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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
8
The Commons Trustees met Monday evening. The resignation of secretary Mr. T. Jackson was accepted and Mr. W. J. Dent appointed to fill the post. The accounts show a debit balance of £4 1s 2d as of December last. Ranger R. J. Frazer received a £2 advance. The dam project was referred to the Works Committee.
A lad named Watts at Bessieville Victoria bagged 36 ducks while duck-shooting in a swamp. He fired both barrels yielding about 215 pellets per shot, totaling 430 pellets across two charges, an extraordinary display of marksmanship for a pre shooting record.
A note suggests camphor and eau de Cologne as a simple preventive. By soaking camphor in eau de Cologne a person can carry a saturated handkerchief to crowded rooms to resist exposure to influenza. The advice reflects historical home remedies circulated in period writings.
In Lithgow Small Debts Court a plaintiff business faced a registration hurdle under the Registration of Firms Act. The P M set a verdict condition: payment only if the firm registers within a fortnight. failure to register would reverse the verdict. The issue appears common among firms.
Miss Edwina Mantay Epwisa, 19, described as a striking Wall Street figure, raffled herself to raise funds for musical education. Tickets were sold by Edwina with a written pledge paying a sum to be determined by the winning number, with a rich stock exchange member drawing number 510 and owing the equivalent in dollars.
A remedy for sweat boils on horses backs suggests applying lotion made from one drachm burnt alum dissolved in a pint of water with one drachm dilute sulphuric acid. The preparation is claimed to cure the trouble promptly.
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