Xmas greetings and local notes from Down the Bog an
A correspondent shares seasonal well wishEs for the Express staff and readers. The piece notes the death of Jack Strahorn of Glen Isla, local weather, looming railway prospects at Peak Hill, and a county report on bot fly infestation in horses with treatment notes. A severe storm threat and recent heavy rainfall are mentioned.
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Bogan
Jack Strahorn
Glen Isla
Mr. Strahorn
Condobolin Way
Peak Hill
Briak
Acre
Mixed Event in Country School Dictation Test
An inspector in a country district hurried to keep a train and simultaneously dictated lessons to two classes. In the main room he gave dictation to the third class while also dictating to the fourth in the adjoining room. The lesson included arithmetic problems about fat ducks and lions with confusing numbers and phrasing.
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Sealth
Special Leases Approved for 920 and 254 Acre Parcels
Tax following specie lease applications approved for John Barber and Bromhead rR sat lerodgery in Gordon County. 920 acre Rocky Ponda parish lease to Mr Barber at £6 18s 4d annual rent and 254 acre county Gordon parish lease to Bromhead rR sat lerodgery at an unspecified rate.
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John Barber
Balderodgery
Parish
Rocky Ponda
County
Gordon
Eos Bromhead
Pariel Foots
Quips and Wit From a Bygone Local Chorus of Observations
A collection of humorous asides and proverbs from a local reader’s forum. Jokes about aging brains, social manners, thrift, and marriage mingle with pithy quips on debt, fate, and manners. Several lines reference social mores, a magistrate, and a Sydney doctor, reflecting light satire and rural humor.
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Express
Bedhroch Fricas
T. Hand
Thomas Hand
Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd
Sydney
E. J. E MacKenzie
Baker & Spence
A. B. Pettigrew
Massey-Harris
Dvauehs J
Peo Owder
The
Arme
Stil
Wireless
McPhail
Ombed
Jane
Wheatear
Mr. Wheatear
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