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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
11
A column of quirky notes from Sydney and abroad mentions a palmist nicknamed Luna, a Syrian hawkeress touring in a perambulator, a boy’s fatal cigarette wager in America, and a Sydney florist showing a rose with 150 blooms. Other items touch on health, politics, bias in wealth, and a mishap in Bunsdarra where a youth named Cross breaks a leg in a sulky incident.
A New South Wales parish wedding surprised a clergyman when the bride, instead of holding her finger for the ring, fetched a soap enka from her pocket and licked it before applying it to her finger. She explained the swollen joints required washing, claiming Ttakes in washing.
A youth on a bicycle passes an older rider on a not modern machine. The young cyclist notices the old man braking hard. When asked why he brakes, the old man explains he fears the bicycle will go backwards.
Wheat shows no change in market activity with transaction levels narrow. prime price 64d. Oats remain very firm with strong demand and full values for all types. chaff in good demand. Maize opens at 4s per bushel with limited trading as buyers have secured needed supplies.
A mixed Australian and New Zealand news note outlines King Edward declining to meet an unemployed deputation. It covers local finance issues in Forbes Council, storm fatalities in Brisbane, rising birth rates in Forbes district, and new clubs in a western town amid political and social commentary.
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