Forbes Brevities Amid Local Notes and Oddities
A collage of brief items from Forbes and surrounding towns notes recent deaths of old residents, odd local sayings, complaints about the Greenwoods of Peak Hill, and minor incidents. It mentions a £700 Bathurst Racing Club grant, Chinese attitudes, infantile mortality in Sydney, a Mount Verong diamond valued at £210, rabbit consignments at Dubbo, and various sports and political asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Yass
Peak Hill
Peak Hil
Greenwoods
Forbes Tins
Bathurst Racing Club
China
Coghlan
N.8.w
England
Sydney
Mount Verong
Bathurst
G. B. Wilson
Dromona
Victorian
Barragunda
Cape Schanol
Traugie Farmers and Settlers’ Association
Price Comparison of Wheat and Byproducts
The report lists today’s prices for wheat per bushel at 0 3 44 and flour at 0 0 8 8 0 0. Pollard is 0 0 Gy. O 0114, bran 0 0 ét O W104. A year earlier wheat was 1d per bushel, flour 12 per ton, pollard 10d per bushel, and bran 44d per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portun
The Middle Man
In Sydney first class bacon pigs realise about 2d per lb while bacon is quoted from 5d per lb upwards. Authorities set manufacturing and selling costs at 1 4d per lb. The producer bears the cost until pig rearers unite in a cooperative system. A local bacon factory is seen as a viable future for pig growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Proper Scheme of Settlement in Victoria Under Danish System
The secretary of the Closer Settlement Board drafts a Danish style plan for settling unemployed on small Victoria land areas. Premier Bent envisions hundreds of settlers, with £75 for a dwelling and £125 for implements and stock, totalling £200 per settler to be repaid under the act. Experts would advise on livelihoods as about £80,000 is proposed for the program with up to 400 men to be settled before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bent
Every Town Has A Liar And A Loafer
A vivid catalog lists local types from spongers and chatter to a weather prophet and meddlesome elders. It frames residents as a gallery of archetypes, noting unenforced laws and the curious energy of daily town life.
The Oath Duty and Child Witness Understanding
Judge Gibson rejected the custom of testing a child’s understanding of an oath in court. He argued many sworn witnesses may not grasp the oath’s nature. The judge held it enough that the witness understands earthly penalties, not eternal punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Don’t Diet Heavily for Strong Health
A vintage ad copy touts diverse foods to meet body needs and nourish strength and vitality. It promotes a Digestive Table of nutrients by De Sheldon to “digest it and make a new person” and claims benefits like renewed ambition and zest for life, sold by O. C. Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Sheldon
O. C. Stephens
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Yee W. Roach& Co
Dubbo
Dungog Black
Boneh
Australia
India
Ireland
Stansbury
Durnan
Ford
Raymond Terrace
Turner
Ferris
Len
Ant
Gunnedah
Neely
Bonulayton
Yankee
UNION
Baker
H. Schmidt
Euchte Streat
GECIL
George St
Anthony Hordern
Gesuine Wolfe
Brown
Burke
Ling
Qty
Usher
Dewar & Sona
Hennewsy
Pale
Jamaica
Dhar
Rimead
Autranan Vor
N.S. Wales
Imp
Foreign Porta
Thurnett
Afes & Stout
Ape Toma
Aleo
K. McKenna
Royal Hyde Park Hotel
Rand
Hell
Eos
Omer
Ville Fron
Tiatael
Emerald
Dole
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