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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
10
The contributed piece argues Australia especially New South Wales should focus on processing wool and hides locally rather than exporting raw materials. It notes the economic waste from transit costs and middlemen and asserts finished goods could be produced domestically to create jobs and wealth.
A well known politician lounge reading his remarks in a Pullman car recounts a sweeping career arc from bullock flagellator to newspaper propagator. The speaker wittily lists numerous roles and exaggerations while a reader adds details about whisky milator and champion provaricator.
On the last day of 1905 Besrion in Wales Parliament members stayed late in a futile effort to cut higher salaries. The public service board’s role seems to have solidified high pay, with many acquaintances earning £200-£300 yearly while market wages suggest lower. The piece questions whether Parliament can identify weak spots and holds the ministry responsible.
Mr C Rovaz manager of Cathero station on the Darling near Broken Hill reports millions of rabbits dying from hunger. He kept seven poison carts since January but grazing is exhausted. A trapper named Rouse took 50,000 rabbits in three nights, illustrating the scale of the outbreak.
In November 94 Ryl atone police arrested Beuschel in Warrangunysh for selling wine without a license. He was fined £100 at Rylatone Police Court. While under trial his valued horse worth £55 died after tangling in a wire fence in the ice paddock, crows pecking at it. Beuschel now seeks compensation from the Crown for the loss.
Report notes rabbits continue to increase in many areas and damage ripening wheat. Tens of thousands are present on river and creek fronts. Farmers struggle as Crown inaction hinders access to wire netting and poison.
In Brisbane Court a woman describes a brutal marriage to a 45 year old man who wed her at 17. She recalls regular beating with a pair of hobbies, cursing, and harsh treatment of her and the children, with one child dying after the husband refused medical help and the family digging a grave themselves.
An editorial notes the Mines Department may withhold or downplay reports that encourage mining investment while publishing negative findings. It cites J E Carnes Bloomy on Coppabelle silver and Jacquat on 0.84 Mine at Cobar as examples of skewed reporting. The piece accuses the department of resisting mineral development by favoring discouraging disclosures.
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