Mary Elizabeth Stewart [8202] ²

  Noted events in her life were:

• Newspaper: The Brisbane Courier, 1931 Jun 12, Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia. LAND COURT. (1931, June 12). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933), p. 12. November 4, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21699279> COURT. FOR CERTIFICATE. was given In the Land Court yesterday by Mr. P. W. Shannon, in the in which Thomas Robert John Blackman and his wife, Mary Elizabeth applied, under section 175b of the Land Acts, 1910 to 1930, for a that speclal reasons existed for the sale of five special leases them without competition, and, further, for a deter- mination .of the to be charged for the land comprised in these leases. The case, which heard In Cairns on May 4, is one in which new legislation was introduced meet the case. The subject lands are situated In the Cairns district, l½ miles from Redlynch, and 9 miles from Cairns. They form a compact of 73 acres, and are worked as one property. The applications were made section 16 of the Lnnd Acts Amend- ment Act of last year, and were to the court by the Minister for consider- ation of the question of a cer- tificate that special reasons exist for a sale, without and contingent- ly for determination of the price. Mr. Shannon that the lands In question originally formed part of a proclaimed reserve, and there was nothing in evidence to show that the tion of the reserve had ever been rescind- ed. There was, however, suggestion that the land is now required for the purpose for which It was re- served. The special leases were for terms of ten years, and following were among the specified conditions:-(a) The right of resuming whole or any part of the leased land at any time, on giving six months' and compensating for improvements only, to be reserved to the (b) No compensation for Im- provements to be payable at the tion of the lease, but the lessee to have the right to remove them. present lessees acquired the leases by purchase for substantial from prede- cessors in title. The greater part of the subject was now under sugar cane, and the property had the advantage of an to Hambledon Mill, under the Regulation of Sugar Cane Prices in respect of a total area of 60 acres, with a harvesting area of 45 This assignment added largely to the value of tho property, and that was the ker- nel of the case. The improvements, cul- tural and were valued by the Official Valuer at £5308/15/, and by the at £8695/10/. Mr. Shannon, con- tinuing his Judgment, said that the clusion which he had reached on the first branch of the case was that facts did not Justify a sale without com- petition. The land laws of State had shown a jealous regard in respect of the sale of land under titles, other- wise than in the open market. Doubtless, because of possibility of abuse, and, because of the curtailment of public involved in sales of land without competition, such sales in the had been confined to a severely re- stricted class of cases, and, the door had, perhaps, been opened somewhat wider by section 16 of Act last ses- sion, it, nevertheless, required that the court should be in the class of cases covered by that section that special reasons for a sale under its pro- visions. In the present case the evidence not satisfy him that special reasons existed for the sale of the land to applicants under the section mentioned, which was now section 175b of prin- cipal Act. The valuation furnished to the court by the Minister one of £97/5/3 per acre, made in connection, with proposals by by the officers of the Lands De- partment for the opening of the land for farm or perpetual lease selec- tion. It was admitted in that this valuation would have been lower but for the mistaken that a sale used as a basis was of an unimproved property instead of fairly well improved. The evidence did not disclose any objection on grounds to the offering of the land for sale by auction, and pointed to that as the most suitable means In the circumstances meeting the not unreasonable desire of the appli- cants for a better The evidence warranted the view that, in the event of that course followed, a fair upset price would not exceed £36 per acre.

• Newspaper: Probate Notice, 1953 Nov 13, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ³ Advertising. (1953, November 13). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27522574>
IN the Will of THOMAS ROBERT JOHN BLACKMAN late of Holgate in the State of New South Wales, Retired, deceased -Application will be made after 14 days from the publication hereof that Probate of the last Will and Testament dated 26th June, 1952 of the abovenamed deceased may be granted to Mary Elizabeth Blackman the sole Execu-trix named in the said Will and all notices may be served at the undermentioned address. All credi-tors in the Estate of the deceased are hereby required to send in par-ticulars of their claims to the undersigned STFPHEN JAQUES & STEPHEN, Proctors for the Executrix, Bank of New South Wales Building, George and Wyn- yard Streets, Sydney.

• Registration: Death, 1961, Queensland, Australia. ⁴ 1961/B47136
Mary Elizabeth, Blackman

• Newspaper: Advertising, 1947 Feb 10, Cairns, , Queensland, Australia. ⁵ Advertising. (1947, February 10). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved November 10, 2011, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42508902>
SCHEDULE
Name and Address of Owners: Thomas Robert John and Mary Elizabeth Black-man, of Double Island Road Cairns, Canegrowers.
Description and Area of Land: County of Nares, Parish of Smithfield, Sub. 2 of Portions 312 and 5?4 and of Sub. 2 of Portion 58 and of Sub. 3 of Portion 198.
Assignment: 131/98.
Sale Price and Conditions: £14600. De- posit £5000, balance by yearly installments of 22½ per cent gross proceeds with interest of 4¾ per cent.
A. J. DRAPER PTY. LTD. Cairns act-ing as our Agents.
DATED at Cairns, SIXTH day of FEBRUARY 1947.
(Sgd.) T.R. J. & M. E. BLACKMAN

Mary married Thomas Robert John Blackman [8201] [MRIN: 3111], son of Thomas Robert Blackman [1459] and Emily Ann Carlisle [1737], in 1916 in Queensland, Australia.¹ (Thomas Robert John Blackman [8201] was born in 1884 in Mudgee, Wellington County, New South Wales ⁶ and died on 1953 Oct 4 in Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1916, Queensland, Australia. ⁷ 1916/C136
Blackman, Thomas Robert John
Stewart, Mary Elizabeth