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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 11, 1906
Page
18
A mixed collection of older news notes and curios from Bathurst and surrounding towns. Mentions Bathurst founding date, Nyngan Show entry deadlines, local politics, auctions, races, and various social items. Also cites livestock markets and local personalities alongside weather, crime, and public notices in a period-typical newspaper briefing.
Percy Edward Edmonds aged 13 receives bronze for saving E. N. Olsson from drowning at Borenore Cave near Orange on December 9. Awarded by the Yok Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales.
Traveling stock rules require all sheep over 200 miles within the district to have a permit. Sheep under 40 miles need a traveling statement. Drovers must provide a delivery mate or statement when delivering horses. Failure to comply may lead to prosecution.
A columnist condemns wealthier guests who give costly silver frames and clocks to poor newlyweds. He urges practical gifts like kitchen utensils, noting meat safes are seldom seen as wedding presents. He remarks that a wedding is a joint affair.
Joseph Murphy of Neverthe and Miss Eliza Coleman of Byrock eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Coleman were married at the R O Church Byrock on May 2 The bride wore a white satin dress with bridal wreath and veil from her grandmother A large collection of wedding presents was received
Toronto lecturer Mr. Benjamin Luke, a Canadian poet and historian, discusses old Dominion folk songs. He notes that the air of “For he’s a jolly good fellow” traveled from Spain to France, and Spain had borrowed it from the Moors who acquired it from the Persians centuries ago.
A list shows per minute tax income estimates for world rulers. Entities include Emperor of Bussia, Emperor of Austria, King Edward VII, Spanish, Swedish, Bavarian, Saxony, Belgium, Denmark, Württemberg, Romania, Greece, Serbia, and the United States with varied amounts in pounds and shillings.
A draught horse owned by Mr. George Aplett near Grudgery Mountain had its lower jaw split in two after an accident in the paddock. deemed incurable, the horse was given to a Sepeer who wired the jaw, and the animal has since recovered and been sold by the owner for a high price.
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