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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
6
The council approved a service station plan submitted by engineer Mr Fawckner with adjustments to road petrol pumps. The mayor and council backed Mr Wilson’s building permit, while considering a policy to limit new roadway pumps on private property to protect existing businesses.
Benalla Borough Council will hold a civic reception for members of the Brighton Cricket Club during their Easter Saturday visit to Benalla. The plan, approved at Monday night's council meeting on a request from the Benalla Cricket Association, includes star Test bowler Jack Iverson and leading Stile players. The association may collect at the Garden Oval match.
Borough council remains dissatisfied after a letter from the Minister of Immigration to Mr. Bostock. The minister says a labor force will be built for Benalla and that housing may be provided at the centre for additional families. Doctors urge investigation into husbands working in town and being housed there. The council to follow up with Mr. Bostock.
At the Benalla Girl Guides Local Association meeting on February 23, president Mrs. W Ferguson thanked Mrs. Bakewell for organizing the January camp trip. Mrs. G Dolphin will supervise the Guides Library on the first and third Fridays from 4 30 to 5 pm starting March 2. An annual fair is arranged for the Gardens on a Saturday in April with appeals for help and gifts.
The Mayor of Benalla appeals to residents to fund the Victoria War Memorial Scout Building. Sir Dallas Brooks and Lt General Sir Edmund Herring back the cause. The Borough Council supports the drive and will donate, encouraging gifts of £1 or more toward the Scouts Association of Victoria project.
Benalla Borough Council was advised by the Department of Health that the Commission has approved the registration of Rosemore Inavale Hospital from January 30, 1951, by transfer from the Hospital Syndicate. Council noted and commended the approval.
Borough councillors at Monday night’s meeting agreed there be no doubtful projects to raise local capital in Benalla. They noted concerns raised by the Director of Decentralised Industrial Development and urged the press to warn townspeople about industrial schemes that seek local investment.
Borough councillors heard on Monday that the Railways Department plans to begin erecting twenty pre cut homes for railway employees at Benalla. The number was later increased from sixteen to twenty four, to be built on the Ryan subdivision. The Sewerage Authority will soon handle an extension of the service to the area.
At Monday night’s meeting Mayor Dr. F KR Morrison said reports from the Public Works and Parks and Gardens Committees will be submitted monthly to cut meeting time. The change aims to finish business more expediently, with the exception of the engineer’s reports.
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