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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
19
Fragmented dialogue shows a railway line dispute over legal obstacles and possible route changes. Public Works involvement hints at delays and evidentiary needs. Other conversations touch on water rights, municipal rents, and rural grievances about grazing and livestock.
A garbled reminiscence notes Book Hill rifle shooters and cricket at Parkes, with references to Japanese visitors and Tumingley. mentions Smith as a fine player and a lively, if chaotic, scene as townsfolk cheer and bid farewell.
Hexay Ricu, about 64, single, was found dead suspended by a rope from the verandah of his hut at Dub on Monday morning. He had drunk heavily for some time and was distressed at being unable to obtain an old age pension. The P.M. held an inquiry and found death by his own act.
Weutaxeron Tums recalls a famed stock owner who once held 35,000 sheep and now has 3000 in starving condition priced at 3s or 4s per head. The owner shifted herds seven times in eight months, spending hundreds of pounds, ending with continual losses and a harsh lesson that sheep farming carries severe risk beyond easy gains.
Banks plan a 1d charge on each postal note deposited for collection due to postal note volume. Depositors may cash notes at post offices or pay the bank 1d per note. Local Government ordinance must be amended to allow banking in the form received, or councils will face higher costs and book scrutiny from clerks.
Weston and Mahoney's Entertainers performed to a moderate crowd at Peak Hill on Tuesday. The program featured Professor Mahoney with bass voice and piano, the Weston Sisters in character songs and dances, and Baby Linda thrilling as a three year old bride singing verses after encores. Bert Brett offered comic songs but was out of form. Moving pictures by the Micrada and Maloney songs topped the program before the troupe left for Trangie at near midnight.
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