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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
14
The Molong Jockey Club announces its Spring Meeting to be held on a Wednesday in November. Entries for two main events close on Tuesday October 24 with Hon secretary J O L Fitspatrick. Club president Major Claude Smith is praised as a premier sporting man and Molong races attract visitors and horse owners seeking a fair chance.
During a Liquor Bill debate M.L.A. Donald McDonnell recalled a man who drank pain killer by the bottle when whisky was unavailable. The tale traced a progression to mixing painkiller with whisky and finally consuming pipe scrapings as a pill, calling it the greatest delicacy.
Postal authorities warn postcards sent abroad often arrive with insufficient postage and incur double deficiency on delivery. Except for addresses in New South Wales Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, other Australian States New Zealand Fiji British New Guinea and the United Kingdom must be prepaid at 14d per card.
The Westminster Gazette notes a shift from arsenic poisoning linked to beer to a new risk cancer. Dr. A Wolff cites Bavaria and Salzburg as beer districts with high cancer mortality, arguing the link supports teetotaler arguments.
A couple seeking marriage braved heavy rain to reach a clergyman who refused to dress, instead directing them to stand outside his window and join hands for a vows at night. The improvised ceremony was completed with a blessing invoking thunder’s power to seal their union.
A Quirindi correspondent reports that Snap, an aged hack horse aged 22, won a Quirindi race previously. A match was arranged at Curlewis where Snap led by four lengths but fell dead after crossing the line while attempting to race Mr Terry Ryan's horse. Snap reportedly won over sixty races in twenty years.
In curing a cold you do not want to experiment. What you require is an easily taken safe medicine. You get that in Bouringtons Irish Moss.
Twenty years ago Queensland led in pedestrianism with champions like Comba Charlie Samuels Jim McGarrigal and Jack Wienele. Dalby hosted a £100 handicap and Sydney later featured Si Jppen Banks Carringtons. A writer recalls Samuels dark'un from Jimbour station and McGarrigal’s electrifying Sydney runs.
The article advises weaning lambs around 14 weeks or when signs of stress appear. It recommends separating mothers from lambs, placing ewes in a spacious yard away from the youngsters, feeding them limited forage until milk is gone, and then turning the ewes to pasture. Depending on goals, lambs may be fattened, sold, or kept for breeding.
The notes cover Keith Kennedy Co event at Peal Hill on Saturday October 28. Police constables at the Children's Court must wear plain clothes. John Wellington, a minor, was killed by a rock fall at the Proprietary mine in Broken Hill. Education Commission costs total about £7000 including report issues. NSW has over 8000 laws with only a fraction in prison. The Federal Premier plans £25000 for London Queen Victoria Memorial. NSW Friendly Societies number about 100000 with funds near £850000. Australian cricket team players earned about £ of the sum per test. Sydney High Court recently reversed five of nine State Supreme Court decisions. In Sitka an Indian widow mourns by painting the upper face black after her husband’s death. A Byron Bay bread theft led to one month in gaol. another case involved a £108 fine for selling a diseased cow.
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