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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1906
Page
5
Reports detail Alec Kerr being struck by lightning near Mudgee leaving him partially paralyzed. The item lists other local notes including a bull incident at Tenterfield and various political and community updates.
Joseph Hall of Sydney was committed for trial on a charge of making a false declaration to obtain the old age pension. He admitted receiving £100 per year from his sister Lady Grey while swearing he had no income. He had drawn the pension for four years, and Lady Grey recently died in England the day before his commitment.
At the annual conference in Sydney the Political Labor party drafts its 1906 fighting platform. Core items include Free Education, Land and finance reform, Civil rights, Arbitration Act amendment, Economic government, Workmen's Compensation Act, Closer settlement, and Progressive land tax.
Geouck Lixnox reports Wagga wheat block of 350 acres with varied varieties. Marshall No 3 averaged 26 bushels per acre across 162 acres. Federation 28 bu/acre on 88 acres. Jade 27.4 bu/acre on 50 acres. Bluie 25 bu/acre on 30 acres. Schneider 24 bu/acre on 20 acres. Total 2285 bags, about 6 bags per acre. Federation produced 618 bags from 15 seed bags sown, a return of 41 bags per seed bag. Harvested with two Sunshine harvesters over 224 days. Wheat weights range 66 to 611bs per bushel, Jade heaviest per Chrondrometer.
Cardinal Moran defends church fairs hosted by St. Mark's Church Drummoyne to liquidate parish debts. He praises bazaars for uniting friends and aiding good work, noting the goal to clear old debts before the new century. He cites Catholic and German principles against leaving creditors unpaid.
The notice extolls Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment for back pain and fatigue, claiming it revives the back and muscular tissues. It also notes a surge of British emigrants to New Zealand with 460 men landed from a single vessel.
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