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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
17
A social event by the Peak Hill Brass Band at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening drew over thirty couples who danced past midnight. Music was provided by Mr. J Laing on piano and the band, with Mr. J Tuckwell acting as master of ceremonies.
A Brewarrina correspondent defends Mr. W N Willis, noting the town’s prior support and his generosity. The letter argues neighbors should repay kindness with aid, not criticism, and urges appreciation for Willis’s past good deeds rather than blame during his troubles.
Narromine Mems Naunusive and Dubbn clubs split a 4 draw on Saturday at Kigronine as three goals ended the seven-run game. Trangie School boys beat Narromine Inde 16 to 5 in a football match. Misa Dolly Ziliott won the ladies singles tennis final. Miss Gunning was runner-up. Moers J and W Kearney of Furrondale are seriously ill. The Priore and Settlers Association branch reports progress toward a top membership roll exceeding 100.
A cable from the Myalls and Peak Hill Gulf Mines Limited reports four weeks to 15th duly 2480 tons of ore crushed yielding 404 standard ounces of gold. Profit is £476 for the Peak Hill section and £20 at the Myalls. Shares in the company are quoted at 3 shillings.
Forbes Police Court heard the Municipal Council sue Willis Bernie of Young for plying for hire at the Races and Show without a license. The Polis Magistrate dismissed the case with costs against the Council, ruling the council lacked power to refuse a license for that reason.
The Ashburnham electorate lists additional polling locations Baldorodgory Caluvie Metom and Yooral and notes polling places Bunkinbah thevanagie Station Lachlan Gold Fields Lachlan Mines and Rocky Ponds have been convolled.
A. Fenausoy of S.M. Hemann, visiting Peak Hill, commends the Express for its quality. He notes eight years since his last visit and signs the letter with a courteous tribute to the town and its newspaper.
Foxes have increased across the district prompting shopkeepers including Jacob Matthews to secure their Hooks at night. An association forms to curb the pest with a meeting tomorrow to discuss a voluntary landowner fund to subsidise the Paxthros Protection Board bonus of £108. The aim is to pay at least £2 per fox captured.
A western mail train between Carcoar and Sydney was robbed on Tuesday morning. Registered letters were cut open and stolen while ordinary letters were discarded. Mail bays at Lyndhurst Carcoar Canowindra Woodstock Mandurain Cowra were affected with no trace of the thief. Authorities launch full inquiry into the crime similar to a two years earlier theft.
A blind 83 year old man, Mr. Robert Nicolls, fell from a chair or walking stick in his porch and broke his hip. Dr. MacCarthy set the injury in splints. recovery will take time. Sympathy from the community is offered. A boy named George Whight lies critically ill in Parkes hospital with an ankle abscess following a jumping game.
Two prospectors on Mr. Peter Quirk's farm near Orange uncovered an ore believed worth 2000 pounds per ton. The sample, sent to the Mines Department, sparked a swift influx of Sydney investors and miners as the peg and claim battles began. Names of claimants remain unclear.
The tributing party at Paton’s mine secured about £25 each for six weeks work. A misfortunate accident followed as an old horse fouled the quartz and the worker reportedly wandered into a neighbouring unused shaft after likely celebrating the company’s luck.
Mrs. J. Miles of Brookvale Manly dies aboard the steamship Aliio after a day illness on 8 July while traveling with her daughter to England. She is buried at sea. her son Mr A Miles formerly proprietor of this journal and a family of four sons and one daughter survive. The Express extends deepest sympathy to the family.
Fragments describe a poetic cold motif with repetitive lines about a chilly lingering cold. The text references symbolic places and a playful phrase Great Peppermint while mixing emotion and weather imagery.
Fragmentary entry shows prices and items such as butter and keg contents with unclear currency and names, hindering full interpretation. Remaining legible phrases reference amounts like 8, 9, 204 and 10d, plus items including butter and kegs amid garbled text.
Parkes items report weighs and show results with bullock weights and winners. A ballot names Mr Toohey as winner. Seabord and Co sold 360 rane at their stalls for about £1000. Clarke Bros average £5 bn. many traders listed with small sums and guineas. Parkes Exinguen to publish twice weekly. A rider named Goods escaped a train by leaping from a tricycle. show week receipts totaled £26.
Correspondence from the National Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney dates August 1904 and August 1906. The secretary explains still life subjects may be drawings or paintings not from life and should be painted from the object itself rather than copied from an existing work.
Fragmentary OCR from a Melbourne era page mentions muslca dates, farming inquiries near Orange, a drowning of Edward Smith's son in Baldorabong, and a six month kangaroo season. It cites bankers, leases, and sales in Narromine and Forbes, including property fees and public auctions. A Moravian minister and a Salvation Army tour are noted amid local losses from drought and pest illnesses.
The readable portion references a robbery and financial figures alongside miscellaneous items and names. The passage is garbled, with stray numbers and phrases about goods, sales, and digestive tonics, lacking coherent events or clear subjects.
OCR fragment lists numerous high and low accounts with unclear labels such as High-nlw High-dba and High-cl, plus names like G. Fhelal and Mew. Reads as a partial ledger with mixed figures including 100 80 20 and 30, lacking context or dates.
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