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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1904
Page
3
A newspaper editor states that opinions in this correspondence are not necessarily those of the paper while the column remains open for reader material. The notice clarifies editorial stance and ongoing publication of reader views.
A Peak Hill editorial letter argues the liquor question is vital to workers, comparing costs of war and liquor to show the heavy national burden. It cites Burns and McGowen, quotes Willard on poverty and temperance, and notes Good Templars' support for Labor candidates, urging unity in the labor movement.
In 1889 in northwest New South Wales a hunter wounded a kangaroo and chased it through mulga and saltbush. He found a bloodless stone with a red spot, revealing opal. The stone led to the birth of the White Cliffs opal fields.
A collection of pithy sayings about work thrift knowledge and honesty. The lines mix rural wisdom and folk aphorisms noting that opportunities are handmade persistence is key and truthfulness matters. The tone echoes a bygone rural newspaper voice with compact maxims.
An old advertisement notes Woods Great Peppermint Care for coughs and colds priced at 1s 6d, highlighting a remedy sold in period British shops.
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