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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
14
Brief items report Blayney by election tomorrow. local weather notes at Narromine and Trangie. rai nfall figures. notes on crops, cattle oil sales, and parliamentary changes. Mentions Molong reimbursements, Calare roll turnout, and a NSW promotional push for agricultural migrants. Also cites a beeffooding invention and a whimsical note on a magican needed in Pitt Town.
Sale reports from Narromine and Parkes include Standard sold for £20 to Murga Mack and Hope offered at £32. Speculation bought by M J Byrnes for £100. Narromine races see five winners from six for T Drew. Hamurabi, Russian Derby winner, to race in England this season after Russian sponsors cover costs. first Russian horse in England in 20 years. The Nepean hosts the world sculling title on March 2 between Towns and Durnan.
In Wellington area the farmer experimenters test wheats with trials led by Fred W. Hubbard. Plots yield weighed from 65 lb to the bushel on 35 bu. per acre and included varieties such as Bob, Sunsex, John Brown, Tarragon, Plover, Jade, and Berthoud. Hubbard plans larger future plots with fertiliser focus and notes Berthoud hay yields of three tons per acre.
Tax Minister for Lands says three members of the Improvement Leases Commission are selected but appointments will not be made now. The Act gives Sir William Owen four months to certify on improvement leases examined by the Royal Commission, including improper acts or irregularities. The board will resolve questions on re grants in whole or part or refusals.
Lasox is scarce for harvest ing, and Molong Express reports 7s and 8a per day with "tucker" offered by farmers. Many tramps linger on town outskirts, sleeping their brains away. Cringing lundowners ask for work then pipe tobacco after gaining confidence. No reasonable excuse for able-bodied men to lack work or food when employers seek workers.
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