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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1906
Page
18
A collection of aphorisms offering guidance on time, prudence, perseverance, happiness, and virtue. Emphasizes choosing companions wisely, maintaining forward momentum, steady purpose, and resilient attitudes toward failure and hardship.
A medico argues that nicotine in cigarettes is deadly. He cites experiments injecting nicotine into frogs showing immediate death and asserts a heavy smoker faces serious health risks including heart disease and Bright's disease.
An advertisement touts Dr Sheldon s Digestive Tabules as mild yet infallible for a nursing mother whose stomach is kept regulated and who purportedly bestows a healthy glow on her baby. The product is offered for sale by F Stephens.
The Trangie horse The Jester captured the Flying Welter at Rosehill on Saturday. James Rose is reappointed handicapper for the Parkes Jockey Club. J Mitchell and J Searle swap their £100 race to April 7 on Parramatta River. Forbes Picnic Race meeting set for May 10. Parkes JC backs 34 percent entrance-fee rule with special-case exceptions. Fritz the Australian champion trotter, aged 15, to race again after Christchurch move.
The article notes dramatic time records in turf racing last year. Lord Allin's Daughter won the Australian Cup in 3 minutes 57 seconds for 2 miles. Elie, an American mare, set a new three miles world record of 5 minutes 23 seconds and 22/seconds, beating the long standing mark.
The piece argues doctors often work gratis for the poor while barristers expect fees. It notes public view condemns doctors for demanding payment and urges physicians to heal first, leaving fee disputes to later settlement.
After settling all proven claims, remaining balances in the Curator of Intestate Estates are paid into the Colonial Treasurer's account. Unclaimed moneys lapse after six years into the Consolidated Revenue Fund for public service use. A rightful claimant can still recover payment later but without interest from the date of payment to the Treasury.
Forbes opens a subscription list to aid local burnt-out settlers with a fair amount already subscribed. In Cudal oppressive weather halts council meetings in the street and clerks cause financial trouble. Newcastle fines a woman 101 and costa for sending a child to licensed premises for liquor. Wire Walter Eather, Narrabri, 70, dies after illness linked to unripe fruit. Dubbo council cuts water pressure to conserve supply amid drought.
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