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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
14
A 72 year old Belley resident famed for miserliness died leaving no cash in his will though an income of 800 pounds existed. He claimed to have burned or given away all riches and annuities, yet £1500 of annuity stock and £2000 in bank notes were found burned or cashed with receipts indicating deliberate disposal.
Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit appear in a local tale told by Birty Paxyixiv in the Molong Arcus. A rider saw seven foxes harrying a mob of ewes and lambs. five held the sheep, one seized lambs, a seventh took tongues, and the group then split the tongues into seven heaps for equal share.
An old medical claim promotes onions for pneumonia cure. The method uses six to ten onions with rye meal and vinegar heated into a paste applied in a hot cloth to the chest, with rapid changes to avoid chilling the patient.
Dr Sheldon proclaims a new discovery for coughs colds and consumption cures lung trouble in small pleasant doses. Each bottle guaranteed and sold by Gibson Bros.
No owner has won more Cups than Mr P A Connolly of Blue Spec fame. The next Olympic pro Games in 1908 will be in London. Christy May was Australia’s first cyclist in 1834. J D MacKay J P of Bul Gandramine elected vice president of Dubbo Picnic Race Club. The eet who won the Melbourne Cup (1902) is now stud at Island near Dublin. Benefits for Tyldesley and Lees raised £3,105 and £2,720 respectively. Poseidon and Qollarit now at Randwick. Colts meeting at Randwick Autumn promises interest. Carbine’s progeny have won £121,170 in stakes worldwide. Rosemead’s trainer Mayo earned £1,000 for a win. Last season’s British and Irish stakes total reached £540,302. Gambling and training notes include Szmere’s losses. A riding craze shows a side-saddle rider in Tod Sloan style, known in India. Peanut hunt craze in Sydney moonlight grounds. St Simon, age 25, holds a vast turf record. Stockwell sired 429 horses with 1,082 wins. Jeffries refused to sign to fight Bill Squires for world title. Squires will travel to America.
A Guyra Police Court case concerns sheep losses caused by dogs. J T McGovern sued T P Ford for maliciously shooting two fox terriers valued at £10 each after observing dogs destroy a lamb. The magistrate ruled the defendant acted within the law and that property owners may shoot roaming dogs damaging livestock.
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