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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
14
Free Trousers, Laws and Co remind country clients that their advertising promotion continues for a few weeks longer. An extra pair of trousers, valued at 128 6d to 17s 6d depending on suit grade, is given away with every suit to boost advertising. Act quickly to obtain patterns and self measure forms.
The piece argues that police court news will fade as offenders are released on pledge or rearrested if they relapse. It warns the cycle ruins the man, making the last stage worse than the first.
A rabbit story from Mudgee district describes a trap of wire-netting used with a rabbit as a decoy. The rabbit escaped by gnawing and burrowing to regain freedom, illustrating the escalating rabbit problem each year.
A man from Mouche near Lyons, Jacques Mignot, bitten four months earlier by a mad dog, suffered a paroxysm and bit his daughter in the neck after urging his wife and child to stay away. Neighbors subdued him after he bit another. As he was taken to hospital, lettuce was forced into his mouth to prevent further bites. He remained fully aware of his condition and asked for confinement in a strait waistcoat in an isolated room.
The Toowoomba Courier notes a string of prosperous seasons for sheep breeders. At Kynuna station 190,000 sheep were shorn producing 5050 bales of wool valued at about £20 per bale. The total exceeds £60,000, plus the value of the sheep, enriching the station's owners this season.
Four fishermen netted a colossal sea turtle weighing 19024 pounds with a shell five feet two inches long near San Diego. The creature bore a burned inscription reading the Sea Bride and coordinates dated August 12, 1881, linking it to a British vessel and suggesting it was released after the marking.
Brevities cover A Wurfel resigning as Dubbo Shire Council clerk. Victoria delegates 50 farmers to Burnett district Queensland settlement. Narrabri wheat promises a fine season. Victorian pension costs and administration noted. Global gold and jewels at sea route cited. Tasmanian taxation per head discussed. Deaths from motor vehicles in England and Wales analyzed. Governors’ salaries listed. Bendigo boys Strachan altercation leads to fatality. Teachers use questions to engage inattentive students with a joke about the abdomen. A quirky verse ends with a peppermint cure remark.
A sharp critique of country papers publishing alleged enlarged issues funded by Sydney firms. It notes firms supply free advertising supplements in exchange for local papers to publish them, and mocks readers who fall for the tactic with a jab about enlarging the brain.
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