Peak Hill Express contains mixed local notices
The page lists a variety of items including a furniture ad for tomorrow afternoon, railway and government notes, local band plans, a theft by a Federal Home Department clerk, a missing elderly man near Mandurrnn, crop and livestock issues, a bridge repair bid in Burrill Creek, Kadina rail matters, a pigmented insect attack, and multiple brief incidents across Parkes, Brewarrina, Condobolin, and Lithgow with names such as Patrick Gillespie and J. Ray referenced.
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Doe
Peak Hill
Federal Home Department
Richard Ward
Mandurrnn
Foxtail
Burlay Graae
M. Mothrr
Burrill Creek
Aledown
Kadina
Patrick Gillespie
Narromine
Wan
Bitton
Lan
Eye
Sydno Jamonno
Railway Department
Coukatoo
Aotation
Brewarrina
Condobolin
Queensland
Lands Department
J. Ray
Blaynay Public Behop
W. A. Lampe
Barrabadeon
Niue
Jupp’ Gardiner
Orange
Legislative Assembly
Peale Till
Rylstone
F. Webster
Royal Agricultural Society
Sydney
Gilgandra
Father Barry
Parkes
Bush
Saya
New Ore Body Found At Proprietary Mine Near Carrington
Mining report notes a surface discovery at the Proprietary Mine near Carrington. The new ore body is 12 feet wide and opening, with assays averaging high data. Operations begun at the 100 level to mass out the body, and a 40 ton treatment yielded about 80 percent extraction in seven days.
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Carrington
Bobby Burns Mine to Form Private Limited Company
The syndicate plans to convert the Bobby Burns mine into a private limited company with 10 000 shares at 10s. Public share sale is not intended. A fourth interest in Bobby Byrne was bought for £500. A richer ore development on the dyke at the 210ft level promises work in free ore for years.
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Bobby Burns
Bobby Byrne
Mining update from Cockle Crook and surrounding areas
Coradoery reports Quinn and party sending 6 tons to Cockle Crook while Taylor and Wilson crush 12 tons and advance toward 76 ft to sink and drive. A new vein shows 2 to 8 ozs per ton. Schofield has reached 20 ft and aims to strike reef at 60 ft. Brodie reports a reef about ft wide with up to ozs results. A large prospecting area has been pegged after ore dispatches from the prospector's claim.
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Quinn
Party
Cockle Crook
Taylor
Wilson
Schofield
Brodie
Mining drive near Great Eastern mine reported
General Harris and party press public battery with no new developments at the Great Eastern. Frazer and party expected to begin crushing next week. Smith and party near the Great Eastern drive at the 250 ft level seeking a rich stone shoot in the old Crown mine.
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Harris
Great Eastern
Frazer
Smith
Party
Crown Mine
Peak Hill Railway Survey Progress Report
Chief Railway Engineer Mr Hutchinson and Mr Edwards survey the Navromine to Parkes route via Tomingley Peak Hill and Aledown. Railway League delegates press for a complete survey and cost estimate while a new Peak Hill station site is chosen due to a tank excavation. Hutchinson says a survey report with cost estimates will be ready in about a month.
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Peak Hill
Atreete
Ontone Hutchinson
Edwar W. B. Wynne
Aledown
Parkes
Hutchinson
Conscience Money Sent to Railway Commissioners
The Railway Commissioners received ten shillings and tenpence with a letter from a Western District sender confessing a fraud involving two people. They express remorse, request forgiveness, and offer to pay fair value to settle the matter.
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Railway Commissioners
Western District
Sydney
Railway survey row fuels Narromine Tomingley dispute
A local Farmers and Settlers Association protest over the proposed Narromine to Tomingley railway route accuses the survey of trampling farms and paddocks driving compensation costs. Officials say direct land value may cover effects with no routine compensation. unity among district supporters urged.
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Narromins
Pouk Hill
Tomingley
Farmore' ‘and Settlers’ Association
Nurromine
Temingley
Narromine
Tominglay
Eden George
Br. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Woodleigh Lease By Mr Gronor Barton To Mr Sullivan
Mr Gronor Barton leases the Woodleigh selection for three years with a purchase option to Mr Sullivan of Euchareenh. Sullivan takes possession on the 12th. Barton moves to Mingelo to expand dairying. Cream collected by selectors is sent to Parkes Creamery thrice weekly. About 85 points of rain fell from the recent storm. A reward is offered for a gold ring lost on the Peak Hill to Mingelo road.
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Peak Hill
Mingelo
Entry on Land Ballots and Agrarian Waiting Period
The report notes Frances Burke testifying before the Walgatt Land Board about a thirteen year span extending to ballots and attempts to farm land. The piece illustrates the long delays faced by those seeking to work the country and earn a living on the land.
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Walgatt Land Board
Francis Burke
Avery Ons Wan i
Weather brings calmer days after anxious fires near Alectown
Alectown reports relief from extreme heat and bush fires with calmer weather. Grass fires damaged about 120 acres of crops insured lightly. locals hope clearing and fencing of land at Aledowo Recreation Reserve could support cricketing and a new scoreboard wicket. Nearby cricket club returns with a win against Peak Till, and Bowmans variety show entertained locals with Mahomet juggling and acrobatics. Harvesters work as frosts delay wheat. plentiful hay and anticipated bumper grain yield in the district.
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Westcott
Beavis
Aledowo
Bowman
Aloctown
Mahomet
Disastrous bush fires ravage Dandaloo district crops
In Dandaloo district disastrous bush fires burned grass and crops on holdings including Mullane, MacKay, Brown, Calvert Bros, Burrell, Robinson, Tyrie, Tabratong, Kearney, Martell, Goldsmith, Bayley, and Brown. Bayley and Brown lost hundreds of acres of crop and hay. B Waters saved his stock after strenuous efforts by workers.
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Dandalon
Meassra Mullane
EB. MacKay
TH. Brown
Calvert Bros
J. Burrell’s
W. V. Robinson
Tyrie
Tabratong
J. Kearney
F. J. Martell
J. Goldsmith
Bayley
A. H
B. Waters
Rampage at Bee Mountain Provokes Disorderly Scene
A Sunday spree at Bee Mountain near Upbar saw several men and a couple of women rampaging. They disrupted a focal dispenser of "tanglefoot" to cause blue funk, attempted to take a big house, demanded drinks, and broke glasses. The previous week the P.M. noted their exuberance and "fun" valued at £49 in assorted sums from 6d to £5.
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Bee Mountain
Upbar
Rabbits Targeted as Failing Settlers in Peak Hill Areas
At the Dubbo PLP meeting several settlers near Peak Hill and Tomingley were ordered summoned for not destroying rabbits. The Rabbit Inspector reported widespread rabbit burdens from Dubbo to Tomingley and along the Macquarie line, noting high trouble near Peak Hill and Tomingley and successful poison bait work.
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Dubbo Plp
Peak Hill
Tomingley
Coante
Dubbo
Narromite
Peak Bill
Bugan
Warge Rock
Bullock Creek
Dandaloo
Trangie
Macquarie
Cabosco
Peak Hil
Wary Rock
Middlefield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mining News
Tomingley Messins
G. Crowhurst & Sons
Peak Hill Railway
Conscience Money
the Railway Survey
Alectown News
Dandaloo District
the Rabbit Post
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