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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
14
A settler's daughter near Wee Waa aged about 17 died after reportedly ingesting arsenic following a quarrel with her mother who burnt her dress and forbade travel. Her father initially claimed accidental poisoning while hoping for recovery but later admitted the truth.
At Borambil Station wild ducks swarm lucerne plots after the irrigation pump started. Station manager Mr. Cameron cannot shoot due to game laws and is seeking authority to shoot under special circumstances to protect the crop.
A Western Australian magistrate confronts a case where an aboriginal man, haunted by his deceased wife, travels to a distant tribe to kill a woman to appease the spirit. He returns in high condition, having acted to satisfy what he believed was his duty, though no legal evidence ties him to the act.
Dar. Jonzin Carne Ross reports cinnamon bark oil as an influenza remedy. He prescribes 12 drops per hour for two hours, then 10 drops every two hours until fever normal, then 10 drops three times daily for a day or two. Dosing is mixed in half a wine-glass of water to ease taste.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to clear poisonous matter from the bowels caused by constipation and irregularities. The pills are claimed to work gently and painlessly with no discomfort.
Sporting men report upcoming events at Trundle and Aledown with Anniversary Day and January dates. Alfred Shaw dies at 64, and Spearmint queries £30,000 offer in England. Reports cover round arm bowling origins, Positano stock gains, Vanderbilt ownership, Drummoyne carnival results, Broken Hill swimming, Newmarket Handicap entries, and Summer Cup draws. Also mentions Molong, Mudgee boxing, Canadian sculler Durnan, and plans for the N.S.W Sporting League and Macquarie Picnic Race Club meet at Dubbo May 15-16.
A brief notice advertises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as reliable medicine for stomach liver and bowel disorders. It claims numerous cures for loss of appetite insomnia nervousness indigestion and biliousness and lists A W Taylor & Co Peak Hill and J W Lees Temingley as sellers.
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