I have just stumbled across a record book "New South Wales. Parliament - 1917" Which has records of William Roads MERRY (b.1897 d.1980) as a farmer. he is explaing the reasons why he believes a railway should be build form Inverell to Texas.

As the book was not available to full view only ‎Snippet view, only small section about one to two sentences were available. But I had figured out, I was able to change to search text to match the last two to three words seen in the snipet and it would continue the text. The text below is what wasW found.


" Do you think this district will grow almost anything with the exception of tropical fruits. 4576.. In this district the good agricultural land extends about 20 miles from Inverell, and into Ashford it is poor country for 8 or 10 miles? Yes. 4577. If a railway were I William Roads Merry, farmer and grazier, Hillsdon, Lagoon Flat, Queensland, sworn, and exa1ninod:? 4578. O'hairm0.n.] How far from the border do you live. I have had 5 acres under tobacco, and it supports myself, wife, and familyi of five At any rate you consider, from your knowledge of the district, that it would be materially benefited by a railway from Inverell to Texas If a railway were built rfrom Inverell to Texas tobacco-growing could be encouraged very much, because the leaf could go direct to the manufacturing centres I did not grow any; the season was too dry ... I consider 2% tons is a good average crop ofi 5 acres, although I have got as much as 2 tons 16 cwt. Would the people hercabouts be benefited by the construction of a railway from Glcn Innes or Guyra to Inverell? It is hard to say. Fat stock would not go to Brisbane, because there is always a better market on this side of the border At Ashford we got evidence that 5 cwt. to the acre is an average crop. Is that statement true? No I have seen as much as 23 cwt. grown on a special patch "