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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 30, 1927
Page
1
Residents and visitors to Forbes are told to take advantage of improvements at the Vandenberg Hotel. The prose touts superior lounges, comfortable surroundings, and prompt service for guests, with Ral Gent, proprietor, reachable by phone.
Forbes hotel offers study of all arrangements for patrons comfort and pleasure. Liquors are true to label with a full range of brands. Expert chef and excellent cuisine highlighted as key features of the Albion Hotel.
The Australia hotel on Lachlan and Templar streets earns a reputation as one of the West’s most comfortable and well managed. It offers top quality accommodation and meals with only the finest liquor stocked.
W. A. Baker to resume management of the Victoria hotel offering updated accommodations. The establishment promises top quality wines beers and spirits, along with orderly stabling and garage facilities. Baker indicates a return to the renowned standards and service associated with Victorian hospitality.
Tep Byrnes has taken over the Metropolitan Hotel, promising to maintain its reputation with reliable liquors and good table service. He seeks continued support from old patrons and notes the hotel’s ties to the Jockey Club and Coraslag Club.
E Byrnes proprietor notes Forbes Advocate offers reasonable advertising rates and excellent service. The piece emphasizes value and quality for advertisers.
Harry C. Moulder stock and property agent invites correspondence. Lists of stock and property on application. Auction sales on advertised terms. Walter J. Kelly & Co auctioneers offer stock and property listings, trust money lending at low rates. District agents for Dalgety & Co in Parkes Forbes and Peak Hill offering liberal advances on wool and stock.
Fire, marine and accident coverage statements show claims exceed £112 million while premiums approach £23 million. Mentions crops fencing livestock and bail for crop protection with local agents referenced.
Insurance notice for Pitt 6st and Dalley 8t in Sydney. Frath & Co district representatives offer Personal Accident Workmen's Compensation and other accident insurance branches. Terms on application.
A rector describes the rising tide of world population and suggests Christ’s church must evangelize locally through indigenous churches. He cites Australia Papua Japan China Africa India and argues for subsidies and local ministry while urging a global day of prayer on November 20 1927.
A joint committee meeting in Corneil Chambers chaired by W Thomson, president of the School of Arts, debated amalgamation with the Returned Soldiers League for a new building on an equal rights basis. They agreed to draft rules via joint subcommittees and seek three fourths approval before finalising proposals.
A newspaper column lists multiple books with prices for sale including Stopes works on marriage and birth control and other titles such as Not Understood, While Paris Laughed, High Place and Six Years in Malay Jungle.
Modern building material Durabestos blends asbestos fibre and Portland cement to form rock like sheets for walls ceilings and linings. It resists fire whites ants borers and vermin and becomes harder with age. Easy to install by nailing to studs then covering joints with battens.
An advertisement extols Heenzo's cough mixture and Hean's Tonic Nerve Nuts as superior tonics for enriching the blood nourishing the nerves and restoring nerve force. It targets those run down or anaemic from overwork and worry and urges starting a health road with the product.
The bakery advertises R. W. Turner & Sons as the source of wholesome bread in Forbes and urges readers to become customers. It emphasizes trust in bakers and the quality of their product as the finest in Forbes.
It has a hundred uses to builders, and the makers are Wunderlich Ltd, Sydney. The note highlights versatility and industrial interest in their products across construction fields.
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