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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
11
At Friday’s meeting the Debating Society voted to recess until the first Monday in March. Officers were thanked for a successful session and fond wishes voiced for Mr Miles as he departs. A short debate touched on proposed amendments to the Mining Act before closing.
Two old hands recall early Clarence River farming when corn yields per acre were astonishing. They recount settlers opening Bush Grove and harvesting 100 bushels an acre, selling stalks for fencing paste, and old timers mortising holes in posts as part of memories.
Brevities report farmers seek Peak Hill properties in the Peak Hill district. Notes compare sizes of England Scotland and Wulea, rail and public finance in Australia, pay for foot soldiers in Russia, and NSW threat to arson penalties. A thief answers with a joke. a camp finds wax matches. longevity linked to late hours. wedding gifts involve penny pieces.
The advertisement promotes a wide stock from old matured wines to colonial confectionery and tobaccos. It highlights temperance fruit wines, quinine wines, pipes at 6d, fresh fruits and pastries, biscuits and cordials, tea and coffee, with DeLACY’S located next to Stephens' Dispensary.
A Wingham Crponicxe note describes Mr. W Allan feeding wild birds from the adjoining bush. Birds grew tame and entered the dining room to eat from the table, with 11 yellow and black cock Regent birds among many hens green pigeons and doves seen daily on the verandah. The birds are protected.
A fashion column argues style is personal artistry and offers summer garments from Messrs. David Jones & Co Sydney. Features crash costumes from 15/6 post free with pleated skirts and white lace collars, blue linen outfits at 18/6, and white linen coats priced around 1 and 1/6. The piece praises affordable, well-cut pieces matching own measures.
The illustration shows a good voile skirt at 27/6 in cream and black from Sydney House post free. Lace trim features prominently as a feminine touch popular in fashion, with praise for lace on both fine and coarse makes and a note that country dwellers should not neglect style.
An article argues cathartic pills fail to cure indigestion because they affect bone, not stomach. It claims Dr Sheldon’s Digestive Tabules after meals restore stomach comfort using natural digestants found in a pened stomach and offer a common sense treatment for stomach troubles available locally.
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