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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
14
Local readers debate the Peak Hill players traveling 14 miles to Alectown to play against Parkes juniors. The writer denounces borrowing players, defends club independence, and questions future matches.
Portrait of Sip Kipsas Kidman aged 51, cattle magnate of Kapunda Australia. He owns extensive stations including Victoria River Downs Carandotta Noranside Austral Downs Annandale Kellidgawarry Mundowna Macumba and others totaling roughly 24.3 million acres with about 200 000 head of cattle. He lives simply on tea and bread riding an old horse and enjoys talking with local Aboriginal people.
Public notice advertises Dr Sheldon Digestive Tabs claiming to remove skin blemishes and impurities from the blood caused by a troubled stomach. The copy promises relief from headaches indigestion sleeplessness and evils of stomach disorder and lists a local seller Thos Hand Peak Hill.
Local noticeAbstract rules prohibit standing on footways and warn against riding or driving at speed around corners within the Area. Vehicles must have lights dusk to dawn and horns or bells when overtaking. Riders must keep to the right, stay with restive animals, and secure loads. Public notices also mention a related civic item and a few local anecdotes.
An elderly man of about seventy, a street singer described as a gutter minstrel, was found dead in a tent at Kensington Sydney. He survived by singing in the streets and had few if any comforts, dying on the bare ground with only a tattered coat for warmth. The verse laments loneliness and lack of charity in life and hints at judgment after death.
A prominent breeder weighs whether very large sheep repay the feeding costs. He argues moderate sized ewes may yield more lambs and wool per feed unit, offering a potential edge for smaller sheep, while noting he has culled oversized animals for wool output.
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