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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
10
The Wilgas of 10 240 acres are subdivided into four blocks of 2960 acres. Property suitable for wool growing wheat growing stock breeding and fattening. Located six miles from Trundle near the Bogan Gate railway line with Botfield siding nearby. Full details in the advertisement in this issue.
During a Narromine football match Roy Barlow and J Traynor kicked the ball and struck shins violently. Barlow suffered a leg fracture below the knee described as oblique, the break audible across the ground as spectators mistook it for an explosion of the ball.
Under the Local Government Act it is legal to pay travelling expenses to aldermen. The Municipal Association advises councils may vote allowances to mayors who can use them for any purpose. A council may thus fund aldermen’s travel to the Municipal Conference through a mayoral allowance, bypassing illegality.
Works Department informs Timbrebongie Shire Council it is not liable to fund rabbit bee fencing at Bulgandramine tank. After discussion, the council approves letting the present lessees erect the fence with tenant rights, while regulating price for any forthcoming tenants.
An election talk in Dubbo featured a critique of bank clerks described as anemic and unfit, stirring tension when a young clerk confronted the speaker and threatened violence before retreating amid the political group.
A fragmentary verse lament contrasts praise for triumph with sympathy for losers. The speaker doubts parliamentary life, warning good men may go astray once inside, and notes that pay does not prevent eventual poverty. The text references Coronal and dated, likely 18 in verse.
A rabbit trapper near Welling ton discovered copper bearing stone on the Tremayne Brothers outcrop. He pegged the hill for mining after confirming copper presence and a syndicate was formed with him as a holder. An open cut 10 by 6 by 16 feet yielded fine ore to be sent to Lithgow for smelting.
After many years in Australia and a long police career ending in 1900, Mr. Lenthall, a lineal descendant of Speaker Lenthall, inherits great estates in England. He joined the New South Wales force in 1860 and served 40 years, with postings in Cooma Braidwood and Albury during bushranger times, retiring on pension and living now at Boar’s Hill near Oxford.
Brief items report a dentist visit to Peak Hill, a boar attack fatality, Glen Innes and Dubbo race results, horse paddocks for Goonamble, Victoria population estimates, pension and dividend news, a murder sentence at Roma, mail bag theft near Blayney, a miner found dead at Broken Hill, a father’s blindness claim, and a charity ad for Chamberlain's tablets with local sellers.
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