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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
1
Tenders are invited by Lachlan Shire Council for clearing forming and travelling the Fifield to Burra Road. Tender closes on 9 October. Crown Lands Agent may accept overdue installments with 3 percent interest if a settlement purchase becomes or has become liable to forfeiture.
Goldsbrough Mort and Co report rabbit skins with thin pelts selling from 1d to 14d per pound thick pelts 8d to 9d mixed sizes 7d to 4 ½d others from 4 ¼d to 8d
A city girl visiting her uncle in the country admits she knows little about dairying and struggles to separate the ladies from the bed of the herd as she observes farm life.
A fragmented ad item touts a special shipment of prints and light grounds with promotional phrasing and grandiose claims. The readable text highlights a novelty product push and bold marketing language from an unspecified year.
The report asserts that Ballina Timze and Murwillum bah hold credit free of debt in New South Wales. It mentions Peak Hill and Mesicia as areas claimed to be entirely debt free amid official doubt and stormy weather.
A competitive examination will be held in Sydney on October 17 and 18 for male and female candidates seeking teaching positions. Applicants must be at least 16 years old and not older than 18.
The King Edward VII Copper Mining Syndicate at Orange Plains near the Bogan River property is forming as a no liability company of 10 000 shares at a. J M Scott of Cobar formed the enterprise and registration is in progress. Directors intend vigorous development once registered.
The piece tallies historic war expenditures and human costs. France paid over £1,000,000 a day in a major war with Germany, Britain faced £120,000,000 for American independence, the Russo Turkish clash ran to £200,000,000, Napoleonic wars exceed £1,000,000,000, and the American Civil War ran to about seven billion dollars with 800,000 lives lost.
Mr J Crozier, long in charge of the Public School at McPhail, is notified of his removal to Burraga. Declining attendance at McPhail follows families leaving the town. Crozier will meet an old friend at Burraga to Postmaster Campey.
An anxious time is felt as wheat remains thin but color is healthy. The Parkes Examiner notes a springless period with patchy growth and says a copious downpour could set things right and bless farmers with a good harvest.
The Lachlan beat race reports a defeated candidate J G Carrell returning to Sydney to resume land agency work. D W Swan holds pump crean separator agency for the Commonwealth and reduced prices are offered for a month. Top scores in the NSW Trotting Club meeting are noted with Huon Chief stud advertisement referenced.
Beeby a Labor candidate who won the poll by a large margin is described as 38 years old. He has worked as a schoolteacher accountant shorthand writer journalist law clerk and solicitor and represents Labor Unions before the Arbitration Court.
Mr M Bairstow son of Mr R G Bairstow of Tomingley transfers from Combara Public School to Mount Drysdale via Cobar. Mount Drysdale a quiet mining place with about five men working there on tribute.
Mr Sharpe presents a signed agreement placing a recent gold field at Alectown under offer to Mr Gould of Cobar for £5. The money is to be paid by 7th October. Mr Gould seeks to form a company using the offer as key backing.
An American man employed clearing on Mr. M. Gilfoyle's land at Eumungine Dubbo was killed when a tree fell. The name is not recorded and authorities surmise the fatality occurred during work.
Victorian Premier Bent recalls his youth as a cricketer and bowler then recounts a 50 year old bushranger encounter. He says he was relieved of cash and struck on the head leaving a lasting scar, reflecting on his early athletic days.
A column notes a sunlit looking glass method to reveal objects at the bottom of a dark shaft. The tip claims light at a proper angle can show details up to a hundred feet deep, useful where cattle may fall into a shaft.
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