1942 - [FORBES]
Mr. James Dowd, who has joined the [Forbes] legal firm of Messrs. D. J. Moloney & J. F. Williams, and was welcomed to the local court at yesterday's sitting, is a native of Gulgong. His father, Mr. James Dowd, Senr., has practised for over 30 years in that town and is widely known throughout the Dunedoo and Coolah districts, where he conducts branch offices. After leaving St. Ignatius' College, Mr. Dowd Jnr., entered his fathers office, where he rapidly became known for his energy. In the last nine years, at Gulgong, he has been associated with practically every social and sporting and philantropic body in the town.
For a number of years, he was secretary of the golf and cricket clubs, also secretary of the patriotic race meetings held in Gulgong from time to time. The sporting bodies in the town combined to accord him a farewell prior to his coming to Forbes. Mr. Williams, who has offered his services in an administrative capacity in the R.A.A.F., does not expect his call-up before the middle of August. The welcoming court speeches will appear in our next issue.
