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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
15
On Saturday night Mr. E. J. Phillips and family watched as a detonator Edward Phillips had used as a pencil holder and whistle was tossed onto the fire. The blast ignited the room, flames spread to the mantel drapery, but were soon damped. Edward suffered severe burns on hands and legs while the family endured a shock.
Tusk correspondent reports Tomingley Public School averages over 60 pupils with prize winnings at Dubbo Peak Hall and Narromine Shows. Walter Ashby is praised for drawing and mapping. The building lacks space, extension plans exist though only a headroom addition was made after roof repair. Government grants for mining-area schools are uncertain while agriculture sustains Tomingley.
Lachlan country shows high irrigation potential as Public Works Committee visits. The Forbes writer notes yields of up to 150 bushels of corn per acre on some Lachlan flats and lucerne lands feeding 75 sheep per acre. The Jemalong success is highlighted as a model for miles of riverbank land between Cowra and Condobolin, with much flat irrigable land ready to wealth.
The Fisheries Board declares a two month closure in October and November to protect cod and perch in Tochlin Murrumbidger Murray and tributaries. All fishing methods are prohibited except rod and fly angling and landing nets during the period starting November 1 subsequent to the two month ban.
The report cites seed wheat supplied to regrowers during the 1903 drought totaling £87,196 with repaid amounts of £58,776 as of August 10, 1900 and £28,419 outstanding. It mentions Chronic Chest Complaints and references Bonnington's test and selved product claims amid dubious medical wording.
Intelligence Department Sydney forwards a London War Office notice granting NSW and other imperial service contingents from the Boer War a final deadline of 1 December 1906 to render claims for pay allowances or gratuities. After that date claims must go to the Imperial and State contingents Office Treasury in Sydney.
The Denven USA couple William Edward Barger's in law parents and bride Nanvie staged a humorously strict set of wedding agreements. Nannie's mother proposed 14 resolutions starting with I will not, while William's father countered with 21 clauses for Nannie to follow. Both signed the bargains, pledging restraint on tobacco, alcohol, shopping, clothes, theater visits, and family plans to ensure matrimonial bliss.
Fragmented OCR text praises Chamberlains Cholera remedy but reveals garbled phrases and mis-spellings. It mentions public opinion and uses terms like Diarrhea Dysentery and modesty. The piece references various names and places obliquely, with unclear context and dubious credibility.
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