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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
19
Burrill Presbyterian Church hosts a tea meeting and entertainment on Wednesday September 18. Tea at 5 30 p.m. Admission prices are adults 1s 6d and children 6d.
A SOUSTATETE notes a Labor bill to abolish school fees failed by 11 votes after the House defeated the measure. Absences among Labor MPs were cited as a factor, with Sir John Lee previously sending the bill to the Council.
In Peak Hill the council debated Sunday football at the recreation ground. A motion to allow athletic games on Sundays failed, while a proposal to ban football was also defeated. Local residents remain divided as the issue stirs public sentiment.
A puzzling London scene describes a man chained and displayed on a roof, with a canvassed sheet concealing a scene that, when removed, reveals a woman occupying the man's position. The incident ends as the man descends from the roof via a concealed exit.
Tax Fisk Jubilee Singers had a separed pete at Peak Hill night. Harry 0 Newton bass and Belle F Gibbons a lady baritone were praised while the chorus was weak. The second part showed moving pictures identical to last year’s program, failing to excite.
A correspondent reports Labor candidate J P Lynch held two hour meetings along Campock way, defending the party platform and tariff debates. He attacked the wire netting issue as a vote catching device, urged Australian-made goods, and predicted victory over 500 votes in Forbes against Eden George in Cumnock stronghold.
Headaches are often caused by eye strain. Consult F. Sturmzys, local chemist, who offers to tear your eye strain free of charge.
A string of regional notes covers a range of topics from a man sentenced for bicycle theft in Wellington to council plans to borrow £3000 for gasworks. Other items note a fire at Bushman's Home, voting opinions on licensing in Peak Hill, police wage rules, and local figures in sports and politics, including forthcoming campaigns and ministerial chatter.
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