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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1906
Page
15
A Peak Hill widower advertised for a wife in Sydney papers and drew under 100 replies. Applicants described as lovable cultured fond of a home eager for a loyal husband. The widower should avoid city female fortune seekers and court a country lady.
A Molong cow died after eating a strange mix that clogged the stomach. The stomach contained hairpins nails glass pieces and wire, some of which pierced the lining and caused inflammation. The cow was a high‑milker in good health until shortly before death.
Citizens face illness from adulterated meat as doctors seek causes. Strict enforcement of Public Health Act provisions would improve community health. Sydney butchers were fined for inferior preservation practices, with boracic acid misuse found in some meat.
A wireless report declares the Treasury overflows with sovereigns as revenue exceeds expenditure by 1 ¼ million. Citizens hail funds for a leaking weir repair and blue metal for district roads including Mingelo crossing, fearing possible waste on the North Coast railway.
Peak Hill Mingelo McPhail and Tomingley now lie on the border of the new oblea Bland electorate. Judge Murray invites objections or recommendations for final draft boundaries with Easter Monday as the deadline.
Mr G Mather of Cunoshee Normanton offers Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand for emergencies. It purports cures for chronic dysentery and teething diarrhoea in infants, with local dealers Gibwn Brody Peak Hill and J W Lown Tomingley.
Last Saturday in Baltimore a horse belonging to Mr. A. N. Denny bolted in George Shark’s yard and tried to clear the front gate while harnessed to a spring cart. The horse cleared the gate but left the cart behind and damaged the gate. The animal was finally released after lashing.
The Natal press is said to be under Nicholas Willis who allegedly owns and runs Australia. Five points circulate about him including a Lands Commission appearance, departure clearance by the Commission Judge, alleged political persecution, a personal loan of 600 Australian Tram units during the Boer War, and readiness to fund 1000 more troops if unrest continues.
Ma Enex Granax forwards council clerk a letter dated 29 March 1906 detailing several items for attention. He requests £60 for McKeown Lane road to West Bogan, urges urgent weir repairs and deployment of an engineer, mentions a room Poak Bill to Parkes via Newbigging’s Elliott’s and Weston's, and notes crossing at Mingolo Creek. He expresses relief that the district received rain and hopes to resolve wire netting difficulties and improve Ponk Hill.
A letter from THOS CALVERT of Rosewood argues jam and strychnine are the most effective cheap rabbit poisons after testing arsenic, phosphorus, and rotted baits. He cites: 70 rabbits killed at Tabratong, 1000 skins sent to Sydney, and a profit of about £6 10s from nine days of poisoning for scarce rabbits, plus notes on blood poisoning and summer use of arsenic in water.
Fragmented text notes names and places with unclear meaning. Readable elements mention Chamberlain and several surnames and locales, but the overall event or action is not discernible.
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