourne.
Pearce and William S. Parkes announce the opening of a branch of their Stock and Property business in Templar Street Forbes in offices formerly occupied by Murphy and Lozell. The office will be under the general supervision of Mr E. and Williams. Correspondence invited for auction sales conducted in any part of the district.
British and French troops report advances from High Wood to Leuze Wood and along a six hundred yard front near Pozieres with captures and heavy enemy losses. Air action includes bombers on an aerodrome and a French assault near Verdun. Reports describe intense artillery against German positions north of the Somme and Russian, Romanian, and Balkan operations nearby.
The Lagden Times correspondent reports Romanian troops occupy Orsowa and push Austrian forces from Ghin to Pileva. The Maron Valley loosens as Austrians retire, and the eastern portion of Transylvania nears full Romanian control amid intensified Bulg ar activity in the sector.
General war cables describe stubborn front battles near Kight in the Ognor region and Romanian theater activity. Reports from Athens and Rome note Negotin and Vidle falls, Kipling’s London visit, and French counterattacks at Alb Crer mans. An Australian heroics tale highlights Private Hoott aiding a wounded comrade under fire as Light Horse and New Zealand troops press the pursuit after German retreat.
The Stormey-General introduces a compulsory weather plan after 1 pm for billiard racing. Sir Ernest Shackleton says the marooned explorers on Elephant Island are all well and unharmed. Despite heavy seas they managed to obtain seal meat.
Jemalong Shire Council held a Saturday meeting with Councillors Brown Sly Rawlins Grieve Low and Noakes present. The president approved authorizing A A Sharp to close and buy a road across his property with a boundary road left on the southern edge Yarrabandal Reserve. The Lands Department would only allow 20 acres for the Yarrabandal watering place. The engineer suggested a site west of the recreation ground but the area was deemed too small. Residents raised road repair needs from Pinnacles to Forbes and creeks near various farms. Funds were unavailable so many requests were deferred.
Forbes horses compete at Cowra with Old Gigandra carrying 9.9 winning Lake Welter at Kembla Grange. Winners at Dubbo include Waterlass Freesla Ada Chester April Rose Riches Ned 5. In Brisbane Tom Ryan defeats Joe Russell. in Melbourne Arlos Fanning defeats Ned Fitzgerald. The Lintle, a sister to Uncle Sam, was destroyed after a gallop at Randwick. Les Carey defeats Jimmy Clabby at Sydney stadium as eight thousand spectators watch Darcy win. Archburg doubles at Coontable races with Amberwoal Bonnie Ver Cellulois Black Nut Calgowan Far Weal Queen Rice Hymeneas also winning. Bobby Jones, 14, shines in American golf, defeating Hyers and Frank Dyer. Polycrates wins Tramway Handicap, rivaling Woorak for Epson. Tattersall’s Club meeting yields multiple placings including Haldpate Chelomo Balan in Novice Handicap and Basanall Woorak Thana in Chelmsford Stakes.
The council discussed clearing driftwood from the Tomambi bridge and placing warning gates near Guntilg Gap. Proposals included removing flood debris, setting up markers on both sides of the road, and improving the causeway between King's Place and Hodens. The shire engineer reported maintenance on Pinnacle and Parkes roads and general road repair work after flood damage.
Minister for Education Mr Griffith declares Mudgee High School the twenty second in New South Wales. The Bursary Act and University Amendment Act create equality for country students with city lads, offering 200 free annual exhibitions to Sydney University. Plans include farming-related work at country high schools and a prickly pear control research program with £2000 in funding. The aim is to keep NSW ahead in infant health care and postwar trade, with a new Moree laboratory for large scale trials and ongoing scientific advancement.
The piece cites G Beeby accusing the government of failing to grasp the postwar crisis and critiques the postwar policy stance of business as usual. It argues the Labor leasehold approach pushes lessees toward lenders demanding unfair interest, and suggests the title is not respected in loans.
Prices listed for expt cattle and bullocks at Homebush include H B Coward entries with bul locks to £26/7/0 and averages around £24/15, Gulgo Estate Condobolin with multiple lots, J E B Rawsthorne Gunningbland and Payton Bros Canowindra with steers and heifers quoted, D BuMer Condobolin 40 bullocks at £22/19 and average £20/4/9, plus various consignors from Goonumbla Parkes and Cookamidgera with figures for cows calves and hoggets and notes on averages and bids.
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