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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
14
A collection of old fashioned tips on candle context, leather care and cleaning methods. Guidance includes blowing candles upwards, egg white polish for dull leather, peg fixes for squeaky boots, first aid for convulsions, onion and uller's earth stain removal, beef tea for recovery, and home remedies for stains and wallpaper cleaning.
In their annual wool market review Messrs Winchcombe Carson & Co warn that splitting clips into many small lots hurts competition and quality uniformity. Buyers favor large parcels from a single flock for even runs, enabling better pricing and maximal use of wool.
A public notice warns that strychnine poison used in rabbit destruction is highly deadly. It states even touching a poisoned rabbit can transmit the toxin and recommends neighbours be informed. Phosphorus is less dangerous unless ingested. it urges posting notices to guard against risk.
An advertisement promises relief for back pain and neuralgia with Dr Shoblow's Magnetic Liniment as an external remedy that will sweat out inflammation. Sold by Gibson Bros.
The district saw rains totaling about an inch aiding sheep and farmers for a bountiful season. A Neverthre ball, hosted by the local F and S Association, drew about fifty couples after a public meeting with J Perry M L A and T S Campbell officials. Perry urged political action at the next elections as labor remains plentiful and shearers scarce with wages rising to 25s per hundred sheep expected.
A collage of brief notes on wages for a Forbes contractor, railway works costing at least 375000, Holman Hunt’s blindness, Mount Morgan goldmine output, impending Labor leadership change, a horse bite incident in Condobolin, mining employment figures by state, tonic advertisements, Sydney’s railway station completion slated for July, and a historical remark on government blankets for aborigines seized in a court sale.
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