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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
14
Our best efforts are extended on your behalf and quality counts most. You can do more hay making in one day’s purchase at our store than with two reapers and binders in a week. Our greatest asset is satisfied customers.
Mr Crick claimed judges are overworked and take twelve months leave on full pay while abroad. Rabbits in the district breed rapidly threatening to outnumber. Winter saw little systematic destruction as poison cars become the only effective tool amid shooting and trapping disputes.
The Narromine district reports extensive sowing of Faruse crossbrad white and other wheats. Last season Henne of Dappo sowed Bob's on fallowed ground for 13 bushels per acre, while Purple Striw produced 4 to 10 bushels with lighter weights. Tleanes plants 250 acres with Bob's this year as seed access allowed. If trials confirm, Bob will become a main winter wheat alongside Federation, Plover and Cumberland. All crops look excellent.
The Parkes Show lists winners in trotting races including Reform Handicap and Show Handicap with times and placements. Dairy cattle prizes honor Jersey and Alderney stock, Merino sheep champions, and agricultural entries like bag milling wheat and oat chaff.
The Lands Bill proposes appointing a three member external commission to run the Lands Department for two to three years under Ministerial oversight. The aim is to simplify procedures and speed finality, possibly strengthening the Land Board to reduce cross references with the Appeal Court. The bill will be introduced in Parliament in coming weeks. For Children’s hacking cough at night Woods Great Peppermint Cure 1s 6d.
A recipe describes using soluble strychnine with water and wheat to destroy sparrows. The mixture is to stand 24 to 48 hours then spread thin to dry, with careful stirring during drying to prevent access by stock.
The piece denounces funds for MPs paid during recess and criticizes ongoing government cuts to roads and bridges. It contrasts supposed reform with hardship faced by farmers and settlers, questioning why MPs should be compensated for inaction while essential public works lack funding.
A Sydney drapery store owner who rarely visits his shop visits incognito as a deaf customer. He tests assistants by asking to see half the shop and leaving without buying. Civil, obliging staff are rewarded with promotions, while rude behavior shortens a worker’s tenure.
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