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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
7
Rev G Bowden declared at a Baptist conference that tobacco use poisons society. He claimed every child of a smoker is cursed, tobacco drives insanity and crime, and tobacco more than drink is responsible for social evils.
A hospital committee will meet Tuesday night to decide on building an isolation ward and morgue. Architect J H Bates provided plans months ago, now government subsidy requires the ward for infectious cases. A credit balance and subsidy of about £150 enable the project with special effort.
Photography offers artist proofs at 208 per dozen with rival prices higher. Beautiful 12 x 10 productions and cabinet prints 7s 6d per dozen. Visit George Street Sydney or send portraits for enlargement for inspection at Eden Photo Studios.
A cat died last week at the residence of Mr. B Harvey in Byng. Reputable personsswore the animal had attained 32 years.
Recent rains drenched most of the state apart from the far south east. Peak Hull marked 79 points and Dubbo 117, Orange 105, Wellington 122, Gilgandra 115, Grenfell 70, Forbes 89, Nyngan 33, Parkes 70, Trangie 48, Molong 87, Narromine Ill points, Condobolia 45, Dandaloo 41.
Mr Ewing the Defence Minister plans to provide facts and figures on defence soon. He notes 10 000 rifle club members in New South Wales and 2 500 new applications, totaling about 12 500 men in the force.
At the Homebush sales on Monday 863 cattle were yarded and the market remained firm. Best beef 25s per 100 lbs, top bullocks £12 5s, cows to £7 10s. sheep 10,153 penned with wethers to 21s 2d and ewes to 17s 5d.
A brief notice highlights Woods peppermint cure promoted for children s hacking coughs at night. It notes traditional usage and suggests relief from irritation, urging cautious use for young readers.
A mythic tale frames Jason and teeth of dragon as a moral precursor to modern events. The piece recounts Manning Thatcher’s rabbits voyage to Australia in 1963, repeated attempts, eventual landfall, and the unintended wildlife boom that followed. It notes public medals praising the rabbit introduction as a Victorian irony.
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