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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
12
A correspondent recalls legends of Captain Payne at Dunn's Plains in the 1830s with an iron pot of sovereigns in his house. Two armed men later shot him during a confrontation over the gold, robbers untraced. locals recall Old Jumper and the Bathurat boys, leaving the gold’s fate uncertain.
The Narromine News notes high quality art sections at the Peak Hill Show with exhibits from regions including Singleton. Butter and confectionery drew praise and a Sydney visitor admired large confections, joking he would marry the maker if he sought a wife.
Newspapers report June 28 executions of four Egyptians for the murder of Captain Bull and six others for complicity at Denshawi. Natives were transported from Shibin el Kum, guarded by infantry, to a site near the road where gallows and a whipping post were erected.
A Mount Barker resident testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saved their child from croup after timely use. The pastor notes federal rules require lifesaving gear on vessels. Available through Gibson Bros at Peak Hill and J. W. Lees at Tomingley.
The snippet surveys Crown jewels value, rabbit destruction policy, water conservation, wheat standards, harvest estimates, and Liquor Act reception. It notes Australian military and rifle-club totals, writs, forged notes, postal reforms, railway costs and staffing, and civil notices. It mentions a horse of civic economy with railway rate cuts and prefectures.
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