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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
13
Inspector General Hoan recalls a Manchuria battle tale to a newspaper at Randwick, describing a mist that hid a brutal night of war and a field roiled with death. He notes the death shroud as a fitting image for brave men lost in combat and the fog of war.
Rabbit skins are bid with thin pelts at 10d to 1144, thick pelts 8d to sit, mixed sexes 64d to 74d. Greasy light condition 4d to 1d, greasy heavy 6d to 6d, dogs 4d to 5d, kittens 4d to 5d.
In reply to a Legislative Assembly question, it was stated that forty five Full Court NSW decisions had been varied by the High Court of Australia, five had been varied, twenty three upheld, and five hundred forty one had no appeal to the High Court.
A Royal Prince Alfred Hospital surgeon states molasses does not cure cancer. Mr. C. E. Nilson says medical evidence shows his wife has a cancerous tumour. Mrs. Nilson, once discharged from Lewisham Hospital as incurable with months to live, now does housework and feels well.
A man from Goolagong suffered a severe burn forty years ago that left his right arm disfigured and stiff to the elbow. Recently Dr. McCormaack of Sydney performed an operation moving the arm away from the body, and Mr. Newton, now staying in Molong, says he can use his arm much more freely.
Fragmentary notice on health and longevity with garbled names and unclear details. The readable parts reference affection of chest throat and larynx, possibly a medical column or obituary style update, but specifics and entities are largely unreadable.
The Government Savings Bank of New South Wales announces deposits up to £500 with interest and mortgage advances at current rates. Advance Department may lend on freehold, conditional purchases, homestead selections, settlements, or cattle settlement purchases with loans from £50 to £2,000. Repayments are arranged by installments over up to 21 years.
An English guest recounts a recent wealthy Chinese dinner with Bird's nest soup, shark fin, muah rooms, bamboo shoots, salted cabbage, vermicelli, pork dishes, ancient eggs aged over 150 years, and other foods. He describes hot tea, mops, weary guests, shrill singing girls, two stringed instruments, and an after dinner adjournment to the theatre before dawn.
Lands for settlement after gazette include conditional purchase and lease in multiple districts. Rylstone offers 1 8447 acres in two blocks at 430 to 518 acres, rents from £16 286d to £1988 6d, available 12 December 1907. Armidale sells grazing lands at 208 per acre, available 19 December 1907. Coonabarabran within Weotabba Holding offers 2 588 acres at 108 per acre, available 12 December 1907. Cootamundra lists parcels 390 and 920 acres at 208 and 304 per acre, available 1 December 1907. Additional parcels at 340 acres in Gundibindyal, 258 per acre, available January 1905. Goulburn 2 154 acres on Conkbuchoon River, pricing 4s 4d per acre, restate November 1907. Tenterfield District 3 480 acres on Beaury Creek, price 20s, available 12 December 1907.
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