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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
2
The article explains birth registration rules, noting the Registrar General’s stance that only in exceptional cases may written information be accepted. In general, both parents must attend in person to provide vital particulars to avoid errors that cause future trouble.
A Bathurst district landholder notes a new danger from flies feeding on dead rabbit carcasses. The flies later attack sheep, sometimes breeching wool and causing severe pain. He links this to poison effects and rabbit carcases, while neighboring runs with active trapping show fewer problems.
In Dandaloo the wheat area is below expectations as sowing winds down. Copper ore finds near Orange Hains show high grade ore with a potential 30 percent surface return. Leases apply along the lode while N Fishpool’s mine progresses with 200 feet shaft and 6 feet of high grade ore known. Lind and Wallace strike the underlay and plan a 100 foot shaft. Martel Fowler Co. aims to 80 feet. Transport to rail is difficult, with ore at grass and limited team access. A reverberatory furnace is eyed to cut carriage costs if further development occurs.
In a Our Own Correspondent note, the bad Ten Mile Creek crossing on Parkes Road to Peak Hill bogged a Warmworks wagon as Mr Samoa Barber attempted to cross. The writer urges a bridge or crossing be built. Also dated July 18, Miss Melville of Benevento wed Mr Jeffries of Burril Creek with Rev H G Wiltson officiating.
Mr J J Bennett rode 30 miles on a motor bicycle from Peak Hill in 1 hour 28 minutes despite rough roads. W Churchwood injured his shoulder lifting steel drills. dislocation found two days later. A brutal football match at Tichbourne left Hegarty injured and Riley with a broken collarbone. several minor injuries. Parkes defeated Forbes 6 to 0. Bourne and Calarie refused to play under umpire Nelson, match abandoned. John Barnes, 19, found dead near Cortdgery with a pea rifle wound. inquest returned accidental death.
The Small Debts Recovery bill now before the Legislature raises the maximum recoverable from thirty to fifty pounds. It allows sueing for sums up to fifty with costs, reduces need to go to District Court for larger debts, and provides land levy remedies for defaulters. The change aims to ease redress for country storekeepers and curb evasion.
A fragment advertises self wight tester instructions and a price list from H A Barraclough Ltd at 385 George Street Sydney for spectacles. It promises eye measurement advantages and comforts from using their glasses.
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