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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
2
An assortment of church schedule details appears with Anglican and Roman Catholic mentions. Times for services, masses on Sundays, and Monday and Tuesday prayers are listed, along with names of attendees or organizers and afternoon services.
In memory of our basinal and eth dial father who at thle life on th Anguat, 1900, eaten and intlus 'tle twelve Blove tha anti has left ye, aw thy last meat deaply fral. Mat 'tis Gait who havh bereft us. He can all our sorrows heal, or silent grave to thes we trust. This previous part of earthly duet. It mainly emvrwl toms fat ’wo, his wife and children ask for room. Inserted by his living Wife and Children.
The obituary notes the death of William Willan on August 6 1906, deeply regretted by his loving and affectionate mother and sister. The brief memorial expresses sorrow from the immediate family.
Fragments report show entries close August 17 at Trundle. Mrs. Edols of Burrawong Station Forbes dies aged 79. First Commissioners train inaugurates tri weekly service Bogan Gate Trundle. Billiards Stevenson over Inman by 265. Various notes on rainfall, rugby selection, fairs, and local events across NSW.
The article reports arrests in Pilliga over alleged assault on a young girl at Bugilbone and notes crop growth projections of 40 bwelwars with grass imminent. It mentions unsigned Queensland Treasury bills passed in Sydney, the Rev J E and Mr Moulton returning from Sydney, and a father’s critical condition. It also covers land breakdown in Queensland, the Canada versus Australia match on Adelaide Oval won by the visitors 6 goals to 3, New Zealand’s pledge to fund a Seddon statue, and election of officers at the Cuda Pastoral and Agricultural Society. It cites gold deed fillings worth £5,600,000 over twelve years, and exports from Australia: butter £5,500,000. wheat £4,500,000. frozen beef and mutton £2,000,000. rabbits £456,000. wool £26,482,000. Finally it notes an accident involving Mr M Gowen and Mr Cann near Canowindra with injuries.
Relatives of the late Mrs D McAuliffe received letters and telegrams from numerous correspondents including Mrs LeBeau Glabe Mr Turner Condobolia Pratt Brothers Tumberumba B P McGrath Parkes Mrs F Yubsley Peale Hill Mrs Jackson Peak Mill H Lowin Sydney Miss McGlynn Tumberumba J Hoennesey Wellington Mrs Gibson Yeoval Walter Gibson W Gibnon Yeoval Mrs B Bryant Parkes Miss W Franks Parkes Mr and Mrs Lamrod Mudgee F J Thom Peak Full Me and Miss McKeown Rose Hill Mr and Mrs Foster Aledown Mrs G W Jackson Randwick Mr and Mrs T Ring Paul Hill Me M Donovan Tumborumba Mr and Mrs Miles Fairfield Mrs D Martin Manly
McPhail Mems sponsor rein asten on Friday and continued Saturday with about 276 points recorded. Total wall height reached four inches while scores at Kyallite Washington Glen Tala and Tomingley ranged 229 290 and 225. A Pastinn Club formation meeting was held at Stafford's Hotel with W J Nicola elected President and twelve members enrolled. A suitable place may be secured for commencement. A Glasson family incident at Cumnock left a boy in custody after a blow with a spade caused a nasty gash. Mining and poultry notes appear with Dawes importing a wyandotte hen for show at Peale Hill and plans for a Recreation Ground upgrade for the 28th event.
Goobang Shire Council and Goonava Shire Council held a late night regular meeting approving revised draft ordinances for voting by post. The next shire election will be conducted by postal ballot. Permissions were granted for rabbit-proof gates on the ronda with proper upkeep. A rabbit-proof fence across the travelling stock route was approved for Wallan Millan. The Shire Engineer recommended £80 for road work at the 21 mile peg on Peak Hill road, deferred pending further government advance.
John Wakefeld of Rawsonville driving for D Kilby faced a bogged team at Whylandia cross ing Sunday night. He struggled to extricate the wagon until 2 30 Monday morning when a rapid river rise swept 13 feet in an hour and the logs floated away. Wakefield swam to secure his saddle horse and then used wire ropes to bring the wagon to the bank, earning praise for his resourcefulness.
The text outlines influenza like a cold, warning of pneumonia risk and advising rest exposure avoidance. It prescribes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Chamberlain's Tablets, with hot foot baths and quinine after fever decline. It mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and other products as treatments from past years.
The gas stokers and firemen in Brisbane have struck for increased wages. The Premier decided civil servant salaries in NSW would be paid fortnightly in the future. An explosion at Mottobsbach in Germany killed eight convicts and injured 11. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against George Toift in the Maud Fletcher case at Quirindi. An Ayriana riot in Rhonbothetrent, Redtfern left one foreigner stabbed.
Local notes report four good rains in Tomingley with show week activity and a planned Belvedere building milestone. A railway protest near Bulgandramine delays Likely route decisions, while Mr Kim Koarinos recovers from a sulky mishap near Peak Hill. Mining talks include cyaniding plant activity at Crowhuret’s battery and promising ore from Reynold’s property with a planned 20 ton treatment at the Bian mines.
On Monday morning the Forbes court welcomed Mr J W Protector as temporary P M. Moloney spoke for the legal profession and pledged cooperation to make official ties pleasant. Mr Fletcher expressed thanks and praised cordial relations with the profession and police during his five years on the Bench.
A 60 year old man married a 20 year old girl and his 38 year old son wed her mother 54 at Barrett ranch near Sonoma. Richard Ellesworth and Keen Ellesworth, neighboring widowers, arranged the matches with Emma Barrett and Jennie Barrett. After the ceremony the families traveled south. Young Ellesworth to oversee Barrett panels while the father joins the younger wife.
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