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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
9
The London County Council paid £64,000 for one seventeenth of an acre on Fulham Palace road part of the King's Head site. The price per acre is about £1,088,000, a claimed world record. The public house will be rebuilt as a condition of the land sale.
A Western grazier reports rabbits swarming through Condobolin district and warns that current control methods fail to curb the pest. He says millions slaughtered for skin markets have little long term effect and that breeding is rising in Peak Hill and other centres.
Public notice explains proper telephone use. Do not raise voice and keep lips close to the transmitter. Mr Hesketh reports the mouthpiece should be near the chin for clear sound while avoiding directing speech into open air.
An ad for Dr. Shelton’s Digestive Tabules claims they digest 1500 grains of meat and wholesome food boosting nerve power tissue and appetite by digestion and assimilation. Sold by Gibeon Bros.
At a Methodist Church trustee meeting a report showed the Parkes Church organ costing 40 to 50 pounds had been paid, funds raised entirely by Mesdames Theo Lane and Q J Howard. Trustees thanked the ladies. A letter from Mrs R B Howard asked for an oak pulpit chair, which was gratefully received. The Quarterly Meeting at the Parsonage included tea hosted by Mrs Moulton. Finances were satisfactory despite a debit balance due to a Circuit Missionary for Peak Hills and costs for a horse and sulky. Circuit Stewards J Jelbart and M J Kelk were thanked for raising about 105 pounds for circuit expenses.
A compact poem contrasts two kinds of people on earth the lifters and the leaners. It challenges readers to classify themselves by conscience and effort rather than wealth or happiness, asking if one eases the load for others or relies on them to bear burdens.
Mr G. Fitzwalter testifies to Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as highly effective for bowel complaints diarrhoea and dysentery and has recommended it to many. For sale by Gibson Bros Peak Hill and J W Lees Tomingley. Rumors suggest a cooperative bakery may open in Forbes.
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