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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
9
A poetic tribute to the moon as supreme beauty in varied phases shining over seas and rivers. It moves from crescent glow to full orb, then fades behind clouds as the sea sparkles with moonlit foam. The piece ends with a spiritual exhortation to accept light and redeeming faith.
An exchange notes a mania for luck among gamblers. At Monte Carlo a fly on a number can sway half the room to back it. A Continental club once heard a preacher ban hymns below a fixed number, as believers rushed to gamble instead of singing.
The quoted rider Willy Waite discusses tactics to subdue bucking horses and a daring claim about tranquilizing a biting mule with a revolver cartridge. He boasts extensive experience in buck jumping contests across Queensland and praises his unusually large saddle.
A terrier pup shown at Mr O F Stephens Pharmacy displayed an elephant trunk instead of a nose and lacked a mouth, dying at birth. The writer recalls a similar rare animal from years past with four ears.
At the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies Union meeting in Sydney the secretary was tasked to send a letter to all societies. Goals include a registrar of qualified show judges, Department of Agriculture recognition and free rail passes for judges, uniform rule enforcement, fair railway rates, and concerted action on country show issues.
The Molong poet W H Dean now based in the metropolis prints a new collection titled Publica tions Received. Many verses already familiar from Molon Annas show a colonial mood and farm campfire scenes. The volume is praised for its homegrown Australian feel and a recommendation to supporters of young Australian writers.
Federation debt totals £28,000,000, £7 per head. The Molong Pastures protection board voter roll may be inspected. An ad urges Bonnington’s Irish Moss with a mis-spelled Honnington’s. A Balmain man locks his daughter in a room to stop her running away, but she escapes. Forbes Police Magistrate Jim McKensey is now Licensing Magistrate for Peak Hill. John Dight MacKay joins Licensing Court. The wife of Orient steamer Ophir captain Kershaw committed suicide on her honeymoon. R Arnst, Sydney Thousand winner, plans a possible shift to sculling and a New Zealander may get a trial.
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