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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
14
A London solicitor vanishes amid reports of a £700,000 stake. Other items note a farming sale in Parkes district, a Commonwealth clerk facing defalcation of £1900, and varied public notices on health, advertising spends, and local governance during a bustling news round.
A condensed expose argues that standard washing with steam, heat, and scalding harms women's health and ages them prematurely. It promotes Sunlight Soap as a gentle alternative that cleans in lukewarm water with less rubbing, reducing fatigue and eliminating dangerous steam while whitening fabrics and preserving softness.
Correspondence to the Editor argues that free trade ruins British farming, with miles of land unused and £150,000,000 lost. Germany shows protection preserves employment, the author claims. Australia needs progression via a strong protective policy to reduce unemployment.
Mr Stewart of the Parkes Farmers and Settlers Association urges thorough cultivation to unlock soil fertility. He warns shallow ploughing harms wheat yields, stresses moisture conservation, and advocates alternate bare fallowing with cropping to store two years of rainfall for future crops.
A district education inspector reports high prices for rabbit skins entice families to hire children for night trapping. Some families earn 12 to 20 pounds weekly, creating a wood famine as carters prefer trapping work, which reduces country school attendance this quarter.
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