Tuesday, July 27, 2021

TALLAWANG NEWS

The following news items related to Tallawang were typed by Ruth Davis of Gulgong. They are mainly about HOTELS or MINING in the years 1871 to 1875. See below for additional news items.

More Tallawang News

1871_____________________________________

STICKING-UP. - A Mr. Powell, a storekeeper, on his way from Tallewang to Two Mile Flat, has been stuck up by two armed men; who, having taken him into the bush, tied his hands behind him to the wheel of the cart he had been driving. The robbers were masked, and tied a handkerchief over Powell's eyes. He had only one pound in his possession, which of course the robbers took.- Correspondent.
Source: The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Sat 28 Jan 1871 Page 3

SEVERE ACCIDENT - On Monday, the 25th ult., a young man named Henry Trimmer, 21 years of age, while at work near Tallewang, procuring charcoal for a blacksmith, named Moran, met with a severe accident from the tree he was then burning falling on him. From what we can gather from the poor fellow himself, he remembers nothing from that time till when he was found on Wednesday, having lain all the while insensible. He was brought into Mudgee on Friday evening, under warrant signed by Commissioner Johnson, of Gulgong, and put into gaol for protection, where he was immediately visited and prescribed for by Dr Cutting. The poor fellow complained much of his spine near the loins, and the lower region of the stomach, and from his groans appeared to be suffering very much. While upon this subject we may mention that it is strange the young man was not sent at once to the Mudgee Hospital, the door of which is ever open to receive such cases, without the licence of anyone being necessary We are sure he will receive every attention from Mr Dick, the gaoler, and his assistants; but their best exertions will not meet the requirements of so serious a case.

1874_____________________________________

The rush to Tallawang, near Gulgong. still continues, and promises well. There are about a thousand men on the ground already.

Source: Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1860 - 1947) Thu 4 Jun 1874 Page 2

NOTICE.
A POLL will be taken for the ELECTION of a MEMBER of the MINING BOARD for the PEEL RIVER DIVISION of the Electoral District of the GOLD FIELDS NORTH, on the 16TH JUNE instant, at the following places:
  • For PART OF GULGONG and TALLAWANG GOLD FIELDS - McKay's Hotel, Tallawang; Binder's Hotel, Tallawang, New Rush.

Stolen, on the night of the 3rd instant, from a tent at Tallawang, near Gulgong, the property of Louisa Painter,— One £5 note, nine £1 notes, one sovereign, a silver lever watch, B scratched on it, bull's-eye-glass, some bread, tea, sugar, sardines, and tobacco. Watch only identifiable.


1875_____________________________________

In August, the Belinfante Bridge between Gulgong and Mudgee was officially opened, providing a safer crossing of the Cudgegong River at the crossroads to Tallwang and Wellington.
The bridge was made from ironbark and slaty gum, obtained from the Tallawang sawpits.

A Trip To Gulgong {from a Correspondent) [excerpt]
After taking an early breakfast I resumed my journey for Tallawang diggings. In about ten miles of a ride, I reached that portion of Tallawang on Kennedy Creek, where I again stayed for a few hours at host Batchelors', and strolled through the workings. The principal claim on Kennedy Creek, is worked by Mr. Samuel Clark and his brother John, and four others. This claim is remarkably rich, and the shareholders anticipate making a small fortune out of it. There are other claims which make good wages, and at present this small diggings is employing over one hundred men. Mr. Payne has a store to supply the diggers' wants, and there is also another kept by Mr. Black, and both do a very good trade. There are a good few selectors within a few miles of these diggings; thus vegetables are not scarce.

After I had lunched, I started for Cluff's Gully, distance one mile and a half from Kennedy's Creek. It is also known as Taluway, but Cluffs were the original prospectors. The principal claim on this place is the Cement-hill claim. There are six share-holders in this claim. The gold is firmly embeded in the cement, which necessitates having it crushed by a crushing machine, and for this purpose they are compelled to take it to Mr. Scully's machine on Reedy Creek, about ten miles from the claim. This is rather expensive, but the quantity of gold got in the cement pays the shareholders well. There are three other claims on this gully adjoining the Cement claim, doing very well, but the principal portions are worked out. There are two public houses on the gully; one is kept by Mr. Robt. M'Kay, and the other by Mr. James Cluff. There are also two stores, Mr. Ross's, and a Chinaman whose name I forget, the latter also keeps a butcher's shop. 

After a day's rest I proceeded to Gulgong, which is about fourteen miles from Cluff's Gully. About four miles from the latter place I came to old Taluwang. There is one public house there, kept by Mr. Peterson, but the diggers have deserted the place. The public house, however, does a first-rate trade, it is situated on the direct road from the aforementioned places to Gulgong. The whole of the country between Talluwang and Gulgong has been prospected. The grazing quality of the land is very good, and as far as my judgment is concerned it would be fine wheat-growing land. I anticipate, should the Government throw this country open for free selection, that Gulgong will be one of the finest inland towns in the colony. There are thousands of acres of splendid country in the immediate vicinity of Gulgong, which would quickly be peopled if it was thrown open for free selection. It is to be hoped that our "collective wisdom" will enquire into this matter, and if they are satisfied that the diggings are worked out, let it be thrown open for selection.

When I arrived in Gulgong I put up at host Coleman's, the Belmore Hotel, where I was made at home, both host and hostess being old friends in Muswellbrook. For quietude and comfort, the Belmore Hotel cannot be surpassed. Gulgong is built in a fine position; it is on the top of what was originally called the Red Hill, and from the town you have a fine view of the surrounding country.


1877_____________________________________

On Friday night information reached the police camp that a man had been found dead in the bush at New Tallewang, by Alexander Whitelaw, who made a statement, which was taken down. Early on Saturday morning, Mr. Cornelius Driscoll, J.P., in the absence of the Coroner, proceeded to the spot, accompanied by the police and Dr. C. E. Bernard, Government medical officer, for the purpose of holding a magisterial inquiry touching the death of a minor named Henry Turner. Sergeant Keenan, sworn, repeated the evidence given him by Whitelaw. 

Alexander Whitelaw, sworn, said: I am a miner, and have known the deceased about three years; I last saw him alive on the 23rd instant; he was then standing by his hut, and complained of being sick. I advised him to go to the Gulgong Hospital, and he said he had no means to get there; I next saw him on the 25th instant, about sundown ; he was then about twenty yards from his hut, lying dead; I called some assistance, and we carried him into his hut, and I reported the death to the Gulgong police; deceased was very poor, and had been assisted by a storekeeper named Birn with nourishment; deceased had frequently complained of late of being unwell. 

Mr. E. Barnard, Government medical officer, said he was of opinion that the cause of death was from the effects of old disease of lungs and heart. A verdict was given according to the medical evidence.

1881_____________________________________
Robert Graham has been arrested at Gulgong, for having carelessly caused a fire which destroyed two hundred bushels of wheat belonging to Mrs. Hedges, a widow, at Tallawang. At the inquest, the jury returned a verdict of incendiarism.


Mr. Lackey, in reply to Mr. Terry, said that tenders would be invited for the erection of a bridge over Reedy Creek, at Tallawang crossing, probably within a month.


1884_____________________________________

A Profitable Description of Wheat. — We learn of a farmer Tallawang way who has recently grown some purple-straw wheat, and also supplied some of the seed to a few of his neighbours. The result has been a yield of 30 bushels to the acre, while other kinds of wheat grown in the same district have only given 20 bushels. If this particular description of wheat gives such large returns, it should be worthy the consideration of our agriculturists.

1891_____________________________________
The Gulgong Advertiser says - On Monday last as Mrs. Meares, a resident of Tallawang, was carrying a small hollow log, to place upon the fire, she felt what she at first thought was a splinter sticking in her arm, and upon removing the position of the log she found that the pain was occasioned by the bite of a small ring snake. She immediately called out to some men engaged at road making in the vicinity, and one of their number, cut a piece out of her arm and after tying above and below the spot endeavoured to suck the poison away from it, but in this he was unsuccessful. Mrs. Meares after wards gradually sinking under the effects of the bite she was conveyed to Young's Hotel, Gulgong, and attended by Dr. Bennett. When she arrived she was insensible and pulseless, and Dr. Bennett finding that she was too far gone for other remedies, resolved to use the newly invented one, of injecting strychnine. In half an hour he had injected fully a grain and a half of strychnine and his efforts were rewarded by the patient quickly gaining consciousness, the one poison counteracting the other. It is the first time the Dr. has used this remedy, the result plainly showing what a successful one it undoubtedly is. It is, however, necessary that it must be ascertained beyond doubt the patient is really suffering from the bite of a poisonous snake before the remedy is used, otherwise the results would be fatal, therefore it is desirable
that it should only be used as a last resort.


1892_____________________________________
EPITOME OF NEWS.
On Thursday night (reports our Gulgong contemporary) Mrs. Ward, of Tallawang, was brought into town suffering from the bite of a black snake, which she received on the arm whilst gathering eggs from a hen's nest. She was bitten at 5 o'clock in the evening, and did not arrive in town till after 8 p.m. She was then pulseless and unable to articulate. Mrs. Artz and other neighbours had tied a ligature above the bite and sucked the part, also supplying the sufferer with spirits. All this would have been of no avail, for the patient was fast collapsing when Dr. E. R. K. Bennett successfully treated her by the new remedy of injecting liquid strychnine. The snake poison was so powerful that half a grain of the strychnine was used to counteract it.
Mrs. Ward is now rapidly recovering. This is the second remarkable cure from snakebite with this remedy cleverly affected by Dr. Bennett. Strange to say, the other case was that of Mrs. Meares, a neighbour of Mrs. Ward. Another coincidence in connection with the case is that this is the second occasion within a few years that Mrs. Ward has been bitten.


1896_____________________________________

GULGONG, Jan. 16.
Yesterday George Mack, storekeeper of Tallawang, reported that his brother Robert had been missing since Tuesday morning, when he left home with sheep. Sergeant Steele went out in the afternoon. The body was found lying on its face, decomposition having set in. A coroner's inquiry will be held.


Robert Mack left his home at Tallawang, near Gulgong, with sheep on Tuesday morning, and as nothing more was seen of him for some days search was made. His body was found in the bush, lying face down, on Thursday. He had evidently died of thirst.


GULGONG, Wednesday.
Philip Morgan, 14, son of Mrs. Morgan, of Tallawang, was killed yesterday afternoon through the flywheel of a chaff-cutter bursting. One of the pieces smashed the top of his skull. Deceased was stooping, scraping away the chaff under the machine. His father, Mr Philip Morgan, lost his right hand in the same chaff-cutter two years ago, and died shortly afterwards.

1907_____________________________________

TERRIFIC STORM AT TALLEWANG.

A terrific cyclone swept over Tallewang on Sunday morning, causing great damage. All the outbuildings at the Tallewang Hotel were completely wrecked. A hall which stood about 50 yards from the hotel was also destroyed. Sheets of iron from this building were carried fully two miles by the wind.

The hotel luckily escaped with little damage. For about a mile between Tallewang and Tucklan the road is so strewn with fallen trees as to be almost impassable. The cyclone was the precursor of a welcome fall of rain.



1908_____________________________________

Wyaldra Shire Council.

Mr. J. E. Hansell, Tallawang, wrote on behalf of residents of Tallawang, Fords Creek, Tucklan, and Spring Ridge, asking that work be carried out to the road from the main Dunedoo Road to the places mentioned. The matter was referred to the Shire Engineer for report.

Wyaldra Shire

A report was given on road from Tallawang to Sawmills, referred to in Mr. J. E. Hansell's letter received at last meeting and also referred to in petition received at this meeting. A recommendation was made that £15 be spent on the road.

Reports were made on road to Sandy Creek, also on proposed fencing at Annie’s Rock, but it was not recommended that any money be spent as suggested.

Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Thu 19 Nov 1908 Page 6

1925

Erica's Letter Bag.
Newlands Cottage, Tucklan.
Dear Erica, — As this is my first letter to you, I will write briefly, as it may not be good enough to get a place in your Children's Page. I am ten years of age, and the third eldest. I have two brothers and two sisters. I attend the public school at Tucklan, which is one and a half miles from here. I am in fifth class, and am getting along well. I go to school regularly, and mother sees that I always do my homework. She says it is the only way to become a good scholar. Our teacher is very nice, and I regret very much she will be leaving at Christmas, as she is very good and kind to us. We have Mass once a month at Tallawang, which is five miles from here. Our parish priest's name is Father Eviston. We have a good choir in our church. Aunt Agnes and one of my sisters are members. Grandfather thinks I will be a good singer.
There are a good many farmers around here, all of whom have motor cars. Ours is a Ford. They call it a tin"Lizzie." It will do me. We often go for a joy ride. Mum likes going, but dad is not too keen on it. During the last few weeks we have had three inches of rain, which, although too late for the wheat crops, has filled all the tanks and dams, and the grass looks nice and green, and the sheep and lambs are enjoying the young grass. Christmas is again drawing near, when we will be having our holidays. I will now close, wishing you the compliments of the season. ENID CRAFT.

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