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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
11
Local and general notices list a first travel offering from Parkes on Tuesday December 10. The column features a mix of census curiosities, public notices, weather quips, and anecdotes from Australia, including rabbit experiments and local council items.
Messrs. Hannison Joxzs and Devlin report a subdued wheat market with buyers delaying action. Current quotes show new wheat at 4 shillings 9d per bushel and old at 4 shillings 8d 10d, with expectations of further price declines.
The 46th Annual Report of the N.8.W. Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind covers the year ended 30 September. It explains the school educates deaf and blind children for independent life, serves all social classes, charges according to parents’ means, and invites public subscriptions to the secretary W Rigg of City Road Darlington Sydney.
Acting Judge Browning at the Mudgee NBS Quarter Sessions declared private and government property a far greater crime than theft from a private citizen. A guilty party embezzling £150 from an employer got one year, while embezzling £20 from the Postmaster General earned two years.
An Aboriginal dance at Lawrence on the Northern Rivers drew 14 white attendees to a School of Arts function. A known musician performed while a Lawrence resident provided supper. The dance ran from 8 pm to 1 am with lancern and waltz in standard style. most Aboriginal participants were well dressed, especially the women with fine attire and dancing shoes.
Experiments show paper and tallow bullets cause more damage than metal at close range. A pasteboard bullet pierced six tins and clung to the target, while a metal bullet made only a small hole. A metal bullet made a neat inch hole in a one-inch deal plank.
An anecdote recalls W. B. Dalley refusing a brief for less than 200 guineas to defend a cattle thief. A young barrister named Docker offered to take any case for 8 guineas, supposedly to divide the rest among the jury. The thief won his case, but whether the jury benefited remains unknown.
Readers are urged to try Dr Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment for rheumatism lumbago and other pains with a claim of permanent cure after continued use. Large bottles priced at 6d are sold by Thos Peak Hl. The note mentions widespread bot fly trouble in many districts.
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