Forbes Advocate in Forbes, New South Wales

Local Government in Danger as Amalgamation Proposals Rise

At a Local Government Executive meeting Ald A. S. 1 urged study of the Summer School proceedings now in print. He outlined restructures from 1930 to 1844 reducing 67 areas to 30 and reported plans for a Greater Wollongong of 27 percent square miles with Katoomba at the center. Hay Municipality Woradgery Shire amalgamation was rejected and a Cumberland County bill seeks elimination of 89 areas. Dr Townsend, president of the Shires Association, warned that local government is in danger amid pending and suggested consolidations nationwide.