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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
9
The article notes farmers increasingly rely on multi furrow and power implements to cut labor costs. Machines like the Bunshing Starvestor streamline harvesting, boosting net profits in good seasons. It credits Australian manufacturers, especially H. V. McKay at Braybrook Victoria, with advancing Stump Jump ploughs and related gear.
The Narromine rust report is supported by the News but framed as not alarming. It notes rust has appeared in district crops but cites historical context and suggests limits to its impact, with some wheat still usable even when heads fail to fill. It references varieties like Manitoba crosses such as Bobs and Jonathan.
Advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective for early diarrhoea with a few doses. Claims one to four doses may be enough and stresses keeping it at home to save lives. Mentions A. W. Taylor & Co Peak Hill and J. W. Lees Tomingley as distributors.
Mr and Mrs J Watt of Balderodgery heard a report at their fire and found a stray pea rifle bullet had entered the stove and exploded. The mystery of how it got there remains, but the upward direction prevented serious harm.
The state from Orange to Cobar Bourke and Quunamble shows pinker conditions with widespread wheat and paddocks thriving. Low-lying areas are flooded and Gilgandra area stands out as exceptionally good, with older residents calling this the best season in 16 years.
The opening wool sales in the weekly series were held on Tuesday with smaller offerings due to heavy rains delaying shearing. Total weekly offerings will not exceed 9 000 bales, about one third of normal, as new buyers from English and continental houses probe the market. Prices remain firm, buyers include German and French houses, and prospects suggest values near last year’s level.
Safe and Sure claims its stomach and liver tablets cannot injure delicate tissue and are safe for children. The medicine is promoted as safest for feeble constitutions and effective for the most rabist conditions. Distributed by A. W. Taylor & Co Peak Hill and J. W. Lees Tomingley.
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