Alleged Illegal Burial and Town Hall Debate at Council
Municipal Council discusses four ministerial correspondences including church trustees for cemetery, gazetted Peak Hill Courthouse, and a £1000 town hall loan. An alleged illegal burial prompts a warning to the undertaker to maintain proper burial depth, while disinfectant tenders are accepted. Proceedings cover accounts, rate collection, and a proposed town hall with site and referendum debates among aldermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Bakes
Davey
Glasheen
Morris
I. G. Willson
Church of England
Bathurst
Eden George
M.L.A
Peak Hill
Town Hall
Municipal Association
Council
A. E. McIntosh
Parkes
Reo
W. Harris
G. Harvey
Ald
Ald. Morris
Aries
Dress Opportunity of the Season at Busy Corner Store
Opened a Special Lot of Summer Dress Materials including Muslins Voiles Armure Cloths Embroidered Voiles Chantilly Cloths Crepe lines and more. A large assortment of fashionable dress lengths with unique pieces. Taylor's promotes low prices and practical drapery at the Busy Corner Store.
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Taylor
Lovely Shades in Summer Dress Materials Fashionable Trimmings
A feature on summer dress fabrics highlighting a range of colors and textures. It notes the fashionable shades for garments and mentions small trimmings that complete the look, such as ribbons, lace, and decorative borders.
Reliable Drug Store Promises Trustworthy Service
This pharmacy emphasizes absolute reliability and scientific methods, claiming top quality drugs and attentive service for all health needs. It advertises a full range of dependable medicines and lower priced poisons such as Bosker, 8.A.P., Rabbo, Arsenic, Strychnine, and Cyanide of Potash.
Peak Hill Pharmacy Corner Caswell Street Highlighted
CHAS F STEPHENS operates Peak Hill Pharmacy located on Caswell Street Peak Hill. The notice confirms business address and ownership details for local pharmacy services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peak Hill Pharmacy
Caswell St
Municipal Bill Could Delay February Election
Discussion on a House bill impacting municipal affairs referenced a possible February election. A suggestion to let the motion stand over until the next meeting was approved to submit a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eootion
Bullock Creek tragedy and fatal knife wound report
Last week a youth named Fitzroy, son of a Bullock Creek selector, died after being thrown from a horse. In East Bogan a man cutting a stick with a pocket knife slipped, the blade severed the main artery, and he bled to death in twenty minutes.
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Fitzroy
Bullock Creek
East Bogan
Auctioneers License Meeting Delayed by JP Shortage
Due to a scarcity of local Justices of the Peace the annual meeting for consideration of auctioneers licenses lapsed on Tuesday last and the probable review will come before the PM on his next visit. Applications for licenses have been lodged by Messrs H. N. Gibson, J. and Jackson, T. W. Spence and W. H. Roach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owue
H. N. Gibson
J. and Jackson
T. W. Spence
W. H. Roach
The Drink Question Says An Exchange
The piece condemns the barroom culture that imprisons drinkers for consuming liquor. It calls for reform through supervision, meaningful work, and treatment to support dependents and aid rehabilitation.
First two trucks of new season's wheat reach harbor
Sydney reports the first two trucks of new season's wheat arriving at Darling Harbor and Redfern. Redfern truck sold at auction for 382d per bushel in spirited bidding, while Darling Harbor truck sold privately at the same price. Both consignments by Mr Thos Avery of Narrabri.
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Sydney
Ar Ane
Ney
Darlin Harbor
Redfern
Darling Harbor
Thos
Avery
Narrabri
Shire Elections Open With Voters Casting Ballots
Country residents voted for the first time on Saturday to elect shire councillors under last year’s act. In two weeks the elected members will select presidin officers and roads and bridges work will begin in earnest. Local works fall to councillors while the Government handles national projects beyond local funding.
Libel Action In Banco Court Over Damages Claim
Richard Atkinson Price sued Henry Skinner Robinson for 500 pounds claiming a Singleton Arcas publication libeled him by alleging he had been examined before the Pankuptcy Court implying sequestration of his estate. The jury favored the defendant. Country Press Association defended the action in support of country journalism.
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Banco Court
Richard Atkinson Price
M.I.A
Henry Skinner Robinson
Singleton Arcas
Taintiff
Pankuptcy Court
Country Press Association
Country Journalism
Taxing the Land and Sir William Lyne’s View
The piece notes Sir William Lyne’s shift on land tax from 1894 remarks arguing land tax harms prosperity to the modern talk of progressive land tax. It cites his earlier claim that taxing land would extract the entire rent from landowners and criticizes politicians for relying on Hansard records.
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William Lynz
William Lyne
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Elliott Bros
Chantilly
A. W. Taylor & GO
Drapers
Chas. F. Stephens
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