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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
6
A critical look at how socialism might transform key trades, arguing mining would likely collapse under state control. Gold and silver mining, life assurance, and luxury goods would lose private profit incentives, with concrete fears about copper, iron, and jewelry markets and the broader impact on daily life.
A prosperous dairy farmer owning over 1000 acres along a northern river seeks a family to hire seven members capable of walking and tending fields. Wages run from a fraction of a pound per week to about 101 per week for long graft from dawn till seven, with low pay for basic tasks.
An advertisement from A. W. Taylor Co. Peak Hal 5 and JW Lees Tumsiogley offers a patent remedy promoting stomach and liver health, claiming to cure various digestive ailments by regulating and invigorating these organs and placing them in sound condition. The copy uses old medical language and promises general restoration of appetite and well being.
Mossie Baker and Spence, local agents for the Sun Fire Insurance Co., urge farmers and residents to implement substantial fire breaks and precautions in crops, stock, buildings, and other property as heavy rains promise an abundant season but fire danger rises.
Due to the impassible Bogan road the Mungery and Bulgandramine wool teams detour via Tomingley to Narromine railway station. A 10 horse wagon carried 18 bales of wool and took four days to cover 36 miles from Warge Rock to Narromine.
In Narromine Police Court a district farmer faced charges for not following the inspector's orders under the Shearers Accommodation Act. Deficiencies cited included missing flooring a storeroom and broken windows. The defendant admitted the faults and pledged compliance, with an order issued and a six shilling revenue payment.
The Tay local government bill is further considered in the Assembly. The term of office for councillors is set at three years. An amendment aims to retain current aldermen until January 1908. Women will not be eligible to stand for election. A clause on aldermen remuneration is likely to be included.
An old advertisement cites liver bile as the cause of biliousness and indigestion. It touts Bile Beans as a remedy and quotes Mrs. M. Jordan of Kelly Street, Scone, praising quick relief and improved health after using the product. The text lists wide ranges of ailments claimed to be helped by the medicine.
A vintage advertisement asserts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cannot injure body tissue and are safe for children. It promotes them as the safest medicine for weak constitution and effective for robust health, with sales likely by A. W. Taylor & Co and J. W. Loes in Tomingley.
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