Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay
and Burnett Advertiser (Qld.), Thursday 13 February 1862, page 2
Gladstone
Our new
postal arrangements with Maryborough do not appear to answer very well. The
postman loses a day almost every week; and as this line is especially intended
for the benefit of the squatters who may be living off and on the line, such
irregularities prove a great disappointment to them. But still, the postman
himself is not to be blamed as he has to complete the whole distance from here
to Maryborough and back in a single week being on the average more than fifty miles
a day, and this, too, without any cessation! No wonder the poor fellow says
that such constant hard work is enough soon to kill any man.
Queenslander (Brisbane), Saturday 12 February
1870, page 10
Gladstone
The
Gladstone Observer states that Mrs. Hetherington, who has been conducting the
Post-office business since her husband's death, has received a telegram from A.
H. Palmer. Esq., M.L.A., stating that the appointment of postmistress had been
promised to her by the Government. From other sources we learn that the news of
Mr. Hetherington's death had caused much regret in Brisbane, and a general
expression of sympathy with the widow. The fact that the promise above referred
to has been obtained from the Government shows that the sympathy in Brisbane
took a practical shape. We hear that the inhabitants of Gladstone intend to
petition the Government to appoint Mrs. Hetherington postmistress. Sometime
before his death Mr. Hetherington was at considerable pains to instruct his
wife in the duties of his office, and she is quite competent for all that will
be required. The appointment would be but a small return from the Government
for the long and efficient services of the late postmaster.
