Road Contracts Tenders For Local Road Works
Lowest bids for four road contracts announced. Parkes to Coradgery, Parkes to Balderodgery, Parkes to Peak Hill, and another Parkes to Peak Hill contract all received two tenders each. E A Judd dominates three bids with amounts 112 pounds 17 shillings 6 pence, 72 pounds 12 shillings 4 pence, and 75 pounds 17 shillings 6 pence. M McGirr bid 60 pounds for the remaining Peak Hill run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkes
Coradgery
E. A. Judd
Balderodgery
Peak Hill
A. Judd
M. McGirr
Forty Years Ago at Farmers and Settlers Conference
Mr Jephcott recalled his father's 40 year attempt to settle in New South Wales with harsh treatment. He cited illegal practices to block settlement and joked about the State surveyor as a devil’s necklace. He described schemes like burying a cheque on a holding and land taken in a child unborn's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Settlers
Jephcott
New South Wales
Small Farmers Plea on Rent and Drought in Central Division
A letter to the editor from Peak Lill argues that Lands Commission policy favors capital over small selectors. She cites high rents from 20s to 24s per acre, droughts and rabbits, and farmers forced to sell tools or work elsewhere. She highlights distant schools and wild children as effects of policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Benecton
Peak Lill
Dainy Teneciarn
Lands Commission
Denmark
Canada
Aple
Ancy Sydney
Lands Office
Land Board
Don’t Diet Says Digestive Tabs Promise New Life
An advertisement extols Dr Sheldons Digestive Tabules claiming they digest all foods and create a new person with strength and renewed ambition. Sold by C F Stephena.
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W. Roach & Co
Produce Merchants
Commission
Express
John Bakes
Mingelo & Caswell Sts
Mx. Bakes
Horse Sale
Narromine
QuNsHine
Tiarvester
H. V. McKay, Maxer
Australia
America
Arica
Braybrook
Ballarat & Braybrook, Vic
Engine Street
Sydney
W. S. Bundren
Caswell Street
Herr Percival
Sydney & Millthorpe
Peak Hill & District
Thomas Pearce
Gourt
Alfred E. McIntosh
McLean's
Enterprise Law and Planing Mills
T. D. Oxley
Coamber, Baker & Co
General Commission Agents
Coomber, Baker & Co
Express ’’ Office
Edward Dunn
Beechams
Beecham
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