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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
19
A Peak Hill resident writes to the Express protesting Sunday football in the town streets. He cites danger to horses and churchgoers, calls the activity undignified, and asks whether the Police or Municipal Council should stop the practice. He signs as Resident.
A near accident at a lamp post opposite the Commercial Hotel shows the need for street lighting Sundays. The town loses little by lighting a few lamps yet the potential damages from an accident could be costly. The writer asks if a by law requires vehicle lights at night.
Miss Hay governess at Wilga Park near Mr Angus Robertson's estate had a close call when a pot of beeswax and turpentine on the kitchen range caught fire. She tore away the burning vessel as flames scorched her dress injuring arms hands and face while Mr Robertson's eldest daughter helped extinguish the blaze.
A Glasgow teacher prompts students with biblical questions about Mosea Ananias and Sapphira, leading to humorous mishearings and quick-fire student replies. A boy defines a sin of omission as a sin you ought to have omitted, amid discussion of moral tales and jokes about teachers being overpaid.
A fragment states Burns and Scalds are common and danger but relief from pain comes from Chamberlain's Pain Bar. It claims the product prevents blisters or sores and should be kept in every household. Listed sellers include Bion Bron, Pes Milly JW, and Tomingley.
A jumble of local gossip and political snippets notes fifty plus items. Mentions Louis Afrion peace proclamation, NSAW prorogation, penny postage, railway resignations, coal bosses, unemployment in Sydney, municipal debts, show prizes, and local building plans. Names include Clivoe, Forbes, Parton, Nield, O'Sullivan, Langman, Molony, and Stokeslaa.
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