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Newspaper
Pinnaroo Country News
Location
Pinnaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
4
The article argues District Council formation brings road-building and local benefits to wards, noting costs in rates but emphasizing improvements in grain transport and time saved. It warns against rushed boundary decisions while predicting eventual establishment.
The article discusses boundary size as a mistake and notes support for forming a Couneil from the Hundreds of Bewes Cotton and Von Doussa. It predicts about 40,000 acres north of Cotton and Bewes to be opened for selection and added to the Council. Pinaroo and Parilla are seen as potential centers for a thriving District Council with early local governance.
Federal Old Age Pension Act provisions include 10s per week for residents who have lived 20 years in the Commonwealth and are indigent. Pensions begin July 1, 1809, funded by £222,000 from June revenue and costing about £1,800,000 yearly, with eligibility limited by age and property and extended to invalid and incapacitated workers.
Public notice states all dogs fowls goats and other trespass animals on blocks 56 57 and 58 in Lameroo township will be destroyed by the handrers of Bowes under local authority.
Reports show strong demand for Taxi News first issue with many callers unable to get copies. Advertisers also missed copies. agent appointed at Pinaroo. Government urged to survey and open land north of Bewes and Cotton for selection. Peake hotel license refused with six months to reapply. Davis near Lameroo cultivates over 1000 acres. A home intrusion at Mrs Thyer’s house ended as intruder fled.
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