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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary report describes council talks on rates, road works, and public infrastructure. Mentions engineer’s report, pavement, and proposed expenditures, with references to department actions, allotments, and upcoming decisions affecting maintenance and improvements.
The text outlines disputes over canal funding, double-pod rail plans, and state control. Mentions ministers, politicians, and proposed infrastructure, with references to wages, depots, and governance urges. Names and places are garbled but indicate a period of reform and public works contention.
June 1 meeting at Barcunay with Captain Hillinghurst presiding and a long roster of attendees. Discussions cover additions to composition for a 10 point gain in goodwill, football club room use at Showgrounds, insurance rate concerns, financial positions, and tender processes. Names include W Grant Moran, W Grant, Hegarty, Robertson, and others.
The meeting discussed appointing Mr. Toooph Leilgo to enact the district chit, paying pocket expenses, and providing services. Opinion held no better candidate would be found and a possible rash remedy could be adopted. Mr. Grant offered use of a room at the old order mill for storage of exhibits as a district exhibit. The issue of registering saloons was raised with an appeal court noted, and the matter will proceed at the Bendigo Convention.
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