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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
3
A satirical poem criticizes criminal law as biased and ineffective. It argues the system punishes small thieves while letting large, rich offenders escape. It depicts swindlers walking free as the law grows senile and asleep.
The Lexver reports Smyth-Piggott and his sect at Spaxton near Bridgewater hold a baptism for a baby named Glory. Registrar and two men present note a nurse mother Ruth Green. A choral service accompanies the event as Ruth Green is said to be his divinely appointed bride and the scene draws 40 worshippers.
A collection of notes mentions a turban fabric estimate, a leprosy X stay trial in Manila with six cures, Narromine council planting trees, libel action in New Zealand, a statement about Mr Carruthera with detectives, and a Bererin sports scribe citing W N Willis averages. Gambling in Australia, Sydney gossip on public behavior, M Slattery in Maoriland, and Irish Moss as a fever remedy are included.
A letter to the editor urges Australians to end political apathy and vote. Speaker cites G H Reid and calls for unite and organise, stressing duty to ensure both individual and collective ballots and to counter misaligned Labor League influence harming development and national credit.
A miner in Nymagee writes that 250 workers in the mine and a population near 2000 need more butchers. He notes the current butcher earns about £2000 per minimum and urges capitalists to open a shop, promising support from over 140 miners.
A noted attorney joins the Govatount in a bid tied to Ashiell. Observers warn of folly if lawyers influence national governance, urging voters to reconsider their stance on legal leadership.
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