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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
5
James O'Hara sued Noble and Co. for 30 pounds damages after sheep injures while awaiting sale at Glen Innes saleyards. Defendants induced sale, took delivery on plaintiff's property, drove sheep to yard, and cattle in yard caused injuries. Jury awarded 18 pounds and costs.
Cardinal Moran issued a diocesan warning after reports of impostors posing as priests and others in Oriental garb soliciting alms. The Synod at St Marys Cathedral bans such collections and urges faithful to demand an authentic approval letter signed by the Cardinal Archbishop before giving aid. Clergy to read the notice to their flocks on the following three Sundays.
A special meeting of the Trustees of the Common was held Friday evening. W Bellamy was appointed Commons Ranger on the chairmans casting vote. It was decided stock owners must register by Friday next with notices posted publicly. The new governor will report the counts of registered and unregistered stock at the next meeting.
A Wellington Times report describes Mr. E. Stewart using a circular saw when a knot in a log caused the blade to snap. The broken section shot upward through a shed rafter, flew several hundred feet, and landed near Cashman’s hotel without injuring anyone.
A Sydney contributor argues the Arbitration Court sets a shop assistant wage at £2 10s weekly for nine years of service while a public school teacher with nine and a half years’ training and examination success earns £120 yearly. The writer notes the £10 gap versus a shop assistant and cites qualifications and marital status.
A historical remark notes that imposing a bachelors tax would make the state less favored than marriage, deterring both residency and union. It frames the tax as an antimarriage incentive and a noble caution against restraining personal unions.
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