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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
11
Mn Ty Fane reports picking up a remark ably quaint animal on a poison trail last week. It was smaller than a rabbit with bad lop ears and fur grey head to loins, yellowish red from loins back, a striped tail with long white tip, and a pitch. He cannot identify it, noting it resembled a rabbit and a bandicoot across Utetywoon.
Sydney May 9 Public Works Department informs Peak Hill to Trundle Road Mckeown's Lane repairs are invited for tenders under a £104 grant. Letter notes March 20 inquiry and notification of expenditure advised on 4th ult. Acting Under Secretary W J Haxwa signs.
Nearly 40 Australians have returned from South Africa amid strong remarks that the country is rotten and hard to find work. They complain wages are down, living costs high, and say Capetown papers warn foreigners to leave, reflecting widespread discontent.
The Local Government Act starts January 1 1407 and temporary councils of five members will be appointed to prepare for permanent shire councils. Thirty to forty names are under consideration with Cabinet approval expected. Administrative tasks such as road and bridge works will be handled by the temporary council from July 1. Regulations will be ready as the Act begins, with permanent council selections likely in November.
The clipping notes a pub check on a Crown land sale near Dorrigo with conditional purchase paths, plus a field report of a man near town who attempted self harm and was treated at Parkes Hospital. It mentions an old legal fee case and a toy booklet release by a minister.
A garbled recipe fragment lists various rabbit dishes including rabbit pie boiled rabbit fried rabbit and creamed rabbit. It references ingredients such as onion curry powder tomatoes bread crumbs and cream and mentions methods like stewing baking and frying with notes on garnish and seasoning.
An antique advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. It touts nature’s plan to loosen phlegm, relieve the lungs, and ease expectoration, claiming safety and pleasant taste. Sold by Gideon Bron and others in Peak Hill and Lees.
The notice recalls a September Wednesday event at Manildra with a past price of 25s an ounce and current 3s 4d. Eroni Bros circus earned £325 in show work while Dusty Lad won the Grange coursing Cup of £100 from 22 nominations. The Japanese training squadron arrives in Sydney May 21. An evening harbor illumination is promised. Mr E Phillips of Neura brings a rabbit skull as a prehistoric remnant with twisted teeth.
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