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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1905
Page
10
C F Stephens chemist promotes Rabbo poison tins at sixpence sixpence, claiming it kills rabbits instantly without traps. Mr Richardson of Aledown reports two hundred rabbits killed in one night with half a tin. Sold by OC Stephens the local chemist.
A string of brief items notes old price shifts for oranges, corn ethanol yields, municipal licensing debates, and protests over plantation treatment. It mentions Ald. Oxley’s ideas, a Mudgee fine for diseased meat sales, and historical price levels in Sydney. Other items cover a calf in a shaft, liquor revenue, music hall ads, and a Sydney emporium opening.
Railway authorities adopt a cheaper rate for carrying rabbit on dareupial proof wire netting from November 1 to end of March due to wool season demand. Commissioners state the cheap rate shall start from last Tuesday to meet country station needs.
A 19th century exchange between Mr Smith and Mr Jones regarding a noise dispute. Smith warns his dog will be shot if not removed from Jones backyard due to sleepless nights. Jones replies with mockery and misspelled words defending his dog's barking when Smith's jawels enter their yard.
The poem contrasts Western Australian drought with London's heat. It names Long Plains Darling River Murrumbidgee Hay Booligal Bourke and the Bogan pine and laments extreme heat and thirst. The speaker yearns to be moved from the scorched plains to cooler places like Booligal or Hay, where such heat supposedly does not exist.
Mr J Waxsu of Rosedale Orange writes to the Agricultural Gazette claiming a farm experiment killed about a thousand sparrows by broadcasting a rabbit phosphorus poisoned wheat after harrowing. He says sparrows liked the grain and died on impact or at fence lines, leaving few birds on his farm.
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