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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
10
In Sydney's Chamber Court Justice Pring ruled trustees of 18 were personally liable if they failed to destroy rabbits under the Pastures Protection Act. He stated the Act would be useless for Commons unless neglect could be punished.
The article advises drinking milk slowly to aid digestion. It warns against gulping from the glass without pause, noting rapid consumption forms curds that can hinder digestion. Pair milk with bread or dry cereals and sip or spoon it for smoother digestion.
A dream by the deceased's brother, who was shearing at Walhalley station, forewarned of his brother Reuben Bayliss being killed while yarding horses. The vision prompted a midday ride home, arriving at dusk to find the body, the fatal accident occurring Saturday near Curlewis.
The Lands Commission reports extensive behind the scenes work with 1030 letters and telegrams sent across New South Wales Victoria and Queensland since inquiries began. About 1500 letters have been answered. Additionally 250 summons issued to witnesses and over 190 witnesses have attended and testified.
A key case at the Hay ice court involved Robert Fager opposing Frederick Carter a shearer over duties at Toongimble station. Carter refused to shear a maggoty sheep, was ordered to forfeit £5 wages with £4 6s costs, and warned of two months imprisonment on default. A stay of proceedings was requested pending appeal.
The report notes rainfall across districts with Orange Plains and Narromine recording several inches and more unsettled weather expected. A fatal accident at Millowa Park Bulbodney involves William Peterson who died after a horse incident near Nyngan Hospital. Influenza remains widespread locally amid ongoing shearing at Bedinda Station and Middlefield.
A German scientific journal reports a new sugar mantle for carbide in acetylene lighting. The invention, called acetilith, prevents further acetylene after water is shut off and restarts when water returns. The protected carbide is reusable for future illumination.
A belabored exchange in a newspaper notes harsh cant about reporters and patrons. It laments a man who wronged a printer and predicts he will not reach heaven, being condemned to front gate purgatory and mocked by demons.
A man missing from camp huddled in a hollow log to escape a violent thunderstorm. After four hours of searching, he was freed with the storm’s end and explained his strange predicament.
In a brief item the note appears to reference Bonnington’s Irth Moss, with details unclear due to OCR errors. The readable fragment mentions a first place at a place or event, possibly a gong or prize, on an unspecified date. Further context is not available in the fragment.
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