Echoes Far and Near From the Country News
A jumble of brief notices and items: a Hillston Hospital pays a secretary £20 yearly. a Parkes girl injured in an accident. German food adulteration penalties. California’s 22 inch horse. hangs on religion, finance and land bills. bankruptcy court evidence of high interest. Lismore suicide over engagement. liquor vote influence on 31,000 workers. ptomaine poisoning in Riverstone with one death. centenarian best man in Philadelphia. four ladies inherit £5000 each. tiny steam engine speeds on a coin. crime cases in Sydney and Lismore sports reports. auction prices for Dandaloo cattle. Pimples cure. Peak Hill P A and H Association president. Detroit pencils linked to diphtheria epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillston District Hospital
Rountree
Parkes
Germany
California
E. Cahill & Co
Forbes Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association
Wowingragong
Cecil Poole
Warren Heraxp
Codrington
Tamworth News
Ogan Gate
Lismore
Ida Hodge
Licensed Victuallers’ Association
Riverstone
George Lane
Alfred Austin
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Walker
Allen
Millard
M.L.A
G. H. Reid
W. P. Crick
Sydney Central Criminal Court
Peter Close
Willis
Egpeans Lismore
Detroit
Crown Battery Overhauled to Crush Stone and Treat Tailings
Crown Battery has been thoroughly overhauled and renovated and is now able to crush stone in any quantity and to treat tailings by cyanide. Special arrangements to encourage district mineral development available on application to proprietor C G H Ingoldby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ingoldby
Local Trading Card Promotes Agents and Firms
R. J. Edwards of Tomingley advertises as stock station and general commission agent for London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company and others. The notice claims prompt attention to all orders for items including woven wire fence and gate products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomingley
London and Lancashire Fire Insurances Coy
Ideal
Boston Gy Snican
Sunlight Soap Offered as Solution to Harsh Washing Day
The article argues that traditional washing with hot suds harms women’s health and ages them prematurely. It promotes Sunlight soap as a gentler method that allows washing in lukewarm water with less rubbing, eliminating scalding, steam, and heavy labor while keeping clothes white, colors bright, and linens clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards O Health
Wire Netting Debate at Molong Pastures Board Meeting
Molong Pastures Protection Board discussed government supply of wire netting for farmers. Debate covered price differences between grades, rabbit-proofing limits, and ballot outreach to stock owners for netting preferences. The board carried the motion to express opinion and request direct letters to applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molong Pastures Protection Board
Danysz
Palmer
Miller
Moore
Hunt
Heldeniras
Mr. Matthews
Mr. Palmer
Matthews
Australian Bush Vocabulary Snapshot
A glossary of bush terms with owner and worker roles, station slang, and animal references from Australian pastoral life. Entries cover landholders like Savatren and Cockatoo, laborers such as Rouseabout and Jushy, sheep terms including Jumbucks, Monkey Dodgers, and Broken Mouth, plus travel terms like Padding and Hum Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savatren
Leatherhead
Ground Parrot
Ekeko
Aokaroo
Loppy
Jushy
Paddy
Maria
Matilda
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crown Battery
R. J. Edwards
Noyes Bros
Pitt-St., Sydney
Australia
Gebson & Ros
Peak Hill
Hotel Cecil
George St
Sydney
Anthony Hordern
Uine Wolfe
Ike
Usher
Buchanan
House of Commons
Dewar & Sons
Henneny
Jamaica
West India
N.S. Wales
J.D.E.Z
Burnett's
Colonial Bottled Ales & Stout
Weyson
Wharf
Sailway Station
K. McKenna
Royal Hyde Park Hotel
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