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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
16
A collage of overheard quips and mock debates ranges from mining rights, dancing, and government aid to a planned election date. The text references pork-barrel improvisations, a lynching mockery, and jokes about interracial marriage, with locals debating park football, public works, and political bets on Eden George and Jack Tyrell.
A compilation of short notes from regional towns including Parkes and Dubbo. Items cover show dates and venue changes at Qowra Show, Condobo lin P and A Bocisty prizes, railway openings, factory growth in New South Wales, government plans to visit Dubbo for a hospital stone laying, charity dispersals to hospitals, land selection ballots at Tamworth, council staff changes in Wallyngar, a municipal balance sheet delay, and the fatal accident of a young man named Kingdom at Gostwyck station near Armidale.
Tim stone at Myalls bottom winze yields payable gold though small in size. South drive through the intermediate east crosscut about 40 ft. Face of stone Sit wide and well mineralised. Jersey shaft linked to 100 ft level with stoping begun. Ringwood copper show at Cumnock reports lode 9 inches wide with blue and green carbonates grey ore red oxide and native copper. Bloomfield also sinking near the same locality.
Some country es have begun paying the sires of the season. Local horse owners are urged to send details to the Exvrnss for registration and payment.
Fragmentary notice reads about a new discovery for coughs and weak lungs. It mentions a sale by Thomas Hand in Peak Hill and references various unsettled terms. The readable portions suggest a local notice advertising a medical or patent remedy with a sales component.
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