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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
18
A correspondent asks about the heaviest fleece from a sheep in the state. Past notes cite a sheep in 1898 with a fleece of half a hundredweight and another entry of 424 pounds from the first rain import from San Francisco.
G H Crowhurst of Tomingley criticizes a reader's praise of John See and John Lee. He accuses critics of backing Paddy Crick and defends honesty while noting Lands Commission revelations. The letter laments political alliances and urges discretion in public praise.
A Peak Hutt correspondent urges General Booth's offer to settle 5000 families in New South Wales. He argues 4000 Britons would farm land, need houses, furniture, and implements, and improve the country while destroying rabbits. He suggests weekly child payments for large families and prioritizing land for applicants to reduce rabbit pests and reclaim land from monopolies.
A fragmentary notice touts a maxim about character and a claim that exhausted carbide from acetylene gas generators serves as a powerful disinfectant. It asserts effectiveness against lice in poultry yards fowl houses and lice in stables and cesspits while claiming it drives away white ants, though the sentence ends abruptly.
Brevities note Harpers Oatmeal sold in 7 lb bags at 1s 6d. Miscellaneous satire cites barber jokes and social commentary. It mentions Temora Barellan railway employment, Lands Commission fees totaling £52,730 with shares to Willie about £40,000 and Close £9,000. Japanese doctors use charcoal dressings to treat wounds. Bennington’s Irish Moses marketed for colds.
The Narromine News questions whether the Greenwood Company said farewell to the Peak Hill press editor as they hurried to Narromine to meet the News editor. The note hints at a missed courtesy during departure.
A shearer recently back from the Bugan out back told of lean hands and improving sheds with easy standing. He recalled times when the shed struck over cook shortages and corn flour runs, and later the men demanded better fare leading to strikes. He also noted the shift from simple rations to sharper talk about contract shearers.
A woman who vanished from her marriage fifteen years ago now recalls loving her husband as he laments the long separation. He says she only remembers affection now during the wedding bustle, and questions why she did not ask him earlier.
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