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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 13, 1929
Page
11
An Australian made car is discussed with strong finance and expert leadership needed. The piece notes high imports in 1926 27 and argues mass production for engines and components, with Holden bodies and Goodyear tyres as examples, urging skilled teams to turn the ideal into reality.
Advertising columns announce closing date for entries to the annual Spring Fair. A Prince and Princess competition runs across Forbes and district with a musical evening organised by Mr Foxall.
The Matric Band renders a program at 2 p.m. in the hospital to brighten patients and the public. A collection will raise funds for hospital needs. Ball at Mulyandry on September 17 supports St John’s Church. Novelty dances plus an old time waltz prize of a guinea.
Alfred Johnson, 32, was fined £2 for indecent language on Lachlan Street at Forbes Court yesterday by Mr T G Flynn. The defendant also paid 10s for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Harold Proctor fined 2s 6d or rising for drunkenness.
A Tuesday night dance at the Marist Brothers School supported four girls in the Popular City competition for the Catholic Fete. Lin Treanora Orchestra played with extras by Joe Hastings. Moots Carlo waltzed to win with Missaida Facey. Harry Smith won a large box of chocolates in a side contest. A dance for Miss Pat Orman’s candidacy was planned at French Park tonight.
Cables from Sydney indicate no shortage in the American wheat harvest this year with about 117,600,000 bushels. In 2084 production reached 902,000,000, but forecasts from the Department of Agriculture suggest 785,700,000 bushels for the thin season. Canada’s crop may fall from last year’s 668,700,000 to 283,300,000. Argentina is seen to underperform. If these estimates hold, Australian farmers could enjoy strong returns on the 1939 crop.
The notice lists acceptances for Randwick principal events tomorrow including the May Day hurdle and Tramway Handicap with entries such as Paquito Romulus Killarney Seadight New Sweet Chelmeford Mollison Phar Lap Violin Solo Tidal Seadight Percussion and Western Lass among others. It notes bred horses like Paquito and Romulus and shows weights and odds style figures in a dense race card format.
Pupils staged a fine display at the cricket ground sports meeting amid blustering weather. Headmaster D W Stove praised the performance while noting poor attendance due to wind. Officials and judges ran a swift 66 events with cups and ribbons presented, Mountford Shield awarded to the top class, and a School Ball later that night.
A North Hill body named the North Hill Association formed at a Town Hall meeting to push park improvements in North Circle Park and to fund a lake. It seeks Council action and £600 for the area, and aims to amalgamate with the North Hill Progress Association.
The R A O B G A B Lodge Forbes No 149 changes its meeting to Tuesday night to host Grand Lodge officers. A banquet is planned in Forbes Town Hall starting at 7 pm with lodge assembly at 7 pm. Mayor of Forbes and delegates from other Friendly Societies attend. tickets from lodge officers. Price 1 shilling including registration.
Glenn Tryon stars in The Gate Crasher a new comedy at the Strand with Patsy Ruth Miller cofeatured An entire theatre was built for the picture and a troupe staged the show Miller plays Cleopatra while Tryon crashes the gate stealing Caesar's costume The Gate Crashers features scenes in a small town night club hotel and fashionable apartment house
Moneysavers Ltd Forbes plans a large extension to the local branch. A brick addition will widen the bulk store end by 6ft and extend the building 11ft longer, stretching from Rabkin Street to Flannery's Lane. A concrete roof with edge bedding will replace the galvanised roof, providing a yard for upstairs premises. An electric sign and lighting will be installed to illuminate the ground floor. Mr Hancock says surprises await patrons and an extension sale will be advertised.
Miss Gladys Smith and Miss Edna Hoige from Forbes joined crowds at Cowra for the annual show this week marking a social highlight in the district.
Marist Brothers pupils settle after Show Walk as they prepare for the Diocesan Examination on October 16 followed by Bureauary and Intermediate tests. Cricket drill replaces physical culture with Mr J Searle's plan from the N8W Cricket Association. A quarter hour daily boosts drill and a senior team beat the Junior combination in a recent match.
Cecil Berry aged 27 was killed and Reginald C Jeffries seriously injured when a motor lorry carrying drovers struck a tree and overturned after lights failed near Forbes. Driver Robert Jeffries escaped with minor injuries after seeking help. Coroner to hold inquiry. men were from Granfell and Grantell.
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Miss Edos McClure visits Forbes guesting with the Flynns, while Alma Willis plans three weeks at Katoomba with the Willises. Local families host holidaymakers from Rankin Street to Bangalow and Sydney, as engagements, weddings, and farewells unfold amid town life.
A large crowd watched Marshon secure the Cowra Cup yesterday ahead of Gadaby and Wana Mor. Flying Handicap results show Milong, Simpson at 2/1 and Marshon at 6/1 in a crowded field, with other challengers including Poppy Boy and Right Off. Trial and James Millar Handicaps also listed top contenders and odds.
Australian singer Misa Florence Austral has been barred from singing at Worcester Cathedral during a forthcoming festival because her name is linked to divorce proceedings years earlier. Her husband John Amadio, a renowned flautist, denounces the ban saying he married after his first divorce and kept quiet about the restriction to protect his new wife.
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