Postal Information Mails and dead-letter details
Mails close for TPO West and South and Blayney daily pm Mails close for Mandurama Lyndhurst Woodstock 6 pm Friday only Mails arrive Sydney TPO Went and Blayery B25 alm daily T7 0 South daily except Monday Registered Mails close one hour before ordinary Mail pm Letters to all British Powers and foreign ad per oz Postal notes values available at any money order office with poundage per connection
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TPO
West
Blayney
Mandurama
Lyndhurst
Woodstock
Sydney
Money Orders Fee Schedule Confusing Public Notice
A garbled notice outlines commissions on money orders to the United Kingdom with confusing figures and unclear terms. It mentions a commission of 44 for each £1 for the first six and a minimum, plus a change rate of 1/6 for each 4 to be added, with references to a Chronicle fire and places Nayaylorat Gorovar.
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United Kingdom
Early Settlement and Settlers of Cowra 1815 1836
In 1818 John Wood owned land at Chipping near Misi Boo on the Nepean. His son John Butler Wood, linked to Cowra Grenfell districts, was born at Parramatta in 1819. Wood acquired Mount Elon Estate west of Penrith. named Lowther parish after a later grant between the Cox and Fish Rivers. The Wood family helped settle Lachlan and Belubula districts. Brundah near Yamblarra became a long term Wood holding. John Butler Wood became a magistrate and the Wood family remained influential into the 20th century.
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John Wood
Chipping
Misi Boo
Nepean
John Butler Wood
Cowra
Grenfell
Charley Walker
Parramatta
Henry Fulton
Castlereagh
Penrith
Wood
Cox and Fish Rivers
Collits' Inn
York
Hartley
Creck
Lowther
Westmoreland
Lawson
Bathampton
Teely
Coombing
Ranken
Glenlogan
Rothery
Chlelden
Robert Smith
Jamon Ellis
Elna’ Plains
Robert Lambert
Holmwood
Bathurst Plains
Blayney
Fulton's
James Callite
John Grant
Lachian
Lower
Belubula
County of
Bathurst
Grant
County
Thomas Wills
H. C. Antill
William Redfern
England
Warwick Plains
Wargoula
Simeon Lord
Coora
Wargoola
Brundah
Dog Creek
Yamblarra
Cudgemy
Grenfell Beach
John Quin Wood
Prince Wood
Sydney
W. Ho OM. Wood
Govt. Sayings Bank
LBW
Arthur Wood
Belubuin
King's Plains
Martha Dizon
Darling
Mallowgrove
Carcoar
Wellington
Arrival of James Blackett in the Colony in 1833
The Sydney Gazette 1833 notes the arrival of a James Blackett on 18 September in the Colony, with a probable link to a later Cowra district settler. Earlier, Mr Teely owned the Bungarri Bee estate between Parramatta and Penrith and Saltram Bathurst, with Blackett managingWarribes and tin mines in the period.
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Sydney Gazette
James Blackett
Cowra
Teely
England
Bungarribee
Parramatta
Penrith
Saltram
Warribes
Blackett
Bathurst land grants and colonial figures in early 1830s
A survey of Bathurst district history from 1830 recounts James Blackett’s 320 acre grant near the Macquarie and his house Lange, Alexander Watt’s 1834 purchase of Longlea later renamed Esrom, and the transfer of lands around Burrendong. The narrative notes early soldier grants, veteran allocations, and the evolution of Bathurst town plots, with figures like Mitchell and Richards noted in survey work, and ties to Saltram and Governor Darling.
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Bungarritee
Bathurst
Sydney
James Blackett
Bungarribee
Icely
Saltram
Darling
Macquarie
Mitchell
Mic
J. B. Richards
Teely
Salham
Jit “Lange
Alexandaer Watt
Esrom
Copenhagen
Denmark
Gratdson
Prince Charles Edward
N. S. Wales
Wath
Bathunt
Longlea
Blackett
Church of England
All Saints College
Watt
Burrendong
Wellington
Surveyor Richards
George Street
Ranken
Howick
Durham Streets
New South Wales
Elizabeth Street
Belubula
Lachlan
Cowra
Malmabury
Stewart
Mount Pleasant
William Lawson
Bathampton
Mane Ume
Aboriginal Legend of Fire Drill Discovery
A fragmentary Aboriginal tale describes a drought and fire set by a thunderstorm, hunger, and the search for meat. An elder guardian of fire is exiled after floods extinguish the flame, later rediscovering fire by rubbing sticks to create a fire drill.
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Queensland
Capen Downs
Mehmning
Japan Buys Old Liners for War Munitions
Old British liners are being sold to Japanese breakers for steel to fuel the Sino Japanese conflict. Ships fetch 30 to 40 shillings per ton in Japan, with final voyages to Japanese ports. Initial fears of troop transport prove unfounded as vessels are dismantled for war material. steel imports face heavy duties but steel ships arrive duty free.
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Australis
Japan
Manchuria
Transport Board abolishes Careoar area post for P J Williams
For years Mr P J Williams West railway area commissioner visited Careoar to hear public complaints. The Transport Board abolished the post and Williams, based in Orange, is transferred to Sydney to oversee haulage of foods for the State.
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P. J. Williams
Careoar
Transport Board
Wiliams
Orange
Sydney
Cleary Leaves Brewery for Chief Commissioner Railways
The rumor notes Cleary relinquished the post of general manager at Tooth's Brewery to take the role of Chief Commissioner Railways. Details on timing and official confirmation are not provided.
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Cleary
Tooth's Brewary
Railways
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