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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
22
The local option vote under the old Liquor Act will occur with the municipal elections next February. The Attorney General noted the new Act preserves the existing local option provisions until the next general election. The cost is minimal, a few pounds, and keeps ratepayers the chance to prevent license increases before the new law takes effect.
Mrs. William Rozsins of Flora Hill Bendigo seeks £500000 through Lloyds claiming a fortune left 25 years ago by James Minns of Norfolk England. She argues the money was willed to her late mother and would pass to her daughter after the mother’s death. The mother died in Melbourne 23 years ago. documents were found two years ago. The family is in poverty with two hospitalized children, one typhoid fever victim and one sunstroke patient.
An old Lachlan resident recalls a comic cattle theft trick used by police during a Quarter Sessions case. A river man’s lost cattle led to a suspect, a skinning incident, a coach to Forbes, and a decoy where a replaced hide fooled the sergeant and freed the accused.
A meeting under the T A C B on Neo Yess Day drew a large crowd. Bright claimed the double in racing events as Margery failed to place before breaking down in the big handicap. Bets and lineups included Bright Ben Bolt Bonne Homme Judy Kruger Flo Monte and Queenie with the settling held at Mr D Fitchs Hotel in the evening.
In 1905 Commonwealth naturalised residents reached 1118. Tax returns are due February 4. A bushfire destroyed 39 009 acres of grass and crops in Grenfell district, with fences and sheds lost. The Datty Terroram notes a bright 1906 trade outlook. At Forbes Police Court, Joseph Oden was fined £2 or one month for careless fire use after starting a blaze toward a nearby house and leaving.
The New Zealand footballers defeated the French team 36 to 8 in a decisive match. Ven Archdeacon Nield of Parkes is named organising secretary for Bathurst Diocesan and Bathurst Bishopric Endowment Fund, necessitating a year away from Parkes. Governor-General and State Governor host New Year meetings. readers urged to seek proper eye care with H A B KACKLAUGH opticians offering glasses and eye tests.
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