Macksville (formerly Nambucca) Courthouse, 1894 

 

Clarence and Richmond Examiner, Sat 23 Apr 1892 ¹

    NORTH COAST REQUIREMENTS.—The Macleay Members have been officially informed: With reference to the proposed erection of courthouse at Macksville, stating that tenders had been received for this work, but are being held over pending arrangements as to future loan expenditure.

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Clarence and Richmond Examiner, Sat 6 May 1893 ²

SHORTHORN MILKERS.
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EVERY issue of the Live Stock Journal brings further evidence of the Shorthorn milkers coming into favour.
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    WORKS ON ESTIMATES.—The following items appear on the schedule of Estimates for 1893:—Dredge dock for Nambucca River £1600, erection Macksville court-house, further sum £400;

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The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser, Fri 16 Jun 1893 ³

WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE ON THE
NORTH COAST DISTRICTS.

SIR,—Travelling north from the Hunter in search of a home, one cannot but feel surprised at the extravagant waste of public money, which is going on in some of the districts through which one passes, and I propose very briefly to direct public attention to a few.
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    Coming on to the Nambucca River my attention was drawn to extensive brick premises being erected at a place called Macksville, which a resident of an adjoining township higher up the river described as an improper place for such a building, claiming that it should never have been erected there at all. On the merits or demerits of the site I do propose to dwell, but against an expenditure of nearly £3000 at such a place, I do enter my protest., I learnt the vote was passed by the late Freetrade Government, but the responsibility of accepting the tender layed (so I was informed) with the present Ministry, and it is a serious matter that members of Parliament should be allowed to influence Ministers to erect such buildings, where £1000 for a wooden structure would suffice for the next 20 years—with what object (?) but to secure the votes of the electors of Macksville for all time. “He got us the Court-house” will be the election canvasser’s plea.
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A. Chalmers.

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The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser, Fri 23 Jun 1893 ⁴

WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE ON THE
NORTH COAST DISTRICTS!

SIR,—Your correspondent “A Chalmers” is responsible for the heading under which comes a whole column in your issue of this morning, which I dropped on during the trip from Lismore to Woodburn in the river steamer.
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  4. “The Macksville Court-house.” This building was erected to take the place of a wooden structure fallen to decay, and is the only building for holding police, land or district courts in the Nambucca district. There is no Court-house or suitable place to secure a prisoner during a short imprisonment nearer then 40 miles, and it is open to question whether there would not be more extravagance in erecting a wooden-building to cost £1000, only to be eaten by white ants in a few years (like the old Court-house), or the present brick building for much less than your correspondent states.
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O. O. Dangar.

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Clarence and Richmond Examiner, Sat 5 Oct 1895 ⁵

    DISBURSEMENT FROM LOAN ACCOUNT.—The following disbursements have been made from the General Loan Account during last quarter: Glen Innes—Inverell railway £950 19s 9d, South Grafton—Glen Innes railway £3, Lismore—Tweed railway £720 8s 1d, the removal of Argyle reefs £9 18s 3d, Macksville court-house £6937, Clarence River improvements £7161 10s 7d, Lismore—Tweed railway £15,055 9s, removal reefs at Maclean £461 10s 5d, snagging tributaries of Richmond River £573, Bellinger river improvements £549 2, flood relief works at Evans River £1157 7s 5d, Tweed River improvements £1418 1s 2d. The item of £758 13s 6d covers additions to Lands offices at Goulburn and Grafton, and £3246 12s 6d erection of and additions to police buildings at Broadwater, Fernmount, Maclean, Tweed River Heads, and a number of other places.

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The Raleigh Sun, Fri 17 Nov 1899 ⁶

BRIEF MENTION.
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    We saw the steamer Euroka at Macksville wharf of Friday last, and the river was quite lively with punts, droghers, and boats.

    Rev PW Ahern visits the Nambucca next week, and conducts services at Bowra and Macksville on Sunday, November 26.
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    Macksville should be an important place some day if her people but fight for their rights. The waterway up to Macksville from the Heads is favorable to progress, if the people go the right way to work.
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    Macksville police station and quarters are to be renovated. A new stable has just been built by Mr Boulton. Constable JT Lawler, who is in charge, will then have the most comfortable police quarters along the line.

    The courthouse at Macksville is also a very convenient building, nicely fitted up.

 

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¹  Clarence and Richmond Examiner, (Grafton, NSW), Sat 23 Apr 1892, p. 2. 

²  Clarence and Richmond Examiner, (Grafton, NSW), Sat 6 May 1893, p. 3. Emphasis added.

³  The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser, (NSW), Fri 16 Jun 1893, p. 8. Emphasis added.

⁴  The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser, (NSW), Fri 23 Jun 1893, p. 7.

⁵  Clarence and Richmond Examiner, (Grafton, NSW), Sat 5 Oct 1895, p. 5. Emphasis added.

⁶  The Raleigh Sun, (Bellingen, NSW), Fri 17 Nov 1899, p. 2. Emphasis added.

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