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Newspaper
Pingelly Leader
Location
Pingelly, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
4
The piece argues for raising goats in the gold fields to exploit mohair and meat markets. It suggests public bias against goat meat is unfounded and cites potential value from Yilgarn’s 15,595 square miles with goats at scale. It notes mohair demand and a thriving goat breeding industry as a community boon.
The narrator praises Sydney as a radiant city with rocky heads and riverside villas. He attends a recital by a world class organ in Town Hall, noting the instrument’s massive pipes and dramatic power, and describes the audience’s eager response and the organist’s deft control.
A thunderbolt strikes the building as the organ fills the air with grand tones. The music shifts through dreamy and martial soundscapes, with narration likening the changing passages to artillery duels and distant battles. The scene moves back to a calmer mood.
In the Campbell home the shadow of a court case hangs over a family. Mrs Campbell and her sister discuss marriages and futures as a police summons arrives for a courthouse appearance at 12. The two widowed sisters fear an impending public hearing while protecting their children in a hot, tense parlor scene.
In a Gloucester courthouse scene Mrs Campbell testifies under pressure about a marriage and a suspected fraud. The narrative follows the couple leaving a tense hearing and seeking solace at a quiet home as jurors weigh the truth amid a stolen ballot controversy.
Parliament Province Beverley Narrogin information lists representatives Hons C A Piesne Wesley Maley J Haynes and Mr HL Smith. Details include Pingelly visits times to land agent stationmaster and telegraphed mail routes with services to Perth Albany Mourambine and country on various days. Court and local boards meet monthly with officers and clerks named.
Activities of the A N A with President C Kees secretary Jas Byron Braveh mats held on alternate Tuesdays at the Agricultural Hall Pingelly. The Wheat Sheaf group under N G Hey Ty Jackson secretary AL J Carliele Ladadge meets alternate Thursdays at the Methodist Church. Chairmen Mr W K Congreve secretary Mr H Webb. Committee met first Monday.
Pingelly Leader lists multiple trades and shops including general storekeepers signwriters tailors blacksmiths coachbuilders and grocers. It names Kaslon ill smith and ironworker A G Mattiske Indieh and gentlemens drapers and various merchants builders and traders in Pingelly with hotel providers and professional services.
A user requests a handwriting sample and postal note for 1/6 addressed to PROFESSOR L. J. BANKS care of the Post Office in Perth Western Australia. The language suggests an archival or historical inquiry about self discovery and map tracing.
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