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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
18
A newspaper posted in a box released a cloud of letters that fluttered to the floor. Fifteen letters were wedged into folds when the paper arrived with the loose end upward. The Post Office asks the public to tie newspapers at both ends before posting.
The article praises perfect pre harvest yields and minimal loss due to wind or rain. Modern harvesting methods allow two harvesters on a 200 acre field to complete in about six days. The Sun Shine innovation is credited with transforming farming in Australia and worldwide wheat districts.
Irish children stay in school longer than English or Scottish peers with high attendance, while England lags Scotland in youth schooling. A Clapton wedding features a seven year old groom and twenty two year old bride. Sotheby’s sold a 1540 Englyshe Byble for £59. A perfume clue aided a French chemist shop thief’s capture. A Servian butchered relatives after perceived injustices. Bloodstock sales in Orange linked to High Rock's Highlander. A Marylebone court case saw two shillings settle a dispute. Sotheby’s sold a thirteenth century St Cuthbert manuscript for £1500. Night wheat cutting on acetylene lamps yielded strong crop results. Two Lambeth ladies blocked a footpath. magistrate orders single file. Sydney optician T A Barraclough advertises vision testers and tools.
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