Man Faces Death Over Widow Rejected Suit
Fritz Roth pursued widow Mme Berger near Basle Switzerland for months. After local threats he bought a revolver and forced an answer by threatening murder. She asked time to arrange her affairs and, while Roth followed with his weapon, agreed to die. He fired twice and killed himself, leaving her seriously wounded but alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Roth
Berger
Basle
Switzerland
Roth
Dly
Mme
Peak Hill Railway Extension Backed by Parkes League
A Parkes Railway League meeting last week drew wide attendance and passed a resolution in favor of extending the railway from Parkes to Peak Hill and Narromine via Limestone and Wombin. The Public Works Committee may not visit Parkes yet but will likely visit Peak Hill again. Delegates from the Arkes League are expected to attend when the committee visits Peak Hill to give evidence.
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Parkes Railway League
Arkes
Peak Hill
Limestone
Wombin
Public Works Committee
Parkes
Thearkes League
Narromine Notes and Local Incidents
Narromine district yields average wheat 12 bushels per acre. James Walker of Gillendoon marries a Campbell daughter at Bathurst. Janes Mullins and Lucy Smith wed in Narromine. Lightning injures a horse and Mr. Connelly in storm. Tailor W Dolan to undergo leg operation in Sydney. F E Lane of Orange moved to teller at Narromine Commercial Bank. Lane previously led Holy Trinity Church Sunday School in Orange.
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Acconprye
Narromine
James Walker
Gillendoon
Warren
Bathurst
Henry Campbell
Henawoona
Janes Mullins
Lucy Smith
Holy
M. Connelly
Connelly
W. Dolan
Sydney
F. E. Lane
Orange
Lane
Holy Trinity Church
Night Sky And A Gentle Love Poem Fragment
Night scenes illuminate the sky with azure gems as the speaker seeks solitude. He dreams of a bright-eyed gentle girl distant yet beloved and wonders if devotion and worship arise from love.
Wheat stock and wire netting delays raise farmer grievances
Parkes railway station holds about 50 000 bags of wheat as landowners complain across the state about delays in wire netting from the government. An embezzlement wave hits shire councils, linked to low pay. Ernest Mantel dies from a gun accident near Curlewis, a brother killed by lightning months earlier. Constipation troubles schoolchildren. Chamberlains Tablets offered for sale by A W Taylor and Co Peak Hill and J W Lees Tomingley.
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Parkes
Victoria
Ernest Mantel
Curlewis
Chamberlain
A. W. Taylor and Co
Peak Hill
J. W. Lees
Tomingley
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Aia
Ted Obacco
Clee Eee
Tows & Coustry Journal
Melbourne
Pol de Billy
Delacy’s
Stephens’ Pharmacy
Caswell St
Peak Hill Railway
F. B. Commins
M. C. Comans
Court-St. Parkes
Peak Hill Court
Alfred E. McIntosh
McLean's Commercial
Kh. H. K. Wood
T. Pearce
ClarInda St
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W. B. Wynne
Stock & General
The
London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co
Pearce & Williams
Crofton Pearce
Williams Auctioneers
Jas. Bell & Co
R. J. Edwards
AND
General— Commission
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Coy
Hick
Eoersby
Le's
Noves Bros
J. H. Bates
Forbes
City and Guilds of London
General Commission
Pheaeh Exil
James Bell &C
Wheat Buyers
SUN Fire Insurance Office
C. Collier
Poultry & Eggs
Sherringham
Norwich
Carter
W. T. Sherringham
Norwich Farm
E. D. Glasheen
Blacksmith & Wheelwright
Caswell Street
Wombat
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