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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
6
Five Buress sign a public notice at Grafton Hospital criticizing a tax follow up. The document alleges rumors damaging nurses' character and livelihoods and calls the hospital committee to order an independent inquiry with witnesses to substantiate claims.
The Local Government Act ordinances prohibit displaying spy advertisements on any council controlled bridge culvert guard or fence. It also bans willful damage to trees saplings hedges or underwood on public roads footpaths and any protective rails or fences.
The English cables mention Bosa Genziat Borsa who fought Britain in the 8, African War now earning £1000 per year as a contrast to a worn warrior once famed by Balaclava who starves in the streets and was buried in poverty. An ex-soldier honored with a British Order is noted, while the governor and police roles are described as practical but dire.
Fragment from a newspaper page notes a deadly New York fire caused by collapsing walls. A doctor warns electricity in the atmosphere can affect the system while a patient jokes about being overcharged after paying two guineas for two visits. Additional lines mention girls learning homemaking before courtship, and a promotion for Chamberlain's tablets.
The article argues meteorology remains limited for farmers with forecasts offering little practical value. It notes observatories provide rainfall data but not reliable long term predictions, stressing farmers need advance forecasts weeks ahead. It questions belief in meteorological prophecies and compares them to folk beliefs, while highlighting ocean and country industries rely on warnings.
The milking machine movement advances with about 2000 units in use. Advocates claim cleanliness and proper care cut drudgery and labor costs, reducing milking expenses by around 40 percent without harming milk quality.
A local chemist offers relief by recommending Spectacles Consult 0 to address blurred print caused by continuous reading. The ad highlights a remedy and urges customers to seek a remedy for eye strain.
A wide mix of short items notes suicides, divorces, legal cases, and curiosities. Highlights include Peter Byrne death in Brisbane Gaol, 1.2 million divorces in America over twenty years, fines for Gisborne slaughtermen, beggar earnings in England, planned Melbourne industry Tapsonet Rosteatian, James Hackett's trial for alleged offences against his daughter, and political comments by MLA BE W. O'Sullivan. Also reports on a commuted death sentence, Italian restitution to the Pope, a steamer blaze in the Hudson, a two headed rat in Port Jervis, and various local incidents in New Zealand and Australia.
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