Local & General News Highlights and Vignettes
A mosaic of short items: a business man’s struggle to meet ends, a Trangie visitor praising Trangie and Peak Hill, NSW population and butter output growth, land selections and allocations for settlers, growing pepper from seed, a Queensland funeral on a deathbed marriage, a missing farmer Amos with reward up to £100, tea dangers and libel issues, Warrandyte miners’ licensing club, death of journalist James Crawfordie, and Mrs Ellen Matthews of Wyalong noted for early triplet birth record.
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Queensland
Glen Innes
Clarence River
Amos
Sydney
Victoria
Warrandyte
James Crawfordie
Corona Faxs Paess
Robert Matthews
Circular Quay
Paddington
Vnry
Literary Gems of Moral Maxims and Wit
A compilation of aphorisms and quotes on virtue, consistency, talent, duty, time, happiness, perception, progress, politeness, language, friendship, and ambition. Notable ideas address self-reliance, integrity, curiosity, and the social cost of snobbery, urging practical morality and self-improvement.
Justice and a Bargain Over a Pony Distressed by a Bender
A rural court hears a case where Jim offers a pony for £15 after a refused demand of £20. He is jailed briefly by the constable during a drinking episode. A JP contemplates a caution instead. The chair later apologizes for the constable’s zeal and notes the left eye discoloration.
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Jim
Prim
J.P
Attorney General Allows Weight Guessing at Shows
In a February 15 1907 letter Justice Sydney approves agricultural show weight guessing events such as bullock weight contests. The Attorney General states these competitions do not violate the Gaming Act, clarifying legal permissibility for country show committees.
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Attorney-General and of Justice
Sydney
Bullock
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Local & General News
Trangie
Mr. Reynolds
The
Trangie Apvocate
da Reynolds
Peak Hill
N.S. Wales
New South Wales
China
Bruntnell
Bruntwell
R. McLean
Club House
Caswell Street
Tooth’s
Highland Club
Shimose
Coombs
O. F. Stephens
Aledown
A. Foster
Parkes
W. Clarke
Bogan Gate
Todd and Lowing
Condobolin
J. Peterson
John Bakes
Warner Mingelo & Caswell Sts
Baxts
UNION
Bakery
Baker
H. Schmidt
Euchie Street
Fred. Metters & Co
George Street
Opticians
Stralelt
Nolan, Time & CO
George St
Cobar
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