Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1862; 1872; 1882; 1885 - 1897; 1899 - 1904), Saturday 3 June 1899, page 2


Local and General.

More Rain. — This morning a gentle rain set in, but so gentle that it served simply to lay the dust. The novelty of soaking rain is reserved for the future. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Golds never fails 1/6 and 2/6.

A Good Find. — A correspondent from Green Gully, near Sofala, informs us that a few days ago two miners working in the vicinity unearthed two nuggets, which weighed 7ozs 3dwts. These were subsequently sold to Mrs. Hammond, the local storekeeper. Telephone Exchange. — The arrangements for the long distance telephone are now complete, and it will be open for use on Monday next. The charges fixed by the Department are 3s 6d for the first three minutes, and 1s 9d for every succeeding three minutes. It remains to be seen how the public will 'rush' the bureau in order to hold their 3s 6d conversations with people in Sydney. The Drought. — A gentleman writing from Forbes says that Messrs. Edols and Co., of Burrawong, and Mr. H. B. Coward, of Carrawobbity, are feeding 40,000 and 20,000 sheep respectively on wheat and straw, moistened with molasses and water. The other pastoralists in the district are also going in for artificial feeding, and Mr. Coward and Mr. W. Richards, of Grawlin, have ordered 100 tons of oats from New Zealand to feed their breeding sheep. Transfer of Teachers.— The following transfers have been approved by the Public Service Board :— Mr. W. Perkins from Lake Cudgellico to Hill End Public School ; Mr. W. Bradstreet from Hill End to Lake Cudgellico Public School ; Mr. M. Walkom, from Trunkey to Mandurama Public School, as pupil teacher ; Miss L. Squires, to act as house to house teacher at Jenolan Caves and O'Grady's ; Miss M. Matthew, from Burraga to Camperdown Infants', as assistant ; Miss A. Harrison, resumed as assistant at Bathurst. A Valuable Trophy.— The silver cup presented by Mr. F. A. Hall, of the Park Hotel, to the Football Union in connection with the Senior Competition, is now on view at the Park Hotel. It is of massive silver, beautifully chased, having on one side figures of footballers at play engraved, and on the other side a blank space for the inscription when it has been won. The conditions are that the cup must be won twice in succession or three times in all. We anticipate that there will be some keen fighting for its possession. The cup was obtained through Coxon & Co. Unequalled and invincible Wood's great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds, 1/6.