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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
20
A grey horse owned by Mr. Hackett bolted along Caswell Street on Monday afternoon, tangled its harness near McLean's Hotel, and broke its thigh after hitting a culvert. Constable Hill then ended the animal's suffering with a mercy bullet.
Premier Seddon advocated a government aided old age annuity bill to aid thrifty citizens. The plan would create a fund from individual payments at offices, with weekly or monthly deposits. Subsidies would vary by single or married status and by number of children in the family.
A Department of Public Instruction wall chart warns youth to treat every gun as loaded and never point it at others. It covers many scenarios from crawling through fences to bog mishaps, warns against pea rifles, and notes dangerous curiosity with detonators. The piece recalls past school games about snakebite and drowning charts, ending with an Australian tale of a brown snake incident.
A Secretar y of the Eaglehawk Football Club in Eaglehawk Victoria reports Chamberlain's Pain Balm as an effective rub down liniment for training and after games. He credits the balm with reducing strains sprains and aiding quick healing of abrasions, adding that it keeps players in condition with no soreness or stiffness. Available from Gibson Bros Peak Bill and J. W. Lees Tomingley.
A terse notice argues prospecting wasteful, urging focus on well kept goods. It targets fancy goods, tobacconists' sundries, stationery, and related items, warning against unfocused sales efforts and unnecessary expense.
At a Wellington Pastoral and Agricultural Society meeting, a resolution was passed to move the show from autumn to spring. The change aims to avoid May ploughing and wet autumn weather. If other Western societies agree, shows would begin early in spring, ending with Bathurst, shifting from Bathurst-first to a westward sequence.
A Saturday afternoon gathering of the P A and H Association committee discussed welcome to Mr. Jacob Matthews, appointment of judges and stewards for shows, tenders for leasing grass on the Showground, a concert plan with the Band, an invitation for Eden George to open the Show, a miners holiday request, a 3 pm general parade, and local band pricing with A Yeo as assistant secretary at £5.
An Sydney undertaker boasts ten percent higher value than any rival. The remark provokes satire about enterprising coffin carriers offering sale months where funerals could be half the usual price, implying a sharp critique of aggressive pricing in the trade.
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