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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 23, 1906
Page
3
Arrangements have been made for approved immigrants to be brought out by the Orient Royal Mail Co for £8. Those with home friends wishing to nominate someone should contact the Director of the Intelligence Department.
The article discusses Mr. Willis’s triumph before Natal law courts and the Government’s discomfort. It notes insinuations favoring his absence, declares current actions possibly insufficient, and mentions rumours that other figures involved are also missing, signaling a widening, uneasy inquiry.
The dispute over Miss Jessie Aspinall's engagement as a resident house surgeon at Prince Alfred Hospital continues after University authorities refuse approval. Women's leagues denounce the decision, some urging forceful override, while critics warn against mob rule and lack of conviction among leaders. The piece argues Australia risks decline if prominent figures seek crowds over principle.
A critique argues Labour’s push for nationalisation masks its true aims, shifting from a bold grab to a harmless reform. It warns that socialism equals officialism, with public service bias and underpayment undercutting workers, while officials publicize distasteful views in brief, blunt terms.
A string of brief items notes burglars troubling Sydney residents while a derisive quip about a good wife and bad husband circulates. Other items mention drought and blooming orange trees, a fire at a Dalby hotel where lessee John Ryan perished, rising cancer deaths, record floods at Windorah, heavy rainfall near Diamantina, a man losing £25,000 in racehorses, a Salvation Army death in Melbourne, and social notes about pensions and unemployment.
Dr. MacCarthy and family left yesterday for Sydney en route to Brisbane for an important appointment. The paper hopes the move will benefit him financially and otherwise. No successor yet. arrangements are in progress to purchase his practice, and a Locum Tenens will cover Peak Hill’s medical needs until settled.
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