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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
19
The Enquirer quips on Peak Hill matters including Mr. Howard Speight’s return, Japan undertakers, new local businesses, and housing plans. A kerosene accident burns a woman fatally. Quotations and notes cover politics, temperance, and a Dubbo rumor debunking.
A nursing mother uses Dr. Sheldon’s Digestive Tabules to regulate her stomach and pass health to her baby. The ad claims five Tabules are mild and infallible, authored by Fatale in Peak Hill and associated with Thomas Head.
Busy Corner Store promotes three lines of men from tweed to serge suits. Three special lines offer warm tweed suits, fashionable check tweed, and indigo serge, full lined with best finish. Taylor's claims long experience in menswear and assures ready-to-wear quality rivaling tailored garments.
Arthur Alfred Martel and Mimi Strahorn wed at Sr Andrew's Presbyterian Church Dubbo in a well attended ceremony. Bride daughter of Hugh Strahore wore ivory muslin lace gown with bouquet of tuber roses and carnations. groom son of J. Martel Forbes. Witnesses included Violet Baird and Troarie Martel. Clergy Rev J C W McNeill and Rev John Edwards. music by Mrs W H Palmer. Groom’s party included H A Baird as best man and N Strahorn as page.
Nineteen productive mines operate in the Cobar district with varied personnel and gold yields. Great Cobar employs 710, Queen Bew 285, Nymagee 168, Crow Creek 166, Mount Hope 85, Girilambone 60, Bogan River 23, The Budgery 23, Mount Royal G ropper 1611, Mount Bobby 300, Occidental 143, Great Peak 25, Mount Dryedale 73, Oandelago King 4, total gold 565, and other mines including The Cobar Peak 15 totaling 65.
A child plays with a treacle tin at Hanging Rock and a snake hidden inside coils up when disturbed. the snake is killed and the child escapes unharmed. A Melbourne telegram reports miner William Henry of Bulumwaal dreamed of being harmed at work and, despite his initial caution, returned to the claim and was injured by a fall of earth, breaking ribs and suffering shock.
Ma W Hasmivos recently of Melbourne has started a boot and shoe business at Peak Hill occupying the former Gibson Bros premises opposite the Bank of Australasia. Mr Hastings, with a first-class certificate, has been employed in major Melbourne and Sydney boat houses. An adv appears in the business columns detailing Hastings’s business and terms.
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