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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 20, 1927
Page
6
The article discusses semidwarf snapdragons with tall flower heads and dense bushes, recommending separate sowings by color and massed color beds. It outlines bed designs with circular layouts, color schemes, and successive sowings, then lists hardy summer flowers such as Calendula Centaurea Gaillardia Verbena Linaria and more, plus crop rotation and soil care tips for maximizing garden health.
Prompt mail service offers one dozen asters antirrhinum calliop s15 cosmas phlox per order. Plants despatched early in week to avoid weekend delays. Free postage to door in Australia. Mention this paper. L A Shepherd & Bon Ltd 4 George Street Sydney.
A jumble of Parkes items covers a street accident near Mouldens bakery involving Mrs W Devenish and a motor, civic notices, clubs, charity events, school handiwork, a court discharge for Ellis Greet, and a Country Women’s Week euchre party in the Masonic Hall. The piece also mentions wreaths for the Cenotaph, school carnival hurdles, and municipal updates.
Local items report on Parkes community events including school staff changes and a new training certificate for manual instruction. A student injury at Parkes Intermediate High School is noted, along with holiday gazette for November 2 and remarks on the new Burdgaales captains appointments.
Proprietors Burgess and Cheeseman announce the start of business at Rankin Street Forbes offering extensive stocks of cut flowers fruit trees seeds fertilizers and bouquets and wreaths made to order with prompt service.
A catalog of book listings and notices includes titles such as Stoffan Married Love and Hippen Wise Parenthood with various dates. Other entries mention Niovken's Not Understood and Mertick's While Paris Laughed, plus Wells' Six Years in Maloy Jungle and How to Make a Speech and Propose a Tonal.
Readable items include children's frocks hand bags gloves fancy socks and three quarter hats for show wear at Miew Bathautes Rankin Street while Gilmour's Bookshop on 141 Castlereagh Street remains listed.
A. A. Mayas presented trophies for the season amid praise for George Tickner the season’s top batter and Billy Rae top bowler. Tickner expressed surprise and hoped younger players would win future honors while Rae was lauded for his steady bowling. The gathering also named future awardees and thanked the press for good coverage.
Lachlan Shire Council discussed objections to J Rus sells no special lease for slaughtering ward purposes in Albert suburb. They refused relinquishing water reserves 42193 42194 and advised Tottenham Leg o Mutton supply tank status and street corner works. The council seeks road deviation information and warns about fencing damages reimbursements. Building approvals granted for W O Harg Albert additions H J Milla Tottenham motor garage petrol shed and H J Mills petrol bowser.
Jema long Shire Clerk reports on General Fund status showing a shortfall to complete the programme. Overdrafts threaten 6000 pounds by year end unless expenditure is trimmed by 3940 pounds 6 shillings. The Forbes Advocate promotes local advertising to sustain circulation.
Trundle district faces ongoing drought with grim effects on crops and livestock. Nineteen fat sheep trucks depart for Melbourne and Sydney markets as local prices improve slightly. Wether hogget and suckers earnings noted. Community items include holidays, injuries, weddings, a new sawmill, and wireless at the hotel.
A wartime style ad claims adding sweetened water to a 3 shilling bottle of HEENIG creates a cough mixture worth about a pound of ready-made products for coughs colds and influenza. It cites over 12 000 letters praising HEENZO soothing throat easing heat and stopping attacks. Also mentions linen goods and sewing threads from Mills Bathgate's Rankin 6t.
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