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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
18
Fragmented OCR text describes a scene with Parkes appearing Saturday and mentions a log, a pitul, and a plan for a late night event. The readable lines are garbled and names are uncertain, offering no clear action or outcome.
Readable fragments show Tino Ous securing a local title with notable performance. Details of event, location, and date are unreadable, but the name and victory are clear in the surviving text.
Fragmentary notes show traders Pallant and Liu bidding on a bundle labeled hall with a £364 amount and exggus Obed at 74d while Butter reaches 148 par Tb. The garbled entry hints at a financial or commodity exchange with multiple participants and values.
Parkes Mecca Show reports a winner for Toohey with a weight of 98 14 pounds and Jessie Hanny at 98 pounds. Messrs Seaborn and Co sold 360 rams at their sale, bringing in about 21,000. Local stalls note sales at Leo and Hobden lines with several guineas. A rider escaped injury after a near-trike crash. The B C show week sale netted 26 pounds.
The scrambled column reports discuss still life definitions from Sydney art officials, diamond discovery at Oberon, potato prices in Orange, population increases, federation costs per head, a 1904 1905 revenue total, mining finds near Kugowrn, sheep yardings at Plemington, rainfall totals in Punle district, and a Melbourne death from cancer in Vietnam.
Readable items include mentions of orange region gel and silver finds near Orange, a boy at Wattle Flat finding gold worth £14, a two year old in a dam at Baldorabong, and various local notices. Also references to Bear and platypus sessions, Bath payments, and local hospital mentions amid fragmented names and places.
Public notice diverts to the rules of Penk Hill Commons detailing annual payments due by owners before a set date, penalties for breaches up to 10 pounds, stock depastured on the Common, and requirement to register stock descriptions with the Secretary prior to placing on the Common.
An advertisement for Dr Sheldon’s Digestive Tolulen claims it digests meats and eggs to restore nerve power and appetite by nourishing tissue. It asserts natural restoration and general health benefits and is offered by C F Stephens.
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