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& Mrs McCubbin was house keeper for John Kerr
she being his cousin. Up till this time the
Hotel & Mr Croxons residence we the only two
houses. Then came a Mr Robert Nelson from
Moredavale a very small Station at that time
he Mr Nelson erected a large store. Which he
afterwards put an addition to for an Hotel
also he had the store & Hotel as well that
then being the second Hotel he Mr Robert Nelson
kept both those buisness on till his death
which took place a good many years after,
his wife then kept this buisness on for a
few years & married again to a man by
the name of John Enright & then sold
out to a man by the name of Mr Sawds
Mr & Mrs Enright then went on the land a few
miles away. There is different ones of each of
thoses families the Nelson's & Enrights about
these parts at the present time. During this
time William Kerr the carrier met with a
serious accident which caused his death his
brother John went out of his mind with the
shock of Williams death. Their property was
then purchased by a Mr Robert Neilson & a
Mr Caddell it was known as R Neilson & Co
this firm then made a great deal of
alterations in the buildings & also
erected a large flour mill which is
still standing just a near the present
Polie Station. I should have said in
Mr James Westens time he owned a
Water Mill in the river where he used to
grind his own wheat as he always had
a small crop in. In Mr Alfred Croxon's
time the police stationed here was
Chief Constable Charles Thorpe, George
Helem's & Henry Goldsmith they were both