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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 02, 1906
Page
19
Local notes recount a farmer’s careful approach to tillage and livestock care. Anecdotes cover weather, regional kindness during Budgerabong tire disaster, a boy’s fishing mishap, and thanks to neighbors for hospitality. A rabbit disease discussion contrasts with possum history and a weather forecast foretells varied rainfall through year end.
A letter from B Wilson of Alectown urges Australians to provide opportunities for their own white youth rather than rely on immigrant or non European groups. The piece condemns immigration fears, calls out alarmist rhetoric, and asserts national pride with the line Our boys will hold Australia and well woe they get a show.
Mr. Scorr returns from South Africa with harsh views on the country’s soil climate water and municipal management. He portrays Johannesburg as unsafe and on a path to a Jewish-dominated future, cites disease and dysentery, and notes high rents and rail cost. He condemns Chinese labor and warns against emigration.
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