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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
13
Local Angora goat trade draws attention in Riverina New South Wales with a record Mohair price of 48 2d per lb from a Wyalong ram fleece weighing 2 lb 2 oz. Conan faces a new typhoid outbreak similar to last year but currently less severe with 14 cases reported by Wednesday.
NSW Government Analyst warns all fast table articles may be adulterated with unsafe mixtures. Oatmeal, milk, coffee, jam show substitutions and dyes. scones use sulphate of ion via baking powder. Winnipeg trustees ordered to instill patriotism and display a British national flag during school sessions daily.
Parkes Dairy Co and Pankus Dairy Co paid £596 for cream and milk in February, up from £707 the prior month and £210 a year earlier. The period saw 123 cream and 11 milk suppliers with dry weather reducing Peak Hill supply.
The proverb Hobson’s choice stems from Tobias Hobson, England’s first to rent out hackney horses. Customers were forced to take the horse next to the stable door, ensuring equal treatment by chance rather than preference.
At the annual congregational meeting in Parkes the Presbyterian Church named committees including Bullock Creek Mossie E L Jones M Vander Maal D Draffin D Jones Burrill and Aledown Motara J Crawford J McIntyre J L Whitmill W Elliot R Newbigging and J F Lowe. Crawford was appointed stipend collector for Alevtown Mra moa for Qurra and Mosars Vanemaal and Martin for Bullock Creek.
A large turnout attended the Yarrabundi subdivision sale at Trundle on Friday. The estate of about 30 000 acres was sold under the hammer at factory prices. Other items including Union Bank and Union Hotel fence were auctioned at satisfactory prices.
A dock hand testified about low wages and long hours with a four year service at £1 weekly, amid broader notes on harsh sales of Government wire netting. The piece discusses worker hardship, government pricing, and immigrant labor for farms with a call for early applications to the Intelligence Department in Sydney.
Fragmentary ad urges keeping Chamberlain's Colby Chole gout Diurehwew Remedy at home as a safeguard against sudden bowel complaints. Claims quick aid and urgent need, mentions W. Tnytor & Coy and location in Park Hill. Text is garbled but centers on an at home remedy and sale details.
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