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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
6
John T. McGrath proprietor announces the Trundle Hotel has been renovated throughout to offer unmatched accommodations in the West. The establishment features comfortable rooms, commercial and public dining spaces, and a full line of beers wines and spirits with careful attention to guests and residents.
BOGAN GATE STOCK PROPERTY SALESMEN Bird Olliver advertise extensive property sales across districts. Details of sale available on application. They offer fat stock trucking, district reps for Atl an Assurance Co Ltd, and cash buying for wheat at Yorrobandal and nearby sidings. Contact offices by telegrams or phone 28 office 27 private.
Bloomfield and Shean advertise as motor engineers offering Ford service with car hire, ac etylene welding, battery charging, and full repair work. They claim the best equipped workshop in the east and sell Ford cars, motor trucks, and Fordson tractors with agencies for Essex Hudson Vauxhall Indian Motor. Day phone 47 night phone 72.
Commercial Union Fire Insurance Co Dalgety and Co Machinery Atlas Insurance Co Ltd are listed among agencies. Sales contact details in the district include office and Cahill phone numbers for inquiries and stock data on application.
B J Butler announces he can supply all needs at affordable prices with no high rents or overhead. He acts as agent for building machinery and the Farmers and Grazier Co op. Co. Trucks ordered for Flemington to serve customers.
Local retailer advertises seasonal merchandise at affordable rates. Shoppers are invited to browse a selection of clothing and home goods with steady discounts and special offers for early buyers.
A Farmers and Settlers Association dance in Sydney to aid the Sailors Memorial Fund drew strong support and pledges from branches statewide. Shearing nears completion as fine weather aids work. Cyparis pine orders and wheat prospects look solid though farmers desire more rain. Local news notes Deputy Postmaster Kitto visiting, staff changes, and cricket and football club developments at Logan Gate.
A fragmented ad describes an egg preserver claimed to keep eggs for poaching boiling or frying. It mentions wholesale grocery terms and several unclear brand names with miswritten phrases. The text is garbled and hard to extract a clear product claim or benefit.
Weather remains fine with nightly frosts and grass growth steady. a half inch of rain would aid growth. Fallowing accelerates, area under fallow likely to exceed prior seasons. Two local land sales noted: V P Russell sold Mountain Home parcel to John Flinn at four pounds per acre. James Russell to F P Hall at eight pounds per acre. Also mentions Ironbarks School event on October 10 and Gleneden Leannir team trip to Warangla on the 13th. Gleneden recently beat Ironbarks and South Pin hole in close games. Death of John Fergus Pearse of Brinkworth noted. leaves widow, one son, four daughters, grandchildren. district extends sympathy.
A historic notice calls travelers to stop at the Royal Hotel, inviting them to call in when passing through. The plainspoken greeting emphasizes hospitality and convenient lodging.
Local shop advertises a wide range of goods from needles to anchors including drapery clothing boots groceries ironmongery crockery saddlery and confectionery. Also mentions H V McKay machinery company and partners Lindley Walker Wheat Co Ltd with London and Lancashire insurance.
H. E. Randall Baker and Paltrycook urges customers to buy wedding cakes and catering locally. They advertise refreshments fruit confectionery vegetables fresh from the garden twice weekly cool drinks smokers' requisites and related supplies from a nearby supplier.
Light showers softened ground for upcoming Wyalong events while interest grows in the Maher Cup as Cootamundra fans travel by train to challenge Wyalong. A final match is slated for September 30 with Cootamundra hoping to reclaim the cup they held for three years.
Conflicting opinions on rain needed for crops and grass, with late crops unlikely without showers soon. Local distress over Bernard Tearle pneumonia and Peter Stanley’s recovery. Shearing remains busy and lucrative. Monwonga defeats Laneyrie Cup tennis 17 sets to 7. Picnic Race Club to elect officers and review accounts. Railway extension meeting to discuss Wamboyne to Bogan Gate project with delegates’ report. ladies asked to assist.
The district awaits rain as ground dries, grain growth falters, and farmers push for relief. Maintenance work, hospital opening, a surgical obituary, and progress on rail line road access are noted along with show preparations and shearing updates. Local residents Jim Barker Sr and Barker Bros plan to leave the district.
Norman King Stock Station and General Agent and wheat buyer for Louis Dreyfus Co offers top prices and liberal cash advances on stored wheat. Agencies listed include International Harvester Co South British Insurance Co Ltd Baltie Separators Bergers Paints Shirleys Manures and Gray Motor Cars.
An old advertisement for J. Poulos highlights chocolates and confectionery tobaccos cigars and all smokers requisites plus fruits season meals at all hours a new block of fancy goods stationery library books and school material with a motto emphasizing cleanliness and civility.
Olsen General Storekeeper announces a new commodious premises with preparations for show time. The shop offers latest designs in hats and dresses for ladies, new and fresh stocks in drapery ironmongery groceries saddlery fruit confectionery cool drinks smokers requisites and first class accommodation.
Inquiries for stock and property are invited with promises of careful attention and fast buyers. Wheat buying offered with cash at high market rates. Agent for TL V. MeKAYs Machinery Atlas Insurance Co Austin's Windmills Rugby and Ollin Motor Co and Farmers' Implement.
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