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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1906
Page
3
The Labour Conference debates whether humanity should base pay, arguing profits fund wages but profits limit the amount. It claims high wages depend on profits, while small or no profits justify lower pay. It questions how industry will keep turning if profits are continually shared.
The P L L programme is whittled and polished yet enforces penance and excommunication for voting against convictions. The piece argues the system tramples member liberty and rationality and will not earn community respect.
A reader in Queensland decries land grants and warrants as sham, noting cattle from Kadina and Gippsland near rail lines while many areas wait to clear land. He warns settlers against inflated, misleading promotions and calls for honest advertising to attract Americans.
A speech by Mr. Austin Shapman claims the postal service illustrates state socialism. He argues true socialism requires nationalisation of all industry and the destruction of private enterprise. He faults the GPO for monopoly and poor wages, and criticizes officialism as a failing pattern in public service.
In Sydney the beef trade values meat at 22s 100lbs and wethers range from 10s to fu Ge 8d, reflecting current livestock pricing.
Messrs G Raven & Co report on February 6 that London values have declined since the last report and little wheat business is done as farmers await shipper offers about 1s 2d per bushel Sydney. Downward London bias continues with few buyers, freights remain firm for wheat and flour, and large receipts of low grade wheat pull prices slightly lower in step with prime grain.
Narrapine farmer Mr Frank Mack of Narromine argues ordinary phosphorus and pollard mix does not cause fires. He warns about so called safe rabbit poisons that still ignite, recounting fires and urging government stock depots and free railway distribution to supply proper mixtures.
Three solicitors attended the Byron Bay Court yesterday. Two men were fined £10 for assaulting a Chinese storekeeper who refused service. A London Bank teller was jailed two years for stealing £109 after 20 years’ service. A rail excursion to Sydney advertises low fares. A contingent of farmers from various districts left Sydney to inspect Queensland land laws. The Trangie Farmers Association calls for restricted raw phosphorus sales to landholders only. Land tax due date for 1905 is December 15 with a 60 day grace period ending December 13, after which a 10 percent fine applies.
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