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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
10
The piece surveys several grim scientific and speculative scenarios for humanity’s end. It lists seven prophecies from drought and rising seas to cosmic collision, climate cooling, and a distant future decline, noting possible extinction or drastic reduction in human survival.
Terrible death after a boy, Cecil Enatgate, 11, falls from a bicycle on a high railway bridge near Donald Victoria. He sinks into quicksand as the riverbed dries, his body found almost buried with mud in mouth and nose, bruising on shoulders and head, death likely from suffocation.
At the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show an exhibit of six Angora goats from the Blaxland and Knox stud of Wyalong drew considerable interest. Breeders see value in their work clearing scrub and in the Mohair yield, which provides a revenue source.
A fragmentary commentary notes a politician praised for purity urging electors to value morals over policy. It cites peers who seek Parliament through piety, yet questions their political success and genuine virtue amid public perception. The piece recalls a mining town MP chosen for morality and a wife who accompanies him to the metropolis.
The NSW Government plans to hire truant officers to transport and tutor children, offering £200 a year. Critics call the salary a harsh hit to teachers, noting many experienced primary teachers earn £168 annually, while some officers may be paid £200 for travel and instruction.
John Calvert, a Cornish settler, sought gold wells in New South Wales. Officials rejected mining incentives as farming life dominated the region. Calvert pursued ventures despite hostility, eventually shipping 26,896 ounces to Liverpool on the Falcon in 1853. The 1890 reward inquiry drew his sharp reply about “soil” and the agricultural community.
A historical account describes Nadir Shah’s sack of Delhi in 1739 as the era’s most tragic atrocity. The Persian conqueror’s troops massacred tens of thousands, slaughtering men, women, and children as residents fled or perished in wells and flames, with reports of over 100,000 dead by afternoon.
A brief note touts a new remedy by Dr Bholdon claiming to cure coughs colds and related ailments. The ad promises rapid relief and a simple method for at home use, citing testimonials and a patent medicine tone.
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