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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 23, 1921
Page
9
Parkes hosts the Lachlan Cup match Wednesday for rifle shooting with local clubs including Parken, Cugowra, and Werthesday. Competition features a noted score by Murschol and Shivington, while spectators expect practice and range events amid a chilly day.
A rapid confrontational rally led to a clash with lawmen and accusations of headache inducing tactics. Police reported tensions rising as a crowd assembled near the city square.
A school banquet opened in the town hall on a Wednesday afternoon with attendees and visitors present. The program featured piano solos, recitations, and formal toasts praising local leaders, civic duty, and town progress, concluding with songs and a pledge of community service.
Forbes Intermediate School reports the first recent examinations across departments. Names repeatedly appear: Athol Tomkins Laura Wheeldon Myra Seward Gladys Constable Elva Ferguson and Mary Coreaden among others. Subjects include Prepon Wear it, Graph, and Science.
A Forbes Cricket Association meeting in the School of Arts hall discussed inviting Celnie as an individual team member and forming a committee to engage Celnie’s team. A donation of £10 was received from A M Maydon, Metropolitan Motel proprietor, for a new Hayton scoring board to be built with the funds.
Sunday timetable lists Forbes service at 8 in the morning with Matins and Evensong led by Rev. H W Cate at the church. Afternoon prayers follow at 2 20 with Rey Fi and Prichwril noted in the record.
The Methodist church lists a Sunday service at 11 a m and a portion of the program for children at 7 80 p m The Sunday School anniversary is noted with Rev F Walkpton Brown leading the program in the afternoon at the church location.
A chaotic OCR extract lists many names across subjects such as mathematics and English. The fragment mentions students like Dorothy, Sadie Field, Margaret Reymond, Clive Gray, Mona Hallet, Isabel Sherritt, Alan Evans, and Maud Kay among others with scattered subjects and marks. The text resembles a damaged school records page with numerous misreadings and inconsistent formatting.
Mr W C Muckett of Lamberts at Bathurst shows a freak triple yoked duck egg to the Bathurst Advocate. He has long experience with poultry but never saw such an egg. The notice also mentions local church anniversary, weather observations, and various commercial items offered in Bathurst.
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