Wit and Wisdom Quotes From Peak Hill Chronicle Snippet
A collection of satirical maxims and local references on education manners and politics. The piece nudges readers with quips about lawyers education jokes about Jews and Christians and comments on societal habits. It mentions Jessie Maclachlan in Dubbo and George Reid earning money in Australia.
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Gladetone
Tom
Dubbo
Jessie Maclachlan
George Reid
Australia
J. Lynch
Eden George
Ashburnham
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Endorsed by Local Merchants
Dandenong and Peak Hill traders praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croupy coughs and colds. Mr J Abbott of Dandenong and North Kboos notes its reliability for children. Available at A W Taylor & Co Peak Hill and J W Leas Tomingley.
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A. W. Taylor and Co
Peak Hill
J. W. Leas
Tomingley
Bogan River Copper Mine Output Reported and Valued
A manager's dispatch from the Bogan River copper mine notes ore production of 35 tons at about 22 percent copper and 95 tons at 6 to 9 percent copper. Two parcels totaling 51 tons were treated at Waratah, yielding gross £1065 4 24 with an average assay value of 22 percent copper.
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Bogan River
Waratah
Early Closing Act Scrutiny Draws Labour Credit and Criticism
Mr Hordern says the Early Closing Act harms the small trader despite Labour Party claims of assisting its passage. He argues the bill would have benefited shop owners by allowing after six p.m. openings if its provisions were saved, but conlogues were not kept, missing a chance for Labour credit.
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Labour Party
Molong P P Board Election Results Announced
The Molong P P Board results show L N Smith Balcombe Moore Whitmill and A McVicar elected. Other board members named are R Hunt C J E Palmer and H P Miller.
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L. N. Smith
A. B. Balcombe
R. E. Moore
Eid Ware
J. L. Whitmill
Ike Ood
A. McVicar
Renee
Messrs. Smith, Balcombe
M Whitmill
Job
Messrs
R. Hunt
C. J. E. Palmer
H. P. Miller
Rabbits in Australia a belated honor claim
A prior note on who introduced rabbits to Australia is clarified through early stock returns from 1789. Governor Phillip and marines show ownership of a few rabbits, suggesting the creatures arrived with early settlers and became part of colonial life despite the peril to those who touched them.
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Austin
Australia
Phillip
Marines
Advances to Settlers and Homestead Loans
A correspondence from a homestead selector asks if the State Bank offers advances. The answer confirms eligibility only on improvements and suggests the Government Savings Bank Advance Department for loan negotiations. It notes that in the case of conditional purchases the title has borrowable value aiding conversion.
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Sydney
Government Savings Bank
C.ps
Preventive and medical worming guidance for sheep
The article advises heat as preventive for worms and recommends mutinious food along with salt and iron lick or mixed in feed, with 2 to 4 drachma salt and 14 to 30 grains iron per adult sheep. For lamie smaller doses apply. For cure arsenic used cautiously in liquid form. dose varies by age. Turpentine at 2 to 4 drachms in milk or gruel also works if given on an empty stomach and no food or water for 1–2 hours afterward.
Job Printing at Metropolitan Prices Urged
Local businesses are reminded that all job printing can be done at metropolitan prices. The plant is up-to-date and guarantees first class workmanship. A Sydney firm quoted 200 cards, with Peak Hill prices 58 per 100 cheaper. Call at the Express Office to verify.
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Sydney
Express
Driving accident injures Miss Cook in Bercham sulky crash
Last week in Bercham Mr J L Arthur drove a sulky with three children and Miss Cook when the horse stepped into a rabbit burrow and fell. All were thrown out but none seriously hurt except Miss Cook who was bruised. Mr Arthur and the horse were briefly involved, with Arthur lifted onto the shafts to keep the horse from escaping.
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J. L. Arthur
Bercham
Miss Cook
Mr. Arthur
Fly trouble for sheep farmers across districts
Mr J T Carmichael of Victoria recalls methods to combat maggot flies in sheep. He explains powdering bluestone and liberal applications as effective first aid, with a possible second dressing. baking soda or burnt wood and ashes are cited as poorer but usable alternatives.
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J. T. Carmichael
Vic
Queensland
The First Bicycle and the Velocipede Pioneers
A Scottish blacksmith named M Millan first proposed and tested self propelled travel on two wheels. In 1840 Glasgow witnessed a man riding a velocipede, was told to stop by police, and jailed after proving he had covered seventy miles from Keir Dumfriesshire. Earlier velocipedes existed but used toe push.
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M'Millan
Glasgow
Keir
Dumfriesshire
M‘millan
Experiment Shows Wheat Might Regrow After Drought
Rain averages of about 1 inch caused wheat to sprout then dry out in many paddocks. Farmers consider re sowing as grain seemed destroyed. An 1902 Guerie near Wellington test by Mr. Hoare dried a half bushel of sprouted wheat and re sowed it with watering, yielding a good crop later.
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Hoare
Guerie
Wellington
Digestive Tabules Promise Cure for Pimples and Distress
An advertisement claims complexion problems arise from stomach impurities and promotes Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules to remove the cause of a mottled appearance. It asserts relief from headaches indigestion sleeplessness and other evils from a disordered stomach. For sale by Thos Hand Peak Hill.
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Sheldon
Thos. Hand
Peak Hill
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Bogan River Copper Co
Molong P.P. Board
H. Stafford
Eutchie Street
Roseville Poultry Farm
Mingelo Hotel
Parkes Road
Mingelo
Main Road
Wm. Norris
H. H. Howard
Royal Mail
Booxine
Peak
Anthony Hordern & Sons
Brickfield Hill
Anthony Hordern
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