Duty on Wire Netting Sparked Local Protest in 1907
In Molong district the P P Board urged Parliament to drop proposed duties on rabbit proof wire netting, arguing netting is essential for wheat crops and landholding capacity during the rabbit plague. The letter to Mr Thomas Brown of the Peak Hill association expresses sympathy and requests reconsideration, praising Mr Carruthers for seizing the netting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peak Hill P.A
H. Asociation
T. Brown
Thomas Brown
Molong P.P
Carruthers
Pleasant home and bright fireside phrase in court dialogue
A judge utters a hopeful line about a pleasant home and bright fireside as the prisoner faces a period of confinement. The exchange hints at a sentencing context with a stated duration of forty two days, and suggests a hoped for stable future for the defendant.
Old Sharpening Veteran Seeks Parramatta Asylum
An 81 year old man named Barraclough left Byron Bay on Tuesday bound for Parramatta Asylum for the Poor. He wore bullet scars from the Indian Mutiny and has worked as a saw-sharpener on the Brisbane River for 19 years. Now aged and in need, he seeks shelter at the Benevolent Asylum after years in Queensland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barraclough
Tweed
Byron Bay
Parramatta Asylum
Nosthero
Queensland
Benevolent Asylum
Various Local Notices and News Snippets from Peak Hill Area
Constable Williams returns to Tomingley after holiday. Peak Hill notes a lack of public meeting condemning tariffs. Police Station garden praised. no prison labor. Premier Bent explains immigration stance amid land-blocks debate. Miner Henry Reid killed his sweetheart Lydia Gibson at Nightpipe New Zealand then attempted suicide. Molong farmers harvest surplus fodder aided by Mr. Glasson's experiments. Chamberlain's Tablets advertised for health benefits by local sellers A W Taylor and Go Peak Hill and J W Lees Tomingleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Williams
Tomingley
Peak Hill
Bent
Victoria
London
Tom Brown
M.E.R
Henry Reid
Lydia Gibson
N.Z
Molong
W. R. Glasson
Cumnock
Chamberlain
A. W. Taylor and Go
J. W. Lees
Tomingleys
TEMS OF INTEREST. Full moon and local notes in brief
A collage of town updates and curious items: pay changes for civil servants now fortnightly. Nurse Kelly on annual leave. inflation concerns in Australia with population issues. Tariff debate responses, a note on the horse Comet renamed Blazing Star, and a Mudgee purse for Miss Sara Hazeltine. Droughts, rain effects, church fundraising, wool prospects, and local court chatter share space with a land court scramble for land and a remark on beer pricing at meat shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Australia
Jobolin
William Lyng
Powea
Bodangora
Randwick
Comet
Parkes
Forbes
Blazing Star
Sara Hazeltine
Nightingale
St Ie
Ballingee
Tascheke
Waa
Gonanagie
Watt
Mesare
Tweed Suns
Re Ee
G. W. A. Crampton
Island Moonbi
Dobolin
Mr. Crampton
Chung
Mudgee Land Court
Land Board
Mr. Chong
Maloney
M.hle
House of Representatives
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd
Wool and Produce Brokers
Sydney
Baker & Spence
Colonial Produce
Caswell Street
Farature
P Harvest
MACE
Blackstone
Sharple
Lou
the Pure
Ao Best
Orns Uwaye
DE Waugh AK Jett
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