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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 25, 1899
Page
5
A case is made for a Department of Public Health that is nonpolitical and professionally run. It would handle sanitation, guide local bodies on technical matters, consolidate scattered tasks, reduce costs, and operate independently of political figures to ensure impartiality and continuity.
The report covers a sequence of items from The Tur 8.E. Drainage Commission visiting Lucindale and Narracoorte with banquets and pending inspections of Robe country, to death notices for John Frew of Mount Gambier aged 58, and business notes on The Miru cext Preservine Co rabbits supply, steamboat service trials between Beach Port and Port Adelaide, and excursions to Beachport. Local civic leaders discuss post office relocation in Mount Gambier, while hobby and transport topics include a Millicent bicycle race cancellation and trappers’ wage proposals for Mount Gambier Factory. The article highlights community events, business conditions, and regional infrastructural matters in the South-East.
Correspondence from Millicent dated 23/2/99 criticizes Mayurra Councillors for creating a £600 overdraft over three years. She defends her £5 1s valuation fee for Magurrs Estate and suggests higher charges (£18 10s) if justified, hinting political consequences at upcoming elections.
In Millicent on Thursday February 23 Judge J. P. Stackey presiding, Dean faced charges of being of unsound mind. Evidence from M. C. Meischel, Hers, Hian Sisco, Gad, Andrew Thompson, and Dr. Thyne supported concern. The bench ordered the prisoner to Parkside Asylum and committed him to Adelaide yesterday via Mor Reid of Wolseley.
District Pars reports the Union Bank plans a Bean Mount Gambier opening next month with secured promises in town. Potato sachet prices remain at £3 10s. per unit as the market shows little change.
Fragmentary report shows a council discussing the Public Act of 1898 with representatives Harriss Hart Gerdner Osman and others. A clash over leadership and rulehead position is noted, with Osman chosen as chair amid tension.
discussion proposed amalgamating Mount Gambier and neighboring councils into a single County Board under the Public Health Act. A five-member per council board was agreed, with Millicent County District named, and G D B Plunkett appointed secretary amid securing funding and gas lighting considerations.
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