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Newspaper
Harvey Chronicle
Location
Harvey, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
2
Notice issued that yearly licenses for motors vehicles and dogs are now due throughout the Murray Road Board District. Licenses may be obtained from the Secretary at the Road Board office daily from 9 am to 5 pm. Possessing or using the same without a valid license will lead to prosecution.
Captain R B Blyth, formerly head master at Pinjarra State School, returns by evening train with Mrs Blyth to Pinjarra, while a Soldiers Welcome Committee forms to greet all returning residents. Also notes license fees due, musical exam results, a wedding, stock sale, a criminal sentence, a troop train arrival, and local notices.
The notice announces payment of license fees for carts, motor cars, cycles, heavy traffic, dairies and offensive trades for 1916. The secretary is appointed to register dogs, and licenses will be issued at the board office on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00 to 5:30. All persons required to obtain licenses should do so before the end of March. Penalties apply for hunting or duck shooting near paddocks without licenses. Auctioneer Jas. Hair, Birch.
The Murray Road Board held a Saturday meeting at Pinjarra office with chair Danlon and members present. They discussed payments to Contractor Head, road closures, bridge tenders, and elections set for April 12, plus tender decisions on road sections and stone quarrying near Barragup Bridge. Accounts totaling £46 178 were approved for payment.
Saturday last the Murray Road Board sat as an Appeal Court to hear objections to property valuations. The panel included C H Dunlop as chair, with E McLarty W EK C McLarty and A J Robinson. R A Sholl appealed for Mandurah town lots 2 3 4 3 and 6 against a £18 valuation but the appeal was disallowed as other properties were rated similarly.
An unclear excerpt discusses valuing property blocks at £7 per acre and similar rates. It mentions a measured assessment on ten blocks along a street and hints at price adjustments or staged rates, with references to per acre valuations and a possible adatom or single rate.
The record notes a revision court session at the conclusion of a hearing on appeal and confirms the electoral roll for 1916. It lists the Board's electoral roll and the chairman's related actions.
The Armadale-Kelmscott Road Board discussed protests against the pan system, examined subsidies, and noted resignations. Foremen changes, road work plans, and letters from associations were reviewed amid financial concerns and a Queen's Carnival update.
A dated note explains keeping a distbin fresh by sealing contents with starch and a thick cloth to prevent encasing odors. It suggests making starch in the usual manner to avoid smells and mentions a simple method to maintain cleanliness.
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