Hawkesbury Advocate, Friday March 16, 1900 (page 3) PITT TOWN. (From our own correspondent.) A couple of members of the Australian Mounted Rifles have been on a visit to Pitt Town friends during the week. Some of the local streets are in a deplorably rough state. They are bad enough now, but what will they be in wet weather. Mr. W. Gillespie, our courteous baker, intends taking a tour to Melbourne and Tasmania in a few weeks time. During his absence his father will look after the business. A brother of Mr. Gillespie has a bakery business in the sister colony, and reports doing well. Miss Moore, from the Public School, North Parramatta, has taken Miss Hebblewhite's place at the local school, the latter having been recently transferred to Windsor at her own request. Miss Moore is not a stranger amongst us, having been stationed here before for a considerable time. Much regret was expressed by the teachers and scholars of the Parramatta School at the departure of Miss Moore, who was a great favourite. The old saying "kissing runs by favour" is fully exemplified in the case of some of our district school teachers. So long as a man is content to be kept down, and hidden away in the bush, so long will the Department keep him there. Mr. A. J. Owens, the popular teacher at the Cattai School, has been pegging away for years, and it never seems to come to his turn for a promotion or change for the better. When a man has the qualifications to entitle him to a better school, and we understand Mr. Owens has, why not give it to him ? It is like all the other Departments - too much redtapeison [sic] carried on. The local Public School appears have been totally neglected by the Department, as far as repairs are concerned. There don't seem to have been anything done to it for years, despite the fact that the matter has come before them more than once lately. We hear also from some of the residents that the underground tank has not been receiving any water for some time, owing to the defective state of the connecting pipes. The District Inspector must surely know that such a state of things exist, and should have it brought before the Department. The Pitt Town Butter Factory is now a thing of the past. The machinery was recently removed to Sydney by the owner. The building now stands empty and idle. Whatever came over people at Pitt Town that they couldn't support what promised to be a flourishing industry. Perhaps they are too conservative, and think they should not depart from the go-as-you-please state pf things carried on by their grandfathers. It would surely pay the residents to keep one or two rattling good cows, as most of them have farms and the waste therefrom could be utilised. If the matter had been taken up in the proper way, we feel sure there would have been a flourishing factory in Pitt Town to-day.