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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
6
Mr. Epey Gronoz M L A reports that the Minister for Works has allocated £60 for road repairs from Parkes to Dubbo within Peak Hill Municipality. £50 is available for immediate expenditure and the local Works Committee has proposed absorption recommendations.
Local contractor A G Lircxrtzxp has completed several buildings for W G Haynes at Genaren and is removing his sawmill to start homes and other structures for J L Whitmill at Wombin. Litchfield notes scarce workers and difficulty in securing crews. Several district residents plan new buildings.
The piece notes marriage rates as a prosperity gauge, rising with better times and falling in hardship. It observes a nationwide wedding-bell aroma and reports eight bridal couples traveling to Sydney on the same train, suggesting a returning wave of prosperity.
In Molong last week Mr T Brown M E R delivered a vigorous address in response to Mr G H Reid’s remarks. Brown praised Reid’s talents but accused him of shifting positions for party gain and warned of a potential strong man against him. He pledged to work for democratic measures whether in Parliament or on his own country outback.
A centenarian couple wed in Mayaville Ohio with Capt Kulins aged 100 and Mrs Sarah Crawford also turning 100. Their courtship began seventy years ago after a long lifetime of service in the Civil wars.
Brief notes summarize upcoming Forbes races and local happenings including accidents, weather damage from gales in Mildura and coastal NSW, rabbit trapping earnings, railway eight hour system in New Zealand, notable figures like Sir John Bee and Winston Churchill, and a column ad by Mr. M. P. Harris.
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