Here and There items from a provincial paper
A collage of local notes mentions ing to new hats from Grison Bros and a range of small items. mentions a mining boom in Wellington, a Peak Hill licensing meeting, and races at Peak Hill Parkes Wellington on Boxing Day. Also noted are rail issues, local politics, social quips, and ads for Snow Flake Kerosene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grison Bros
John Gillet
Kenny
Peak Hill
Wellington
Melbourne
Dandaloo
Tomingley
Bulgandramine
Moore
Sydney
Caulfield
Randwick
Taylor's
Parkes
Taylor's Enlarge Dress Making Staff to Meet Summer Trade
Taylor's announces увеличения штата в отделе платья из за возросшего спроса на летние костюмы. Опытная команда шьет и делает головные уборы для дам, готова принимать заказы и давать сметы на летние наряды.
Largest Stock of Shinpe and Harvester Duplicates
We manufacture and stock the largest assortment of shinpe and harvester duplicates including pins, bearings, pinions, pulleys, worms, wheels, racks, segments for Nicholson, Martin, Meadowbank, Braybrook, Clyde, Sunshine, Massey, Lennan, Beard and Sisson, Mitchell, Hornsby, Robinson, May Bros., Ramsey. Combs dressed and new ones supplied. Duplicates available to Parkes for less than freight from Melbourne. Moderate prices a specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atone
Nicholson, Martin
Meadowbank
Braybrook
Clyde
Sunshine
Massey
Lennan
Beard and Sisson
Mitchell
Hornsby, Robinson
May Bros
Ramsey
Parkes
Melbourne
Peak Hill Humour and News Mix in NSW Bulletin
A mosaic of NSW notes from 1897 recalls colonial life with jokes about moustaches and waggon wheels. It mentions Peak Hill births deaths and marriages 1896 and a visit by Police Magistrate Mr Dove. Also references Governor Phillip statue and rabbits laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S.W
Melbourne
Taylor's School
Peak Hill
New South Wales
Fellows
Dove
Forbes District
Dubbo
Sydney
Mingelc
Phillip
Sydney Botanical Gardens
Language Confusion and Fatal Shootings Reported
A colonial era report notes a colonel shot in a ticket office and a pawnbroker fatally shot through a door. Other lines describe people wounded at a window, in the suburbs, and various abrupt actions tied to intimate moments and abrupt entrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brown
Mr. Jones
Colouil
Local butchers advertise beef and mutton deals
Corned beef and fresh beef rump steaks sit alongside corned and fresh mutton chops in a shopper’s price flyer. The notice urges support for the man who keeps prices down, signaling value sales to customers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albury
Canowindra- Crudal
Wade
Obley
the Express
Victoria
Cumnock
Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association
Bee W. Roach & Co
Taylor
A.W. Taylor & GO
E. W. Venables & Co., Engineers, Lronfounders & Blacksmiths, Parkes
Gibson Bros
Metropolitan Journal
The
Lands Commission
Sammy
Iis
Mr. Poker
Brayne
E. Dunn
Edward Dunn
Roach
Groceried
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