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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
12
Misane market notes show 1155 cattle yarded including 300 Queenslanders with good trade for prime wethers and lambs forward. Demand was strong despite a large supply as buyers favored light descriptions and firm prices with some improvement over Monday.
Mussina and Peacexaon report a large turnout for a clearing sale at Mr. J J Lackey’s Brolgan estate last week. Bidding was spirited under Mr. Williams from 1040 a m to 630 p m with many unsold items carried to the next day. Lang Froid sold for £100 and Warwick Shalea for £90 to new proprietor T Fowler. Moura’s Mr Peterson bought Eprouvette with foal for £37 109.
A Crimean veteran Mr Atsaxay Weer who joined a Melbourne dinner hosted by the Minister of Defence Mr Ewing recounts serving in the Coldstream Guards. He fought at Inkerton Balaclava and Sebastopol and recalls the Light Brigade charge. He and his wife live near Darnum in poor health with an imperial pension of one shilling daily. West also served in the Turkish war and in the Crimea.
An outbreak in Gympi district Queensland is linked to a parasitic intestinal worm causing pica or craving to eat dry earth. The disease mainly affects children with some cases in youth. authorities warn it may grow into a wider epidemic without sanitation and control measures.
A collage of items includes court fines for unlicensed transport, land board meetings in Parkes, tariff and tax debates, election timing in Queensland, and large-scale shipbuilding plans. Also noted are a 3500 year old statue sale, a drowning in the Avon, wine production in London affecting Australian sales, and a bizarre procession of unmarried women in America urging proposals.
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