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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
20
A neighbor may claim for wire netting along a road even with a five chain gap. The Land Board decides if you derive benefit from the fence and sets your share. If the board finds benefit, you must pay a contribution.
A major blaze in Lachlan Street destroyed most of the Mancon and Co mercers and drapers premises after 10 pm Saturday. A volunteer fireman suffered a severe scalp wound while fighting the fire as a wooden adjacent tailor shop narrowly avoided destruction. The stock, recently opened for the new season, is expected to be a heavy loss, insured for £2000 per company and with the building insured for £3000. Manager A. J. Baldock had just begun full control after returning from Sydney.
A correspondent asks when the proposed Conversion Bill will reach Parliament for settlement and homestead lessees and the government replies that the Lands Minister promises introduction during the short final session in May.
The committee returned from Peak Hill on Saturday and resumed hearings on Monday with six witnesses. They reviewed the deviation west of the original line and heard estimates that wheat yields would rise to 10 12 bushels per acre, challenging the Statistician’s seven bushels. Testimony also favored the route for fruit growing and dairying and urged the line as a shorter western route.
Mrs D Toohey and Mrs W T Nicholson were feted by Benevolent Society members who awarded each a gold brooch and pin for devoted service. Both plan to leave Parkes. On Sunday Mr D Toohey, former Tattersall’s Hotel owner, was toasted by Roman Catholic parishioners and given a gold sovereign case. Mrs Toohey also received a gold muff chain.
Public notice touts Dr Sheldon Magnetic Liniment as an immediate pain reliever with a claim of permanent cure, priced 6d for a large bottle and sold by Thumss Hand. The document also contrasts Australian and UK debt per head figures, stating Australians owe £59 versus £19 in Britain.
The notice records several mining lease actions including Cavanagh’s 2 acre lease in Narromine refused and a 3 acre lease in Kennedy parish Goobang Shire offered for delivery. It also notes a void mining lease and an amended 1907 revenue act. Other items include rabbit control methods at Ellerslie Tomingley, reflections on share farming, and human-interest notes about Rev. John Penman and a centenarian resident.
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