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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
20
Hits Clark and Co report 147 bales quickly sold with full clearance. Large attendance from Sydney buyers and Melbourne dealers, keen bidding, and prices surpassing two weeks ago. Market remains strong but question remains how long demand will absorb more supply.
William Riley is remanded to Queensland custody on charges of wilfully burning a woolshed at Coongoola near Cunnamulla and murdering a man named Martyr after a dispute. He surrendered to police claiming to be William Day and admitted to burning the woolshed and later disposing of the body in a cave and burning it.
The community in Dubbo and Nyngan is shaken by an unexpected verdict in a criminal assault case. The girl involved suffered severe distress, with her sister visiting from Maitland and the case prompting calls for a thorough Crimes Act investigation. Public funds and meetings are being discussed to pursue a review.
The government will charge purchasers only one fourth of the custome duty on wired netting as notified since the duty was imposed. Payments collected will be placed in a trust account and refunded in full or part depending on the Federal Parliament's decision to reduce or negate the proposed duty.
Mr Jaws Primmer aged about 67 was killed Friday in Wellington district when a mare he was minding bolted and tangled his leg in rein loops. Dragged around the paddock he suffered a skull fracture and other injuries and died the same day.
Two Colac justices condemn Sunday hotel visits by young men as the youth admits staying to court the land lord’s daughter. The girl corroborates and the defendant’s counsel pleads remembered courting days. He is fined one pound and appeals.
At Dubbo Sessions George Lamont faced charges of assaulting and attempting to rob Michael J. Hickey at Bogan Gate on August 28. Hickey, a labourer on Major Claude Smith's Jumble Plains station, found Lamont with a hand on his throat and in his trousers pocket. Hickey later reported £11 5s 8d missing and Lamont was found guilty of attempted robbery and sentenced to two years hard labor.
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