Thanks also, Marg for these snippets. I will have to find time next year to help with this indexing of old Gosford Times. the Mr SMITH, mentioned below is my great grandfather, John SMITH, butcher of East Gosford (from Buckinghamshire) who became the licensee of the Union Hotel on his second marriage to Mrs Spears Judy , researching ROGERS, SMITH, CAIN all of East Gosford > Gosford Times Oct 1905 > > > Entries for the second Union Hotel quoits tournament closed with Mr SMITH > this evening . Play will commence tomorrow afternoon

Hello Judy, Last night I was browsing through my Kincumber Post Office History - some 4 pages of condensed information obtained many years ago from Van Cremer when he was Historical Officer for Australia Post in Sydney - and noted the name Cain. You probably are aware of this already, but your Mr W.N. Cain of East Gosford gained the contract to carry the once-weekly Gosford-Kincumber mail by horseback in 1881. Don't know how long he had the service, but he suceeded Irvine Coulter, the second holder of the contract who had taken it over from Peter Fagan in 1861. A post office had been established at Kincumber on 1 April 1859 in charge of Henry Hunter Lane whose name is recorded elsewhere as schoolmaster. This was 24 years after the opening of Gosford's first post office. These were not actual buildings, but services housed privately. Kincumber Fair is being held this Saturday, October 29 with plenty of attractions starting from 9 am in the shopping centre environs. The restored Old Post Office house - the former home of Mr and Mrs Manasseh Frost, and finally of their daughter Doris Tincknell and her husband Tom, now both deceased, will be open. It will be the starting place for several history walks during the day. Between them, Manasseh and Doris kept the post office for more than 50 years. Cheers, Gwen ---- Original Message ----- From: "The Giffos" <giffos@hotkey.net.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [ANCC] Old Gosford > Thanks also, Marg for these snippets. I will have to find time next year > to help with this indexing of old Gosford Times. the Mr SMITH, mentioned > below is my great grandfather, John SMITH, butcher of East Gosford (from > Buckinghamshire) who became the licensee of the Union Hotel on his second > marriage to Mrs Spears > > Judy , researching ROGERS, SMITH, CAIN all of East Gosford > > >> Gosford Times Oct 1905 >> >> >> Entries for the second Union Hotel quoits tournament closed with Mr SMITH >> this evening . Play will commence tomorrow afternoon > > > ==== AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List ==== > A problem aired is a problem shared > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "The Giffos" <giffos@hotkey.net.au> To: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au>; <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [ANCC] Old Gosford Hi Judy > Thanks also, Marg for these snippets. I will have to > find time next year to help with this indexing of old > Gosford Times. I was in Gosford Library again this morning and got a few more pages of snippets the Mr SMITH, mentioned below > is my great grandfather, John SMITH, butcher of East > Gosford (from Buckinghamshire) who became the licensee > of the Union Hotel on his second marriage to Mrs Spears I think Majorie is indexing mostly G T BDM notices There are some wonderful stories. I like the court reports ! Bye MargM Central Coast List Admin > > Judy , researching ROGERS, SMITH, CAIN all of East > Gosford > > >> Gosford Times Oct 1905 >> >> >> Entries for the second Union Hotel quoits tournament >> closed with Mr SMITH this evening . Play will commence >> tomorrow afternoon >