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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
16
Local notice claims headaches stem from eye strain and advises consulting C. F. Siemens the chemist who will tear your eyes free of charge. Early week saw one patient at the hospital, a lad, while Matron Mrs Garrick departed Saturday for a visit to Sydney.
Frazer Cassel of Dubbo is appointed as the new teacher for Hartview Provisional School which has been closed for months marking his first appointment in education.
The member for Wellington has secured a £1000 provision on the Estimates for the town hospital. The Peak Hill Committee’s request to erect an isolation ward remains under consideration.
Mr F Yabaley secretary of the Flower Show and Industrial Exhibition asks all prize winners to call at once for their money. He is anxious to complete his balance sheet which is expected to be of color.
Mr Charles J. Barber, son of William Barber of Balderodgery, purchases from Mrs Catherine Sweeney an original and additional homestead selection totaling about 547 acres near Peak Hill. The Express notes the Barber family’s ongoing district presence.
A North Condobolia station example demonstrates dry farming by ploughing land months before sowing and letting it idle to absorb rain. The treated plot keeps wheat green while surrounding crops in the region are parched.
Public School teachers may note that Parliament includes three ex teachers: Owen Gilbert with the Government and H E Horne and J Lynch among the Opposition. They can speak on Public Instruction troubles with insider insight and authority.
Friday night a brown snake three feet long lay beside a sleeping child in Mr. G H Wright's house at Burraga. Mrs. Wright removed the reptile and killed it. In other news, Burraga Literary and Debating Society plans to debate abolishing the State Houses of Legislature and Governor, proposing a movable conference of Shire Presidents. After a Railway Meeting, Pastures Protection Boards were criticized as unpaid by some members, with plans to pursue action at the next meeting.
A contributor criticizes the fetid smell along the town to McPhail highway caused by dead rabbits. He urges the Shire Council to enforce by-laws against carcasses on public roads and suggests cremation or a necropolis for the rabbits, urging readers to visit the site for verification.
F Barrett, an engine driver on the railway, was crushed to death at Narromine on Friday. He had descended from his engine and was crushed between an overhead bridge and a passing locomotive.
A playful article notes grasshoppers despised as pests in the western crops become a sought after delicacy in some nations. It cites a traveler comparing French frog consumption with Indiana and Anglo Indian grasshopper eating, and describes traditional catching and processing methods including honey-coated poles and sun-dried, powdered hoppers sold as a sweet dish.
A bill to amend the Shearers Accommodation Act has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly. It repeals the term shearer and defines Employee as anyone employed on or about a shearing shed and includes all workers on the holding. The bill requires proper fireplaces in staff quarters and separate sleeping and bath facilities for cooks and other employees during shearing.
Health warning argues constipation poisons the body and causes headaches backaches and fatigue. It praises Chamberlain's Tableta as the safe anti poison option that stimulates the liver and bowels to act gently and purify the blood. Sold by A. W. Taylor and J. W. Lee in Temingley and Oak Hill.
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