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Newspaper
Pingelly Leader
Location
Pingelly, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
4
A compilation from the Pingelly district listing parliamentary and local appointments, timetable details, and society group leaders. Includes the Agricultural Bank contact, station master W. Clayden, police officer Foulkes, and various ward chairmen, health board, racing and rifle clubs, agricultural society, and local churches and denominations.
Postmaster W A Urquhart and assistant P Tecs outline daily mail closing times for Perth, Albany, Moursmbine, and other routes via Bassendeed, Ni yaas lin, Granslands, Taylor's Road, Wander ing, and Wickepen. No country dispatches on Saturdays. AWNA leaders and branch meeting details included.
Pingelly Leader business directory listing a range of local trades and shops. It includes saddler harnessmaker carpenters bakers tailors blacksmiths general stores auctioneers builders and professionals with names such as Hanley Nind Truslove Dinttske Monger Be ckwith Laurance Omit and Lavator.
A Victorian style appeal claims handwriting reveals character and future traits. It asks readers to send a sample of handwriting and a postal note for 1/6, or 24 penny stamps, plus a self addressed stamped envelope to Professor L. J. Banks at an East Port address for analysis.
Pingelly Dairy operated by J. Monger markets Presa Milk and Skim Milk and Cream as specialties. The ad notes urgent orders, emphasizes cleanliness as a distinguishing feature, and promises reliable supply at all times.
Beverley Gale reports January 14 sales at agents yards including 3,000 sheep and 90 pigs with prices for fat wethers, ewes and baconers listed. Katanning and Broomehill sales show dull market tones. Northam results indicate strong demand and pricing across fat sheep, store stock, and porkers. Next Northam sale date set for February 12.
A fragmentary local notice lists Cuballing general information including council representation, railway timetable for Perth and Albany routes, and station master F. C. Carthew. It notes court sessions at Narrogin, officer in charge West, and a list of officials across several committees with names such as G. Lodge and W. Peters. Office hours 9 am to 8 pm. mails to Perth daily 2.15 pm and Albany daily 1.15 pm. Wickepin Wednesday 9 am. Wardering Tuesday 3 10 pm.
A young woman left alone in a house during her mistress’s absence is suspected after a burglary and acquitted. Later she identifies a man who had earlier praised her cap as the robber and, with a companion, detains him until police arrive. The man confesses she was the cobber, noting he heard her praise while hiding under a bed.
A sportsman recounts his retriever diving into a ditch after a partridge. The dog returns with feathers, then brings a kettle from the ditch containing the partridge, head peeping from the spout. Several observers saw the unshot bird scenario unfold.
A collage of notes covers biology myths and oddities, mining news, chemical inventions, and a local crime. It mentions a creature devouring food, Bermuda road quality for cycling, sparrows and mirrors, a court jury split, snakes used to scare egg thieves, armor alloy lighting gases, a milk additive and its effects, and world mineral outputs with American lead in coal and metals. It reports Poseidon rush activity, large nugget finds, and a gunshot self-harm incident at a brewery with critical injuries.
The British frigate Quebec engages the French frigate Surveillante in a brutal naval battle. Fire destroys ships and the Quebec is lost with casualties while officers and crew face a fiery fate amid smoke and exploding magazines.
A weekly Telegraph item notes insects such as beetles and crickets avoid loud music. It cites a French naturalist and observations from tropical regions where horns tom toms and wind instruments deter pests. The report states music may disrupt insect activity and” drive them away from houses.
A patchwork of quotes on belief and virtue follows local items. A UK style note mentions moral creed and honesty, then a series of Perth area incidents reports: a lost man found after eight days near Blackwood River, Chinese resident Ah Loch found dead from poisoning, and a Far North Fort division accident where carpenter John Jackson fell fifteen feet, in critical condition, leaving a wife and six children.
Report summarises local incidents across Australia. Three boys jailed for grape theft in Fremantle. Sydney police raid Chineze premises ending in eighteen arrests over gambling on Queen Gow. Plagne returns to Sydney with two reported incidents near George Street involving plague rats. A lightning fatality near the Victorian border in South Australia. Capet near Bunbury sees a man kill his wife by misfire while hunting birds in a tent. A severe chaff cutter accident at Bywater’s farm near Northam results in arm amputation for Harry Brooks.
Notice warns advertisers that alterations to standing ads must reach the Lusper office by Monday afternoon each week Casal advertisements must arrive to ensure insertion in that week by noon Thursday with the number of insertions specified
Janet Beore Walk and J Bon Hiataral lead Pingelly District Association second round fixtures on February 9 at Popanyiniing and Weatbrook plus Taylor's Well at Pingelly. Byes awarded to Heron and Macronea y with matches resuming February 15 at Fopanyie.
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