Cudgegong Valley History Project

MARRIED.

On Tuesday, the 14th Instant, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Rylstone, by the Rev. John Bowes, Mr. John W. Hardwick, storekeeper, Rylstone, to Rebecca, fifth daughter of Mr. George White, farmer, Rockville.

Empire, Tuesday 21 October 1856, p. 4. Hardwick White Wedding

LORD CARRINGTON'S VISIT [By Telegraph.] (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) MUDGEE, WEDNESDAY. The vice-regal special train conveying his Excellency the Governor and suite to Mudgee left the Redfern railway station this morning at five minutes past 7 o'clock. The train consisted of two sleeping cars and dining car. His Excellency was accompanied by Captain Terry, A.D.C. There were also in the train the Hon. F.B. Suttor, Postmaster-General, Sir John Robertson, Mr. Frederick Want, Mr. and Mrs. John Davies, and the representatives of the press. At Mount Victoria, a number of visitors and tourists gathered on the platform, and cheers were given on the arrival of the vice-regal party. The train arrived at Rylstone at a quarter-past 1 o'clock. The station had been decorated in honour of the visit of his Excellency, and in conspicuous places there were displayed the words "Welcome" and "God Save the Queen." There were in the vicinity of the station some 500 residents of the district, and a similar number of school children from the Public schools at Rylstone, Capertee, Round Swamp, McDonald's Hole, Lue, Camboon, Coomber, Ilford, and Clandulla. These chiIdren were ranged in a semi-circle in front of the railway station, and were under the direction of Mr. John Irving Clark, master of Rylstone Public school. On the platform awaiting the arrival of the train were Mr. J. W. Hardwick, chairman of the Rylstone reception committee; Messrs. H. K. White, secretary ; S. G. Benson, H. A. Holland, J. W. Jackson, R. T. Highfield, Dr. Bateman, H. Hawkins, Rev. A. C. Hirst, F. Hargrave, John Love, J. Purslow, G. M. Fitzpatrick, S. H. Millard. As his Excellency stepped upon the platform he was welcomed by Mr. Hardwick, who next introduced the other members of the reception committee to Lord Carrington. The Governor and party were conducted to a dais in front of the station. The school children then sang the National Anthem. Mr. H. K. White, secretary of the reception committee, read, and Mr. Hardwick afterwards presented to the Governor, the following address of welcome:- "To his Excellency the Right Honorable Charles Robert Baron Carrington, a member of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the colony of New South Wales and its dependencies. May it please your Excellency, - On your arrival at Rylstone, en route to Mudgee, and upon the occasion of the vice-regal visit with which we have been honoured, the inhabitants of this district would desire to to convey to you their most loyal and sincere welcome. We regret that the severe and protracted drought with which Almighty Providence has been pleased to afflict us, in conjunction with the rest of the colony, will prevent you from viewing the surrounding scenery, possessed as it is with many points of remarkable beauty, at its best; but we trust that should your Excellency's career be extended amongst us, you may have the opportunity at some future date of seeing it under brighter auspices; but we may add that our many and varied resources afford us hope of a prosperous future amidst present gloom. We trust that your Excellency will not deem us presumptuous in stating that your tenure of office, brief though it has been, has elicited our warmest admiration and most loyal respect, and we pray that you may long be spared to exercise its high,and important functions with much honour to yourself and marked benefit to those over whom you have been chosen to rule. In conclusion, we trust that your Excellency, together with Lady Carrington and your family, will, under all the circumstances of life, receive the blessing of Him who alone can make rich and add no sorrow thereto." The address was signed by J. W. Hardwick, chairman; Henry K. White, secretary. Lord Carrington read the following reply:- “To the inhabitants of Rylstone,- I have to thank you for your kind expressions of loyalty, and for the address of welcome you have been pleased to extend to me as her Majesty's representative. I regret to see the effects of the severe drought, with which the whole colony has been afflicted, but it gives me the greatest pleasure to pay a visit to your beautiful district, and I venture to hope that on the next occasion of our meeting here you may be enjoying the beneficial results of a long and protracted rainfall. Once more.. I beg to thank you for the very, flattering terms in which you have spoken of Lady Carrington and myself." The school children next sang " God Bless our Native Land." Cheers having been given for his Excellency Lord Carrington, for the Queen, and for Lady Carrington, the Governor and party returned to the train, and the journey was resumed. Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 1 April 1886, p. 9. Lord Carrington visit John William Hardwick

DEATHS: HARDWICK. - January 17, at his residence, Rylstone, John W. Hardwick, J.P., aged 65 (Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 24 January 1891, page 219).