Local Government to Gazette Shire Ridings and Appoint Five Temporary Councillors
Officers of the Local Government branch of the Works Department will gazette each shire into three ridings. Five temporary councillors per shire will be appointed early in June to prepare for shire elections in November. Councils elected may meet in December to plan road and bridge control, but cannot levy a rate until January 1 next as the current land tax expires December 31, 1906.
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The
Works Department
Man Longhurst Charged With Malicious Injury To Horse
Longhurst faced charges in Wellington for injuring horse owned by James Dawson, employed by Mr A Hubbard. Police found over 40 pellets in the animal after he fired from 50 yards with a breech loader. He was fined £5 and £5 compensation to the owner. the horse valued at £20.
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Longhurst
Wellington
James Dawson
A. Hubbard
Maryvale
Rabbo Poison Promises Relief from Bush Fires
The article notes rising bush fires in the district caused by phosphorus in rabbit poison. It praises a new phosphorus free toxin called Rabbo that attracts rabbits and kills them on the spot. Discovered by Grew McGirr, Ph.D., it is sold in tins at 2s 6d with Charles F. Stephens as local agent.
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Bunny
New South Wales
Grew. McGirr
Chas. F. Stephens
Brevities From 1907: Leather Yields and Wise Habits
A collage of notes mentions cow hides yielding about 35 pounds of leather, volunteers enrolled in Australia in 1854, retail shops cutting staff in Sydney, and a beauty standard in Sandwich Islands. It also cites the British unemployed fund at £150,000, the Habitual Offenders Act driving criminals from the state, and a coat contest prize by a western association. Additional items reference the Don't Worry Club in Melbourne, prolific sheep births, medical insomnia cures, foot bathing, and a tailor’s quip about measuring Australia’s Georgie. The Lands minister notes £50,000 for wire netting this year and more in the next estimates to cover orders through June 30, 1907.
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Australia
Sydney
Sandwich Islands
P. A. and H. Association
Melbourne
Reid
Georgie
Costly Remark at Wagga Clergymen Fined
A Church of England clergyman at Wagga was ordered to pay £ 10 10s plus £ 2 court costs after remarking on a ferry boat about a West Australian youth jailed for salting a mine. The remark circulated from clergyman to clergyman to the youth’s sister and on to a lawyer.
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Wagga
West Australia
Farming on Shares in Narromine and Trangie Districts
Land is farmed on the halves system with varying methods. Some tenants clear and fence, plant seed, and take half the crop. others plant and work the land with the landlord supplying seed. One arrangement pays the landowner one bag per acre or four bushels in ten, leaving the tenant six bushels or one bag per acre. Some tenants pay five to six shillings per acre annually.
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Narromine
Trangie
Tattersall's Sweeps Growth Amid Tasmanian Cup Interest
AusTRALAsian writer notes Tattersall's rising business during Hobart and Launceston Cup meetings. Government audit of draws, large staffing during Melbourne Cup time, and heavy dividend tax to government cited. Tasmanian share is small. abolition opposition rests on economic self interest. strict licensing and privacy protections described.
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Rrestepen
Australasian
Tasmania
Hobart
Launceston
Tattersall
Government Audit Department
Commonwealth
Messrs
Harvey
Bit of all Right Pain Balm Ad From Maldon Vic
A Maldon merchant recounts injuring his calf while shooting and using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He reports rapid relief by next day and endorses the product based on personal use and seller experience. Available from Gibson Bros Peak Hill and J W Loos Tomingley.
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R. London
Maldon
Vic
Chamberlain
Gibson Bros
Peak Hill
J. W. Loos
Tominglay
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Local Government
Agency
Robert Burn
Kirk
A.stewart & Co
Gor
Court Street, Parkes
Marcus Clark & Co., Limited
Gough & Bed
Gole
Marcus Glare & GO. Ltd. Inc
Tsiversal Distrbutors
Newtown
Sydney, N.S.W
DG. Mitchell & Co., Ltd
Sols Proprietors & Manufacturers
Newcastle
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