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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1952
Page
2
The Western Districts Bowls Championship was staged at Peak Hill over Sunday and Monday with strong fields from Canowindry Condobolin Parkes and Parkes. Travess of Canowindry won the singles after a tight run and Parkes led the champions in the team event with Condobolin and Parkes building early leads before Parkes pulled away in the final stages.
A garbled OCR town notices page mentions many names and places such as Barkex Me Nain Spiding Soul and Central Rehool alongside scattered events and dates. It reads like a jumble of personal notices, school references, and festival hints with unclear structure. The piece ends with a stray crypto reference.
The report lists fragmented results with partial names and percentages including Condy and Farben tied entries, and Cobley seen among Purkery participants. Other lines mention Treenton and Gavel with minimal legible details.
In Dubbo the Day Monday tournament saw Harmen Wright and Corduis lead in early rounds. Parkes entrants Cobley Coniaty posted a 29 point win while final group E Barnes Right Cobley Cordaiy defeated Hamilton We P Audinon Proxer and Howard. Peak Hill was represented at the event. War service tunes opened with Reveille and Last Post.
A fragmented OCR passage references weekend events and names scattered through a rough line of text. It mentions holidays around December and a looming Thursday, with unclear locations and people. The garbled content prevents a clear report or specific entities.
A rural farmer, identified as Mr Vong and others, laments the burden of provisional and income taxes for 1950. He warns a “cold war” exists between farmers and government as wheat and sheep livelihoods face tax pressures and uncertain future planting. The piece cites Western Steele and Station Journal as reference voices.
A historic conference on Heliothis caterpillar in linseed notes reluctant control factors. Officials blame prolonged movement, irregular spray applications, and weather for failures. Farmers urged coordinated action and intensified research for future year control.
Peak Mill holds Holy Communion at 1.80 and 8.0 with child run options. Sunday School reopens on February 10 at 10.30 pm. Meeting at 10.30, communion at Tomingley 7.80. Evening administration of the new year led by Rev. Cecil Bit Phila, Beetor.
U S Stewart announces a meeting at the ATF Hall at 7:00 p.m. The event aims to discuss assemblies and related activities. Leaders and participants expected to attend.
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