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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 26, 1906
Page
18
A partial OCR fragment hints at a Natal Day history item with references to a historic day and easing of tensions. Details are unclear, but the text suggests a retrospective note or observance tied to a specific date and place, needing fuller context to identify people or events.
Dr Howse of Orange is slated to leave for an overseas visit to England in the near future. The item appears among a collection of overseas and local notes from the era, highlighting personal departures and community notices.
A well shrunk line of ladies crash skirts offered this week at 3s 11d each. Seams are neat and cuts shapely, with assurance the garments keep their shape after washing and wear rather than turning awry, making the price temptingly low.
A local dairy feature touts pump separators for cream production. It emphasizes large capacity and clean skimming due to thin milk layers, preventing contact between separated cream and skim milk. Benefits include easy handling, simple cleaning, and a balanced bowl design adjustable without prior knowledge.
The advertisement promotes an automatic milk supply system with a separator and pump. It claims easy installation beside the separator, adjustable milk lift, and a speed-controlled flow reducing waste. Driving benefits cited include fast running, reduced wear on parts, and lower maintenance. R. B. Howard & Sona offer the device for Parkes and Peak Hill districts with terms from £110.
For years schoolboy rifle shooters went to Sydney from their country homes to compete in NRA programmes. This year the State Government refused passes, forcing lads to pay quarter fares to shoot at meetings. The N R A secretary sought entries for the Lyster match but was refused special privileges. About 50 parliament members supported the push, but Premier Carruthers declined a deputation.
The Richmond and Kyogle papers note the high esteem for A E Potts, manager of the Bank of Australasia, as Peak Hill friends sent a substantial gold chain and pendant dated September 1906. The gift, presented to A J Potts, Esq., reflects the strong regard from Peak Hill residents now recalled in Kyogle.
At Orange Plains Mosere Fishpool and Sons hold about 26 tone of high grade ore ready for dispatch to amelters for treatment. Poor road conditions threaten transport to the railway. They are sinking a western base shaft where a large copper rich outcrop appears, with similar ore in No 1 shaft, promising to increase property value.
The writer laments the slow Condobolin to Parken coach route before the line, recalling fast forbes to condobolin trips and bogs, delays at Warroo, and calls out critics like Pannikin while praising the old service.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Cholera Remedy as a reliable cure for diarrhoea, claiming a few doses can prevent deaths. The copy urges readers to keep a bottle at home and buy from AoW. Taylor & Co, Beak Hill, and J.
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