No
historical account of an area would be complete without including some of the
memories and events as supplied by those who knew the area the best.
Those "old-timers" who were willing the share their memories.
Once again the personal recollections from one who lived there
tell the history! Unfortunately the writer didn't include his name.
The Genesis of Bald Hills (Transcription
of the article as it was written)
Sir: Many of your
historical readers may be interested in the following notes about Bald Hills in
the early days. This outlying suburb now reached in 20 minutes by car
from the city, was so called originally by cattle duffers from the two hills,
which with their sweet grass stood out prominently from the thickly timbered
surrounding country, with the almost impenetrable scrubs of the South Pine
Valley on the west. The aborigines knew it as "Borill"
and "Wyampa" was the name given to the northern portion of it by the
tribes. Cattle duffers admitted to the early settlers that they were
always sure of keeping their spoil on these hills for rarely indeed would any
stock wander away into the surrounding country.
The excessive floods
experienced in 1857 on the Hunter River, New South Wales, caused a number of
settlers in that district to seek new holdings and thither came John Stewart,
Charles and David Duncan, and their families, the first to take over the virgin
soil in this locality, and were followed in 1858 by William Carseldine and
family, whose mates in the Monsoon, John and George Buckby came in 1859; a few
years later the Forby and McCarthy families followed. At this same period
Dr Ward, who had a flourishing practice in Newcastle (N.S.W.) took up 600 acres
on the southern end of the settlement, paying £1 an acre for his holding.
The present old Telegraph Road marks the boundary.
The bark and wattle and
daub houses were in sight of each other for fear of blacks molesting the
settlers, who kept clear of the dense scrub on the banks of the South Pine
River for the same reason. Hence only forest land was cultivated at
first; the scrub lands were thrown open for selection in 1870, when the Hawkins,
Lang, Macpherson, and Simpson families took up land.
Communication with
Brisbane was by dray, the road being to Cabbage Tree Creek, thence to German
Station (Nundah) past Zillman's waterholes; but settlers desired a more direct
road, so Jonathan Carseldine followed a cattle track through the late Aaron
Adsett's property, through bush and came out at Kedron Brook. Mr Adsett
gave permission to the settlers to use this as a road, and a number of young
men formed a working bee to clear the undergrowth and mark the road.
The first white children
to be born at Bald Hills were Bessie Buckby, Annie Stewart, Annie Carseldine
(now Mrs G.A. Atthow) and Annie Duncan; the first marriage was that of Jonathan
Carseldine to Mary Buckby; the first death was that of George Buckby, all of
these taking place within the year 1861.
John and James Buckby
contracted for the erection of the first church the Presbyterian, for £30, a
slab and shingle building, and on completion of this in 1864 Mr Geo. Buckby
opened the first school in this place. The Government later erected a
school the first in a wide locality, children coming from North and South Pine,
Chinaman Creek, and Sandgate to attend.
The first two persons to
visit Sandgate, at which not a dwelling had been erected were Davey Bucky and
Jim Carseldine, two youths who followed a cattle track through the bush keeping
the sun as a guide, and James and John Buckby of Bald Hills built the first
house there, a slab and shingle structure with apertures for directing fire
against the blacks. It stood on the site of the present Presbyterian
Church. The first person to take a dray to Sandgate was Tom Robinson, who
married Miss Kit Maddocks, and whose relative now live at Clayfield.
With the throwing ope of
the scrub lands in 1870 a bridge was built over the South Pine River, the only
previous crossing used being three-quarters of a mile down stream. The
bridge was opened by Sir George Bowen then Governor. At the ball
held in Stewart's barn, as a celebration a happy augury was that a couple of
settlers met for the first time, their future wives, who had come out
from Brisbane for the event.
I am
sir, Bald Hills. Wyampa
This article was published in The Courier Mail of Saturday 12th
May 1934 The
Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939)
A little about some of
these original farmers!
Buckby
Bessie Buckby was the
daughter of George and Elizabeth Buckby from Cranford in UK. Bessie was born 1859, and unfortunately her
mother died in 1863. They are buried at the Lawnton Cemetery.
Bessie married Alexander
McKenzie in 1877
Their son Jonathan, was
born in 1854, William Johnston Buckby
Mary Buckby was listed on
the arrivals of the "Monsoon" in 1854 with her brother David Buckby
A sad occasion involving
John Buckby By now he was the
licencee of the Kedron Hotel
The Edinburgh Castle Hotel
(c1868) was opened on Gympie Road, and this information from State Library
Situated on the corner of
Gympie Road and Edinburgh Castle Road, Kedron, the Edinburgh Castle Hotel dates
from ca. 1892. The hotel is a two storey building of brick construction with
encircling verandahs. An earlier hotel dating from ca. 1868 had existed across
Edinburgh Castle Road, when the area was known as Downfall Creek. In 1959-1960
the hotel was completely rebuilt. (Information taken from : Teague, D. R., The
History of Kedron, p. 31-32)
Manslaughter -John Buckby,
and William Davis were charged with the manslaughter of an aboriginal, on the
night of Thursday, the 11th instant. Mr M'Devitt, instructed by Mr Garrick,
appeared for the accused. Inspector Lewis produced a plan of the premises
occupied by John Buckby, on the Sandgate road. It was not drawn to a scale, but
the measurements were marked on it; the measurements were taken by witness and
Sergeant Downie.
John Trundle lived at the
German Station, on the left hand side of the Nudgee road going to Nudgee, he
pointed out the spot on the plan produced by the previous witness ; witness
knew John Buckby, who was a publican, keeping the Kedron Hotel at the junction
of the old and new Sandgate roads , on the morning of Friday, the 15th instant,
witness went to the Kedron Hotel a little after 8 o'clock , he saw a
blackfellow lying dead on the road near the Kedron Hotel (Witness then pointed
out on the plan the spot where the body was lying )
Witness went up to
the body and removed a bag that covered the head and recognised the body
as that of an aboriginal called Johnny Milford , the body was lying on the
right side, & with the head resting on its arm, one of the legs was drawn
up, witness thought it was the left leg while the other was straight out, wit
ness then covered the body again with the bag witness then went to the hotel,
where he saw Mrs Buckby and the accused Davis, they were either standing in the
verandah or in the bar he had some conversation with them, but could not
remember exactly what passed , witness pointed out the dead body, and asked if
- the matter had been reported to the police when Davis said ' Yes,' on
returning to his home, witness met Buckby on horseback coming out from
Brisbane, witness said, "Well, Buckby, have you reported that case ?"
Buckby replied
"Yes,"
witness said, " I suppose the police will be out?' Buckby said
"Yes-they will be out in an hour's time," when the police came out
witness again went to the body, the constable took the bags off the bodv which
they turned over and examined witness then noticed a wound over the left eye
brow, there was dried blood all over the face and on the ground where it had
been running off the face, the only clothing on the body was a dark pair of trousers
, there was a dilly-bag & round the neck of the body, a pipe and tobacco a
broken bottle, and one or two other articles taken out of the dilly bag ,
witness did not see either of the prisoners, the body was put on a board and
put into a hearse, witness again saw the body at the hospital on the following
(Saturday) morning, witness' house was about a quarter of a mile from the
Kedron Hotel, between 9 and 10 o'clock on Thursday two or three horsemen passed
witness house at a gallop, towards Quin's, & just before they got to the
house heard a shot and shen then they had got, as witness judged about 200 or
300 yards further on, he heard two more shots, witness did not hear or see any
blacks about then nor at the time the horsemen
Constable White On Friday,
the 15th instant, John Buckby came to the Police Court at half past 8 o'clock
in the morning , he was on horseback, he went into witness' office, and witness
asked him what was the matter, he said, "There is a blackfellow dead out
at my place the Kedron Brook Hotel, " witness said"I'll take down
what you have to say in writing, ' Buckby made a statement which witness took
down in writing, when he had finished witness read the statement of Buckby who
said it was correct, & witness signed it himself after Buckby had declared
it to be correct, Sergeant Stephenson was present when the statement was read
to Buckby (the statement was here produced by witness) it was the practice to
take down, in writing, the statements of any person who came in to report
anything.
The statement was as
follows - ' Between 10 p m and 11pm, last night (the 14th), three or four
aboriginals came to my house , they cooeyed and came on to the verandah ,
they wanted drink , I gave them no drink, they threatened to break open the bar
door, I got a gun and fired a charge of powder over their heads, they stayed
about the place some time after, I heard nothing more of them till this morning
(the 15th), about 6 a.m., I looked out of the door, and I saw one of the
aboriginals lying dead on the other side of the road opposite the hotel, I
looked at him, I saw a cut or bruise over one of his eyes ; I cannot say which
eye, I saw blood running from his nostrils, I did not turn him over or
examine Buckby, after making the report, asked Sergeant Stephenson whether he
was going to send out a policeman ?
Sergeant Stephenson stated
that he was pre sent when the prisoner Buckby made the statement referred to by
the last witness; the statement was taken down in writing by the watch
house-keeper, who read it over to Buckby, who - acknowledged that it was
correct, and signed it accordingly; witness said he would send out a policeman
to look into the matter, and Buckby left, but afterwards returned to see if the
police man was ready to accompany him back , witness told him the policeman
should follow him out.
James Sands, a constable
in the Brisbane Mounted Police Force, who was sent out to examine the body, was
examined. His evidence was merely a repetition of that given by him on Saturday
last, and published in Monday's issue of the Courier
Margaret Macalister, the
wife of John Macalister, the schoolmaster at the German Station, deposed: That
the Kedron Hotel was two or three hundred yards from her house and went to bed
on last Thursday night between12 and 1 o'clock, as near as she could judge ;
she had no timepiece in her house, as her husband was away in Sydney ; after
she had gone to bed she heard a blackfellow calling out at her fence ; she
heard three or four shots fired about an hour or an hour and a-half before she
went to bed ; she could not tell in what direction the sound came from ; at
that time she did not hear any blacks
Henry Lander, a son of
Edmund Lander, of Mooloolah, was examined. His evidence was almost
a repetition of that he gave on Saturday at the magisterial inquiry held into
the cause of the death of a blackfellow named Johnny Mil ford. Tho only
material additional fact elicited was that he saw a few slight marks of blood
on the verandah boards near the bar-door of the Kedron Hotel on Friday morning
when he got up ; he did not see the marks wiped out.
Richard William Buckby, a
son of the prisoner Buckby, deposed that he was twelve years of age last
birthday ; he lived with his father and mother at the Kedron Hotel ; he knew
Henry Lander; they slept in the same room last Thursday night ; they
slept in a room adjoining the kitchen, which was detached from the hotel ;
shortly after he was in bed he heard a blackfellow hallooing ; the sound
appeared to come from the Sandgate-road ; he next heard his father call out to
Davis to load the gun; Davis slept in another room off the kitchen ; he and
Lander got up soon after and went out on a verandah just outside their room he
saw Davis come out of the kitchen with the gun in his hand, and go in the
direction of the garden ; he soon afterwards heard the gun go off, and shortly
afterwards he heard the blacks calling out loudly ;
Davis came back with the gun and took it into
his own room ; he heard his father sing out to load the gun again, as the
blacks were there ; he did not see his father when he heard him calling out ;
his father soon after came into the kitchen where Davis was his father said
nothing to Davis, but took the gun and walked away in the same direction that
Davis had gone ; witness did not see Davis go with him, but did not think he
stopped in the kitchen ; soon after he heard a gun go off; he did not hear any
noise after the report ; when his father came back he told Davis to load again,
and Davis replied that he had no shot ; his father then got over the partition
dividing the kitchen and the store, and returned with a little bag of shot ;
Davis then loaded the gun,
putting some shot in ; his father then took the gun and went away; he heard no
more noises that night, and no more guns fired off; he and Lander went to bed
again ; he got up next morning a little after sunrise, and went on to the
verandah of the hotel ; he did not see any unusual marks on the verandah boards
; soon after he got up, Lander pointed out to him the body of an aboriginal
lying in the road opposite the hotel ; it was afterwards removed by the police
Cross-examined by Mr.
M'Devitt : He heard a gun let off after breakfast, but he did not know who
fired the shot.
At this stage of the
proceedings the case was adjourned until 10 o'clock next (this) day. The
accused were admitted to bail.
The Court adjourned at 5
o'clock until 10o'clock next (this) day.
The
Johnson family on an outing. an undated photo from the State Library
A historic look at events around the area!!!!!
THE BALD HILLS. (BY A CORRESPONDENT.)
May 4.
THE Bald Hills are moving. I do not mean the country, but the residents are waking up to an understanding that they have some very fine sugar land, and a climate well adapted to the production of sugar-cane. But of that by-and- bye. I must first tell you that on the evening of May 3 one of the largest meetings ever held in the district came off in the Presbyterian Church, upon the occasion of the second annual meeting of the local Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society.
George Wight, Esq, of Eildon Hill, presided, and seldom has a meeting had a better chairman. The church was densely crowded with a highly respectable and, let me add, healthy looking audience, in which the ladies predominated. After discussing a plentiful tea, the secretary read the annual report, from which it appeared that the society is in a very satisfactory condition, and has been engaged during the year in discussing the topics of the day on social and political economy, domestic matters,
Then followed songs and recitations, in which Messrs. Costello (with a very fine piece on war by a member of the society), McPhail, MCWhinney, McNeven, Michael, and others distinguished themselves. The Rev. B. G. Wilson followed with an address in which were blended good advice and mirth provoking anecdotes, which dissolved the meeting into tears of laughter.
After a service of fruit and confections, singing, reciting, followed, and an address from Mr A. Mackay, who also moved the audience, and made some fair hits at the "gentilities" of the day. After singing the National Anthem, the meeting separated in the highest spirits, many taking the road for Brisbane in the moonlight.
There is a strong road party at work about two miles on tho south side of the Pine River Bridge , they are making a bad black soil flat passable. One road board has been established, and the residents between the Pine River and Sandgate are moving for a second board.
There is much good land in this latter section, but no roads beyond what the settlers have made for themselves.
These did for a time, but the development of the sugar-cane has shown the necessity of some-thing more permanent and direct, and it is intended to ask the Minister for Works to open the road coming out between Norris' and Fishly's selections and the Bald Hills-road, near where the road party are now working.
As there is one powerful steam-mill going up on the proposed line, and others are spoken of, the claims of the district will probably be well received.'
There are no large fields of cane in the district, but on nearly all the farms there is a little and it is doing remarkably well. In some cases where the light loamy soil has been drained and manured, the canes are of the very size most relished in the sugar-house, that is about five foot in height. Perhaps some of the best farming in the country is carried on in this vicinity of the Pine River Bridge. The land is now coming late cane but it has borne enormous coups of corn for over eight years without measure.
*Limestone has been discovered in the district and were it burnt and put before the farmers at a reasonable price, it would be a boon to farmers as it would enable the heavy sugar lands to be profitably worked.
There is much sympathy felt in the district for the relatives of "The Wild Scotsman" - quiet respectable people and for their sakes as well as his own, it is hoped that the misguided young man will have another chance to show he is not beyond recovery.
There are very few cases
of cattle stealing now, thanks to the energy of the police and the decidedly
good tone of public morality in the neighbourhood.
*Limestone is probably the brickworks on Kremzow Road.
Rev Wight is David Laughland Brown's father in law. David Brown owned Lot 93 in Bracken Ridge on the original maps.
BALD HILLS AND PINE RIVER.
(BY A CORRESPONDENT.) June 14,
THEY are not such a Sleepy Hollow community out here but that they have been stirred up by election affairs. The greatest misfortune is that so few have taken the trouble to register themselves, consequently the votes cast will represent nothing like the actual population - nor one in twenty of them, but that will be cured for the next occasion. The folks feel particularly proud of the doings of their deputation at the meeting on Saturday last.
It is a pity that a real farmers' candidate was not nominated.
Captain Whish may be very well as a representative of the South Seas Islander
importing planter, but he has little feelings in common with the struggling
farmer. He is altogether too big a bug. He can have the road parties to fix the
road to the Caboolture, but they stop at the Pine River.
Speaking of the roads, is it not strange that a party of men should pass out here, repair the road to the sugar plantations, and then return to town, without doing anything for any of the breakneck places on the road to Brisbane? Such conduct is not warranted by what the people do themselves. A party of settlers went to work last week and built a good strong culvert over a swampy gully on the road, opposite Mr. Norris' farm. When settlers do such work, it is a shame for the Government to neglect them.
I think every man in the district will put in a few acres of cotton next season, some as many as twenty acres. There will be a great demand for seed soon, and it is hoped that there will then be plenty of it.
Something should be done in the way of delivering letters and papers. There are now some hundreds of settlers about the Pine River and Bald Hills, who have to go six and some eight miles to Sandgate, as the nearest post-office. There are not twenty residents at Sandgate. There ought to be an office of some sort established near the bridge.
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Saturday 15 June 1867 p 6 Article
... strong culvert over a swampy gully on the road, opposite Mr. Norris'
farm. When settlers do such work ... BALD HILLS AND
PINE RIVER. (BY A CORRESPONDENT.) June 14, THEY are not such a Sleepy
Hollow ... 362 words
Mr Norris was a rather clever man.
He constructed a wooden sugar mill!
There were other exhibits, but they were not considered worthy of a prize. No provision was made on the programme for the wooden sugar mill exhibited by Mr Norris, of the Bald Hills, which is a very creditable specimen of what ingenuity can accomplish even under adverse circumstances.
With the simple tools that any bushman can command, Mr Norris has
constructed a really efficient sugar mill. It consists of three vertical
ironbark rollers, 17 inches in diameter by 12 inches on the crushing surface.
The driving roller is worked by horse-power, and the rotary motion imparted to
the other two rollers by means of ironbark toothed gearing, the teeth of which
are let into the tops of each roller, so as to be clear of the cane.
The pressure can be regulated by a very simple arrangement of
wedges and bolts. The framing is constructed of stout hardwood timbers quite
sufficient to sustain any strain to which the machine may be subjected.
At an experimental crushing yesterday, Bourbon, ribbon, and
Tahitian canes kindly supplied by Mr. W. Hill, were crushed with a satisfactory
result, considering the rude construction, and the capabilities of the machine.
We think that Mr. Norris is entitled to no little praise for the energy and
public spirit evinced by him in bringing the machine such a distance for
exhibition. It appears to be cheap and efficient, the cost represented to be
not beyond £40. Amongst the exhibits for which no prize was given were hand
harrows and drills, and a steel mill that breaks maize coarsely, or grinds
it into the finest meal.
EAST MORETON FARMERS' ASSOCIATION.
THE AUTUMN SHOW. July 22 1869
THE Autumn Exhibition of the above Association was held in the
North Brisbane Town Hall on July 22, some of the agricultural machinery and the
stock being shown on the ground attached to the Police Barracks. From the
number of tickets disposed of, it is estimated that there must have been nine
hundred persons present during the day. The Governor and suite arrived at the
Town Hall about 2 o'clock, and were received by the Mayor, the Chairman of the
Committee, Mr. C. Porter, and the Honorary Secretary, Mr. G. Grimes, and other
gentlemen. His Excellency, in formally opening the exhibition, expressed the
pleasure he felt in taking part in such assemblies, and said that the display
of the agricultural products of the East Moreton district that he had seen had
given him more confidence than ever in the resources of the colony.
There were other exhibits, but they were not considered worthy of a prize. No provision was made on the programme for the wooden sugar mill exhibited by Mr Norris, of the Bald Hills, which is a very creditable specimen of what ingenuity can accomplish even under adverse circumstances.
With the simple tools that any bushman can command, Mr Norris has
constructed a really efficient sugar mill. It consists of three vertical
ironbark rollers, 17 inches in diameter by 12 inches on the crushing surface.
The driving roller is worked by horse-power, and the rotary motion imparted to
the other two rollers by means of ironbark toothed gearing, the teeth of which
are let into the tops of each roller, so as to be clear of the cane.
The pressure can be regulated by a very simple arrangement of
wedges and bolts. The framing is constructed of stout hardwood timbers quite
sufficient to sustain any strain to which the machine may be subjected.
At an experimental crushing yesterday, Bourbon, ribbon, and
Tahitian canes kindly supplied by Mr. W. Hill, were crushed with a satisfactory
result, considering the rude construction, and the capabilities of the machine.
We think that Mr. Norris is entitled to no little praise for the energy and public
spirit evinced by him in bringing the machine such a distance for exhibition.
It appears to be cheap and efficient, the cost represented to be not beyond
£40. Amongst the exhibits for which no prize was given were hand harrows and
drills, and a steel mill that breaks maize coarsely, or grinds it into the
finest meal.
The Queenslander
(Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 31
July 1869 p 11
Article
In 1879 the area was governed by The Nundah Divisional Board.
The Nundah Divisional Board held its regular monthly meeting at their office, No. 70 Queen street, on Saturday last. A letter was read from tho Colonial Secretary stating that the Lands Department will, on requisition from the board, carry out the necessary surveys, resume land, etc., for roads (at the board's expense), as the Lauds Department has the necessary staff and records at command.
The Finance Committee recommended tho payment of vouchers to the
amount of £190 9s. Sd., which included a voucher for £32 8s. to Mr. Thomas
Robinson, for contract work, which was reported to have been done well. In
reply to a question, the chairman stated that two letters of importance had
been sent to the Colonial Secretary's office three months ago, and that no
reply had as yet been received.
Attention was drawn to a bad part of the Sandgate and Bald Hills
road, which was ordered to be repaired ; also a road near Mr. Cameron's, at the
Bald Hills. The inspector was also ordered to examine and repair the Nundah
Creek Bridge, on the Sandgate-road.
Three notices of motion were tabled :
(1) For gravelling the Sandgate-road, from Mr. Petrie's brick-yard
to a culvert on the German Station side of the cross-roads, and widening tile
culvert by 6ft. ;
(2) for forming and metalling the road leading from Eagle
Farm-road to the sugar-mill ; and
(3) for gravelling the Bald Hills to Sandgate road just
formed. It was decided to hold the next general mooting on January 4, instead
of on the 1st of that month, '
Of interest, Mr Norris and the members felt that the Sandgate Council was encroaching too far, as they had recently acquired land for a Manure Reserve on the perimeter of Bald Hills!
Of interest, Mr Norris and the members felt that the Sandgate Council was encroaching too far, as they had recently acquired land for a Manure Reserve on the perimeter of Bald Hills!
The
Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) Friday 5 December 1879 p 2 Article
.. .' Mr. Norris considered
that the proposed municipality of Sandgate was encroaching too far, and for the
... usual way.' Seconded by Mr. Norris, and carried
unanimously. Several gentlemen' addressed the meeting ...
The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) Friday 27 February
1885 p 2 Article
... nuisance was established. Seconded by Mr. Brown. Mr. Norris would like to know if the movers in
this matter ... . Mr. Norris declined
to say anything further.] Mr. Michael than moved as an amendment ' ' That this
... 887 words
South Pine.
The Proposed Abattoirs.
February 25.
As adjourned meeting of the residents of the Bald Hills district was held in the State school last Tuesday night. Mr. Letham took the chair, and stated the object of the meeting to be to consider the proposed abattoirs on the South Pine River. He hoped the meeting would express themselves fully on tho subject, and be unanimous. Mr. Learmouth, in moving the first resolution, 'That this meeting deplores the action taken to place abattoirs on the South Pine, said that it would bring a low class of people to tho neighbourhood, would multiply public-houses, and their children's children would curse the day they lived in such an atmosphere.
He would point out that the Bald Wills possessed good natural advantages, and with the Gympie line in prospect, they might expect respectable people to settle amongst them, which could not be expected if this nuisance was established. Seconded by Mr. Brown. Mr. Norris would like to know if the movers in this matter would explain where the evil complained of lay.
He understood these were to be abattoirs, not common slaughterhouses, under competent supervision and with the most perfect appliances to render them harmless from a sanitary point of view. [Here Mr. Learmouth interrupted the speaker, and, after appealing to the chairman. Mr. Norris declined to say anything further.] Mr. Michael than moved as an amendment ' ' That this meeting views with great satisfaction the steps taken to place abattoirs on the South Pine Reserve.' Seconded by Mr. R. M'Pherson, who considered Mr. Learmouth's arguments far fetched and sentimental, and the meeting uncalled for, as there was no place fixed on as yet. Mr. D. M'Pherson and Mr. Stewart followed, pointing out how the Gympie line was intended to open out these industries, and here the first one that offered was sought to be crushed.
In the other colonies abattoirs were not considered disreputable. Mr. Hawkins could not but express his indignation at the tone the meeting took. Here were men professed to be Christians arguing in favour of an industry which could only be a plague to them.
Why, he was astonished ! he was confounded ! he couldn't believe his ears !
What with Sandgate with their manure depot on the one side, the abattoirs on the other, they might form themselves into a square and die ! Laugh as they may, when this stuck into their convictions they would see the parallel of his argument.
A show of hands was then taken : for the amendment 12, for the motion 17. Afterwards several resolutions were moved by Mr. Learmouth, and a deputation appointed to interview the Colonial Secretary, the deputation to be a permanent committee to watch the proceedings, with power to add.
A vote of thanks to the chairman, suitably responded to, closed the proceedings.
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