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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
10
A Kawrvoxy inventor describes a four sided milking machine with a zinc body and rubber lined mouth. The device uses a gasoline engine and hinges on a dummy jaw system to coax cows to yield milk while a boy with a booklet handles collection.
A sensational duel between two stallions on a Canadian freight train headed to Montana ends when one dies after a savage battle. Guards struggled as the animals toppled the car and fought amid rolling jolts near the Cove Bridge just outside London. The victor calmed and was secured once the other horse collapsed and died.
Notes report a 50 ton gun cost and shot price, a station sale at £76,000, and various local items. Mentions oats for animals, a concert company impounded, Parkestoring on the Common, a Turon Shire proposal banning pea rifles for under 12s, potential ministerial shift, and gold thinner than paper. Also observes a dental peculiarity, ranks of houses under construction, three-month NZ emigration to NSW, Forbes ballot results, and injuries at Lithgow Works.
A meeting at Wildie's Hotel Friday evening adopted the Boxing Day races balance sheet showing a credit of around £6. The group endorsed holding day races after the Show and agreed to advertise the programme. Names added to the Committee include Mewars Iowa and A Kable.
The Byron Bay Company paid £50137 to suppliers of pigs and cream by February this year. In 12 years its turnover reached £2030623 from 39199757 lb of batter and 101767 pigs. It built factories at over £56000 and paid £1629315 to suppliers.
A Welsh paper notes Henry VIII granted Kilburn Priory and Jandy to Richard Page after monastic dissolutions. The Page estate, once thriving, declined to one heir who died in 1529 without issue. It includes London rents and Middlesex revenues, valued at about two million yearly. Recent efforts by Richard Page of Aberystwyth and Caerphilly descendants seek missing certificates to prove descent, with twenty one known great grandchildren across Aberystwyth Sydney and Australia, and ongoing family claims stretching across Queensland and Wales.
A government bank official cites delays in advancing settlers’ loans as partly justified by cautious review and inspector shortages. The bank runs on business lines with loans issued in order, while valuers and local agents face limited availability. Five permanent inspectors handle valuations, one more added for the North Coast district, as loan activity grows significantly.
An advertisement touts a cure named Bonnington's Trish Moss claiming rapid relief from coughs and colds. It asserts the product is reliable and convincing.
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