Echoes Far and Near from a Distant Paper
A miscellany of brief items: a Devon cow birthing five calves in a year. Shires Act polled. Frisco quake ruin. 500,000 US divorces in 20 years. peppermint cure advert. Antwerp horses slaughtered. 2000 ewes sold at Forbes. racehorse Trylee disqualified. NSW teachers’ conference dissatisfaction. Mackay’s eleventh century. yellow peril musings. SA wheat harvest rebound. diamond snake in hay bale. Geraldton rainfall. Peel River Estate fate. California tree life dinners. British Museum books on odd materials. Squires defeats Murphy in Melbourne. Berrima Leaver office fire. cycle boom. Birmingham output rise. Church of England education spend. Blackpool pig on walk. wedding theft and dress soiled. modern courtship at selection meetings. Melbourne graft case. London wireless system. ancient China football flogging. Woods Peppermint Cure ad. China dog fattening for table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Messrs. G. W. Seaborn and Co
Parkes
Forbes
Trylee
Mudgee
Mackay
Waverley
Sydney Show
Long
Skuthorpe
Geraldton
Queensland
Ashton
Peel River
New South Wales
California
British Museum
Squires
Newcastle
Tim Murphy
Melbourne
Berrima
Mittagong
Birmingham
London
Church of England
Blackburn
Eng
Finchley
Cornelius Crowe
G. H. Bennett
M.I.A
China
Sulky Accident Ended Roughly In Town Smash
Monday morning Mr. W Hackett and friend Mr. Fred Watts set out with a young horse in a sulky. The reins broke and the horse bolted. Both men were thrown out. Hackett sustained severe cuts to his hands and the vehicle was damaged in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hackett
Fred Watts
Hackett
Local Closer Settlement Proposal for Peak Hill District
Mr Eden George M L A receives a reply from the Department of Lands indicating no suitable estates near Peak Hill for clover settlement. Acting Under Secretary McDonald invites the Council to name estates it deems suitable for closer settlement and notes Bul Gandramine Mungery and part of Genanagie Forest Reserve as suggested by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden George
M.L.A
Department of Lands
Bsi
Peak Hill
Clover Settlement
Robert McDonald
Dhd
Bulgandramine
Mungery
Genanagie
Forest Reserve
Snake Story Heads Toone Late Season Adventure
Mrs. W. G. Haynes of Genaren heard a strange noise in the crockery cupboard and asked a youth on colonial experience to investigate. He exposed a large snake on a shelf and, with a carving knife, speared and severed its head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toone
Sacred Well Near Bethlehem Tied to Biblical Water Tale
A well two miles from Bethlehem is linked to the water fetched by Israelite mighty men for David. He refused to drink it and poured the liquid out as an offering to God. Nearby ruins are said to be the home of David's youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Israel
Palestine
David
State Parliament Recess Sparks Public Grievance
In mid December the State Parliament recessed and will not reconvene until June 12. Six months' furlough with full pay for the Reform Parliament angers electors as estimates show about £13,000 spent on distribution to members plus salaries and vacation outlays. The piece questions governing by commission during the absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform Parliament
A Mother's Recommendation for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mrs Ma Gray of Wagonga reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures her bronchial asthma and praises its effect on acute croup and bronchitis. She keeps a bottle at home and advises other mothers to do the same. Available from Gibson Brow Peak Hill and J W Leus Tomingley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Gray
Chamberlain
Gibson Brow
Peak Hill
J. W. Leus
Tominglvy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ide
Devon
Frisco
United States
Woods
Gibson Bros
Cyril Staunton
Parkes Dairy
Foley Bros
Sydney
Lowood Creamery Coy
Brisbane
Lam Sone
Victorian
State Parliament
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