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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
10
A reader argues against indiscriminate poison baits to control rabbits at Burrawong Station Toay Cumnock warning that bird life suffers greatly. He urges humane methods, warns of waste and calls for wire netting and hunting to curb rabbits.
The text notes rising rabbit populations affecting livelihoods and calls for action to reclaim unoccupied Crown lands. It urges operation of these lands, supply of wire netting, and destruction of harbours for rabbits, highlighting concern and affection for local conditions.
A report from Peak Hill notes trials by Mr. Ampleby proving Angora goats clear land of noxious scrub without cutting. The third cross from a common goat to Angora ram yields four marketable mohair qualities and meat equal to mutton, suggesting profitable breeding in scrubland areas.
A historical notice promotes a poison named Rabbo for rabbit trapping. It claims quick, on the spot kills with no mixing, sold by PF Stephens, the local chemist, and includes a testimonial from a trapper at Aledown about two hundred rabbits in one night using half a tin.
The State Government proposes amendments to the Old Pension Act to curb abuse. If a pensioner misrepresents income or property and later dies, the government seeks compensation. The bill extends the absence period from the State and tightens rules for relatives willing to support pensioners, with possible reduction or withholding of pension if aid is refused.
A verse explains how a horse's age is read from dental development, detailing the progression of front teeth, middle nippers, corner grooves, and black spots in both jaws from birth to about twenty years. It notes changes at specific ages and ends with the caveat that beyond twenty, no further rule applies.
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