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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
20
A Melbourne style digest reports profits at Wellington shows, an accident in Kuri Kurri with a thigh wound, a Blayney electors petitioning Crick, and US domestic servant ratios. Also notes fines for Perth travellers, hospital and prison resignations, money order exchange, telegraph messenger exams, and local election candidates.
The notice lists special trotting prizes including the Best Trotting Foal Colt or Filly under 12 months with a weight over 16 stone and a prize of £118. Donations toward tenting street costs total £228 from J B Troguakis and others, with Gilchrist Watt & Co. contributing £22a.
A fragment from the school section lists an aide and secretary with reference to a seal. No full names or dates clearly readable.
The page blends a tale of an office prank and the death of Peter Close a stock and station agent and wool broker linked to Hill Clark and Co Sydney. It reflects on emigration, settlement and toil and promotes Chamberlains Pain Balm with local advertisements for A. W. Taylor and J. W. Lees.
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