Tomingley Tit Bits from Our Correspondent
A quirky local column notes plans for a new Public School and comments on drought, lambing at Mungery Station, foxes in the district, and upcoming Peak Hill Show preparations. It mentions Mr. Hawes, A C McDonald leaving Lands Office, Tagar's release, and debates with Eden George.
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Hawes
McPhail
Peak Hill Rifle Club
Melbourne
F. C. Dawes
Peak Hill Show
Dubbo
A. C. McDonald
Tagar
Peak Hill
Mungery
Dilladerry Way
Yellow Tank
Victoria
New South Wales
Lees
McKensey
Holman
Eden George
George Reid
George
Tennis Club Meeting Signals Matches and Treasurer Report
A weekly Tennis Club meeting held Thursday with Dr Corfe in attendance accepted Mr Forge’s resignation and appointed A D Ireland as secretary. Plans were made for a Trundle Club match around Show time in August and another with Narromine on a July Monday. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £8 4s 7d and payments to R Taylor for court repairs and Gibson Bros for enamel walls. Chappel joined the committee as Delacy trophy proposed for straight-out tournament under the president and Messrs Stephens and Shaw with 1s nomination fee and entries closing on the 22nd. G B Lee nominated as new member.
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Corfe
Gibson Bros
Chappel
H. L. Delacy
Stephens
Shaw
G. BR. Lee
Progress Promises Growth and Customer Satisfaction
The merchants express a natural aim to grow monthly compared with the previous year. They highlight appreciable gains in business and commit to satisfying every order they fulfill.
Mining progress at Bogan River No 9 shaft shows low-grade ore
Report from the Bogan River mine notes No 9 shaft at 20 ft on the formation with low-grade ore. No 2 level shows low-grade black ore at 21 ft. No 3 shaft drive extended to 86 ft with ore averaging 2 ft width and 20 percent copper. A high-grade stope forms and ore shipments include 40 tons to Waratah ameltera at about 21 percent copper and 15 tons of seconds to Lithgow at 84 percent.
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Bogan River von
Waratah Ameltera
Molasses and Potatoes Stock Fodder Sold Locally in Grason
Last week Mr T Rice of Waterford sold two iron grey horses in Sydney for £40 and two draughts for £48 and £30 respectively. Mr O Rice of Nurwonah sent a truck of eight draught horses to Sydney, averaging £30 12s per head.
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T. Rice
Waterford
Sydney
O. Rice
Nurwonah
McKeown Plans Four Shearing Machines at Hillview
Mr W McKeown junior intends installing four shearing machines at Hillview and a four horsepower oil engine. The equipment will be in working order at the coming season.
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W. McKeown
Hillview
Trundle Railway Tender Accepted for Water Supply Works
The contract 6 works for the Bogan Gate Trundle railway includes erection of a tank stand, tank, pump, boiler, engine-house, cast-iron pipes laying and jointing, and erection of a gantry crane. The accepted tender by Thomas Edward Brown of Waitara totals £479138.
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Trundle
Bogan-Gate-Trundle
Thomas Edward Brown
Waitara
NSW Bureau of Statistics Publishes 1907 Agricultural Pamphlet
The New South Wales Bureau of Statistics issues a handy pamphlet on agricultural and livestock statistics for the year ending March 1907. It presents preliminary tables on cultivation production dairying and stock matters with comparisons to earlier years.
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New South
Died in gaol Reginald Willoughby dies in Parramatta Gaol
Reginald Willoughby aged 35 alias Cacil Rayne Gordon Dacey and George Connell a Victoria native died at Parramatta Gaol on Monday. He was sentenced January 30 last year at the Dubbo sessions to ten years imprisonment on two charges of assaulting a girl under fourteen.
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Reginald Willoughby
Cacil Rayne
Gordon, Dacey
George Connell
Victoria
Parramatta
Dubbo Bessiona
Australia praised as bright land and proud gem
A traveling manager of the Sydney Marsays extols New South Wales as brighter with more favorable life conditions. He urges young Australians to be proud and think Australian, calling the region the gem of the world.
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Globe
The
Sydney Mar
New South Wales
Eye Strain Tied to Frequent Headaches C F Stemvens Clinic
Headaches are often caused by eye strain and a local chemist C F Stemvens offers free eye testing. He tests eyes at no charge, encouraging readers to seek evaluation.
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C.F. Stemvens
Brewers' Bottle Association Aims to Raise Second Hand Bottles Prices
A circular from the Brewers' Bottle Association proposes six month purchases of empty bottles from hotel-keepers at set rates including chams quarts per gross 18s and lager quarts per gross 10s. Sundries fetch at market rates and English beer cusks are listed. If you hear youths prowling yards after dead marines it signals Bottloch activity.
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Brewers’ Bottle Association
Bottloch Association
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J. W. Lees
C. Collier
Summer Street
Orange
Collier
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