Old Days Coach Drivers and Bushrangers Remembered
In reminiscences, Jack Fagan and Jacob Russart recall perilous coach runs with Gardiner’s gang and troopers near Eugowora. Fagan calmly protected leaders amid gunfire while Russart, Blayney’s mayor, tamed a mountain pinch moment as a hat blew away and a sharp retort followed.
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Jack Facax
Cowraway
Eugowra Rocks
Gardiner
Jack Fagan
Gardiner Gentry
Jack ” Fagan
Jacob Russart
Blayney
Jacob
Johnnie
Dwivah
Salt for Cows and the Need for Free Access
Farmers often over look salt for dairy cows in milk flow. Experiments show two ounces daily is adequate and sometimes four ounces daily used by cows. Cows should have unlimited access to salt with constant access to rock salt lumps before them to promote health appetite and digestion.
Money from public purse tricks cited in old report
A public service officer describes how a country hospital secured extra funds through gifts and donations. A grateful ex-patient offered carved ape work as a thank offering but the hospital paid him £5, then gratefully accepted the cheque as a donation. A more extreme case involved a land allotment sold for £100 for a School of Arts and the donation back, enabling a government grant of £100 for building.
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Farm woes and a catastrophic crop tale
A railway platform scene recalls severe district damage from pests and frosts. One farmer claims a doomed crop of 90 bushels per acre was ruined by caterpillars, then grasshoppers, who destroyed every straw in the paddock.
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Acre
Amusing Incident at Dubbo Circuit Court
A hardened offender accused of attempting to murder his wife stood alone without a lawyer as Sydney’s top lawyers attended a crowded session. He asked for one of them to speak for him, but the bar refused all to defend him. The judge ignored the scene and the undefended prisoner was acquitted at that session.
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Dubbo Circuit Court
Sydney
Rufian
Dinny Gaynor Secures Bathurst Coaching Contract
A Bathurst coach proprietor known as Dinny Gaynor outbid Cobb and Co for a mail carriage contract after a strategic telegram exchange. Gaynor initially appeared to name a higher price, then revealed a later bid £20 lower, when Cobb undercut themselves. The sequence explains how Gaynor won the road contract amid Cobb and Co’s dominance.
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Cobb and Co
Bathurst
Dinny
Sydney
Gaynor
Cobb
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T. Lusk
the People’s Tailor
Aleay
Caswell Street
Peak Hill
DAVID JONES & CO., svpn_ey
Lom
Clifford Love & Compy
Clarence Street
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