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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
4
Commercial notice lists current Peak Hill prices: Wheat 4s 6d per loaf old 48 7d. hay five pounds per ton. chaff seven pounds per ton. factory butter 1s 4d per lb or 6d per dozen. potatoes 7s 6d per owt. bran 1s 10d per bushel. pollard 1s 10d per bushel. flour 14s 6d per cwt. oats 4d per owt. cheese 11d per lb. onions 14d per lb.
J O Youne and Co report strong turnout of buyers including exporters and the 8MP Co. with 36 106 sheep penned of average quality and firm prices. Lamb supply full for Monday, prime lines sold exceptionally well. Cattle sale drew many graziers buyers, 1268 yarded, prime lots scarce, openings up 20s to 30s per head, other sorts up 10s to 16s from last week.
A notice from Cambridge Club Hotel informs of the death of Mr J G Gough at Craigie near Bombala on Friday night. An ex member of Parliament and early Wyalong pioneer, he sustained internal injuries from a dredge nozzle accident two weeks earlier. He built the first crushing plant at Wyalong and held mining interests in the True Blue mine and nearby districts in the past decade.
The Dubbo Hospital Committee discussed Dr Burkitts proposal to appoint D M Soane local chemist as honorary assistant surgeon and staff member. Dr Daish argued the issue was a professional ethics matter not for a lay committee and contested Boones presence. a meeting of the Western Medical Association was requested before a decision. A motion to appoint Soane was carried amid local feeling.
Mr Scosrz M L A laments no work for local children who risk becoming serfs on stations earning £1 weekly with room and board. He blames government for neglect and questions why outsiders are sought while youths migrate to North Western Queensland.
For 35 years Bemingtons Trish Moss has been used for a section of the chest throat and l. It never fails to give relief if you use the genuine article.
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