The Carcoar Chronicle, Sat 24 May 1879 1
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
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(Mr MA Lynch, Esq.)
SYDNEY
Wednesday, 11 am.
The estimate of £4000 for a new Court-house for Carcoar was carried by a large majority. There was great excitement and much opposition.
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NEW COURT HOUSE FOR CARCOAR.
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last the estimate of ,4000 for a new court house was considered.
Mr McCulloch moved the reduction of the item ,4000 for the Court-house at Carcoar by the sum of ,200.
Mr McElhone supported the reduction of the item.
Mr Lackey said there was a court-house in the district, but it was altogether unsuitable for the purpose.
Mr Badgery thought they ought to have some information on the subject from the member of the district.
Mr Lynch defended the item, and opposed any reduction in it.
Mr Shepherd did not think so large a sum was required for a court-house at Carcoar.
Mr Lynch urged the rising importance of Carcoar as a reason why they should have this sum for a court-house.
Mr Cohen thought the whole amount should be voted or none at all.
Mr Webb said the present Court-house was far too small.
Mr Burns said the Court-house at Carcoar was a very small dilapidated building. He should vote for the item.
Mr Charles thought to look to the requirements of the future in these matters as well as to the present.
Mr Greenwood supported the item.
The amendment was negatived on division—Ayes, Mr McElhone and Mr McCulloch; noes, 33.—Herald.
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, Tue 18 Nov 1879 2
NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.
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(From the SM Herald.)
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FRIDAY, NOV 14, 1879.
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
The Speaker took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
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Mr Lackey, in answer to Mr Lynch, said that tenders would be called in an early issue of the Government Gazette.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 17 Aug 1880 3
CARCOAR.
Monday.
Lane and party have bought to town 752 oz of gold, the result of crushing from their claim at Galley Swamp.
The contractor for the new court-house made a start this morning with the rubble stone foundation.
The weather is delightfully fine, with frosts.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 11 Dec 1880 4
CARCOAR.
Friday.
Mr Walker's trial railway survey, bringing the line within about 200 yards of the new courthouse, is now completed. The engineering difficulties anticipated by some have turned out to be of a mythical character, and much satisfaction exists thereat amongst the inhabitants.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 6 Jan 1881 5
CARCOAR.
Tuesday.
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Loud complaints are being made about the slow progress on the new court-house, only one bricklayer being employed.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 29 Apr 1881 6
CARCOAR.
Thursday.
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The contractor for the new courthouse is making good progress with the building.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 10 Feb 1882 7
COUNTRY NEWS.
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(By Telegraph.)
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
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CARCOAR.
Thursday.
The adjourned annual meeting of subscribers to the Carcoar Hospital took place yesterday, at the Courthouse. There was a good attendance, Mr B Stimpson, president, in the chair. The hon secretary and treasurer, Mr WB Warner, read the report for 1881, showing a balance in favour of the institution on 1st January of ,543, after all accounts were paid, and that the institution is in a flourishing state. The weather has been cool and pleasant during the last few days, without the least indication of rain.
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The Carcoar Chronicle, Sat 18 Mar 1882 8
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
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The Court-house appears to be moving on towards completion at a somewhat faster rate than formerly. Its completion is an event that will be a boon to everyone who may have business thereat. At present three different officials are cramped up into one wretched little compartment where it is contrary to reason to expect work to be carried on with any comfort or satisfaction. Witnesses in waiting, especially females are most uncomfortable situated, having to remain standing in the Court-house verandah for hours at a time.
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The Carcoar Chronicle, Sat 15 Apr 1882 9
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
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Our Court-house is creeping along.
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 13 Jul 1882 10
COUNTRY NEWS.
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(By Telegraph.)
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
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CARCOAR.
Wednesday.
The new courthouse is now rapidly approaching completion, and hopes are expressed that the efforts of the Progress Committee to re-establish Quarter Sessions here will be successful.
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The Carcoar Chronicle, Sat 15 Jul 1882 11
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SOME correspondence has recently taken place between our local Progress Committee and the Minister of Justice of the colony in regard to a Quarter Sessions being granted for Carcoar, and the reply of the latter to that reasonable request is to the effect that the Minister of Justice cannot see his way clear to the granting it because there is not at present sufficient gaol accommodation in the town. We think this is a very meagre excuse; it would be just as reasonable for that functionary to issue instructions to the Judge and Jury of the Sydney Circuit Court not to convict any more persons brought before them, because the city gaols were over-crowded, and convicts would consequently have to be sent to Berrima or elsewhere. The object sought is not gaol accommodation for prisoners, but the convenience and comfort of those persons who are compelled to act as prosecutors and witnesses in cases of breaches of the law. Surely the convenience of culprits, and of a few paid officials before whom they must be tried, is not to dominate over that of the public at large. Prisoners committed from this part of the district are sent to Bathurst gaol to await their trial, and if the Sessions were held in Carcoar they could be brought here to be tried at a very trifling expense to the Government, and thus obviate the necessity of prosecutors and witnesses being compelled to leave their homes and occupations for several days at a time to give evidence at Bathurst. It is well known that in not a few instances rogues have been allowed to remain at large because their victims would not bear the trouble, expense, and loss of time entailed in prosecuting them at a distance; and such enforced leniency must materially tend to further demoralise offenders, knowing as they do that the chances are they will not be proceeded against. Many people prefer to suffer the first loss rather than undergo the discomforts of being dragged from their homes for two or three or more days, to the detriment of their interests, and neglect of business. This would no longer be the case if culprits could be tried in the locality where their offences are committed. A most commodious court-house, with ample space for holding the Sessions, is now on the point of completion in the town, and a convenient lock-up, sufficient for all Sessions purposes adjoins it; the only other requirement desired is the charter to constitute a court, and we cannot but believe that if our members would represent in the proper quarter, the advantages accruing to the district by the granting of the boon asked for, the Minister would see the justice and reasonableness of the request, and would issue his fiat accordingly, and at once.
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AT the meeting of the local Council on Tuesday last, Alderman Downey incidentally mentioned the advisability of holding some little demonstration on the occasion of opening the new court-house, which would be ready for handing over to the authorities in a few weeks, and suggested that Mr Foster, and one or two other Ministers should be invited to take part in the ceremony with our own members. As there are many local requirements on the tapis [sic–table], besides the giving us a Quarter Sessions, a gaol, a new school building, and the route of the railway to be decided upon, we fully agree with the worthy Alderman’s suggestion. Our townsmen must watch their own interests, or they cannot expect assistance from those in authority, and while we are all prone to growling about the neglect the district has experienced, we should remember that nothing will be given without persistent application, and now that an opportunity is opened to show by ocular demonstration that we are asking for only what is actually necessary, it should not be allowed to pass for the want of a trifling amount of energy on the part of the residents.
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The Carcoar Chronicle, Sat 14 Oct 1882 12
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
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OUR NEW COURT HOUSE.—We should like to know very much when our new Court-house is to be finished. For a long time past the public have been tantalized by the sight of the building being near enough completion to be almost ready for the transaction of public business, if only the great man who is superintend the affair would deign to be a little more than expeditions in his movements. We think the people of Carcoar have been wonderfully patient to submit for so long a time to the miserable accommodation in the present wretched building without a murmur. It is about time, however, that the new building should be opened, and we hope the public will take steps in order to try and move the Minister for Justice to give the necessary orders for it to be done. Whilst we are on this subject, we do not think it would be out of place, for the people of Carcoar to consider the desirability of agitation for a Court of Quarter Sessions to be established here. At the present time there is quite sufficient work in the district to keep one going, and when the railway line comes the holding of such a court will have become a very great necessity.
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The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, Sat 18 Nov 1882 13
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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The District Court at Carcoar was held in the new premises lately erected for that purpose, and the judge congratulated the people of having such a commodious Court-house for the purpose of conducting their business in.
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The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, Wed 20 Dec 1882 14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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The Carcoar court-house has been completed for over a month, but the furniture hasn’t yet arrived.
1 The Carcoar Chronicle, (NSW), Sat 24 May 1879, p. 2.
2 The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, Tue 18 Nov 1879, p. 3.
3 The Sydney Morning Herald, Tue 17 Aug 1880, p. 6. Emphasis added.
4 The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 11 Dec 1880, p. 5. Emphasis added.
5 The Sydney Morning Herald, Wed 6 Jan 1881, pp. 5, 6.
6 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 29 Apr 1881, p. 5.
7 The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 10 Feb 1882, p. 5. Emphasis added.
8 The Carcoar Chronicle, (NSW), Sat 18 Mar 1882, p. 2.
9 The Carcoar Chronicle, (NSW), Sat 15 Apr 1882, p. 2.
10 The Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 13 Jul 1882, p. 6.
11 The Carcoar Chronicle, (NSW), Sat 15 Jul 1882, p. 2.
12 The Carcoar Chronicle, (NSW), Sat 14 Oct 1882, p. 3.
13 The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal,, Sat 18 Nov 1882, p. 3.
14 The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal,, Wed 20 Dec 1882, p. 2.