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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 12, 1933
Page
4
Bibbenlake Shire Council meets with discussion over a gate across a road near Mrs Brownlie and stock trespass. The engineer reports on road status and suggests proclaiming the existing track a public road to curb stock strays and grant council control. Council approves proclamation plan and addresses wages, bridge repairs, and pipe installations at crossings.
The report details April maintenance on Lower Benidoc road with 28 chains of light formation and three pipe culverts built. Graveling planned on worst sections with voluntary help. Cathcart Tantawangle road receives new pipes replacing decayed timber culverts. Campbell's Hill on Cooma road gets running boards. Plans include a new reinforced concrete box culvert on Delegate road near the 10 mile post to replace the timber culvert, with a straighter side cutting and use of spoil to cover the culvert.
Correspondence shows the Main Roads Board asking that details of the site be supplied when the Council applies for a grant for the 103m bridge.
The President asked the Clerk to identify the proper authority for impounding stock on rural lanes. The Clerk named the Shire Council, with Dr Jennings noting that Officer R Reed had impounded about 260 head from a Mila property near Benladi lane. The owner claimed fair warning and argued many lanes serve as temporary camps. a council decision was urged to define rights and avoid hardship for stock owners.
A council meeting debated impounding travelling stock in a lane near a boggy reserve. Officers and residents argued over trespass versus camping rights amid drought, with the impounding officer ordered to stop taking stock from lanes until further notice.
A letter to the editor argues against sending wool to Melbourne instead of Sydney, citing freight costs, earlier sales, and market prices. The writer stresses the importance of the Bombala railway for fodder transport and warns against losing rail concessions and access to efficient road transport, urging graziers not to be penny wise and pound foolish.
Indy Presbyterians honor Mrs. Allen with a handbag as she and Mr. Allen plan to move to Sydney. Diphtheria cases rise in the district with six patients at Bombala Hospital improving. Local school attendance slips to about seven. Mr. Helmers injures his foot requiring six stitches. Potato digging begins. crop quality varies. Bibbenlake reserves beat Ostheart reserves 12 to 1 in the season opener. C. Rynhong appointed football coach.
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