Hi Listers, I found a couple of items today. 10 April 1854 [last page, last column] Mr James T Ryan has been instructed to sell by auction at the Commercial Hotel, Penrith on Tuesday, the 18th day of April instant, at 12 o'clock noon, TWO ALLOTMENTS OF LAND, most eligibly situated in the very centre of the flourishing town of Penrith, each having frontage of fifty feet to High Street, on the Great Western Road, adjoining the land in the occupancy of the representatives of the late Rev John Vincent. a more profitable country investment cannot be made, as landed property in this locality is daily rising in value and importance. Also TWO HALF-ACRE ALLOTMENTS OF LAND, being Nos 1 and 2 in the thriving Village of St Marys, South Creek, both having a frontage to the Western Road, the great thoroughfare to Bathurst, Mudgee, Wellington , and the whole of the Western districts. No. 1 being a corner allotment has also the advantage of a frontage to the road leading to Windsor via the South Creek. From the daily increasing traffic through this village, which is the focus of an extensive, wealthy and populous neighbourhood, it bids fair ere long to become one of the most busy and prosperous inland towns in the colony. This is a first-rate investment either for the establishment of business or a snug retreat for the retiring tradesman, combining as it does all the advantages, from its salubrity of climate, abundance of firewood and pure water, a desideratum so desirable in these times of a town and country residence. Title unexceptionable. 11 April 1854 [Page 2 colum 2] EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, PENRITH - Required by the trustees of the Episcopal Church, Penrith, tenders for the erection of an iron room, from thirty to fifty feet long, by eighteen to twenty-five wide. Tenders with a specification of the size and number of lights, to be forwarded to W E Rogers, Esq, the Secretary, will be received and considered on the 13th instant. W E ROGERS, Honorary Secretary. Kristine Wood