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Newspaper

The Areas Express

Location

Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia

Date

Sep 12, 1947

Page

5

District Council of Georgetown Clerk Report 1947

The Georgetown District Council reports high receipts due to a 40 percent assessment rise and machinery costs. Expenditures focus on roads, administration, hospitals, and main roads with ongoing gravelling and patrolling. Subside grants cover grasshopper destruction and noxious weeds. health improvements include immunisations and vaccination, while garbage disposal and lighting see ongoing attention and improvements.

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Auditor's Report on Council finances for half-year 1947

The auditor reports receipts match rates and sources in the cash book, expenditures properly authorized, and the £1 June pay sheet omission to be rectified next audit. Arrears reduced to £160 14 2 in rates, rents cleared, cemetery rates down to £3. Clerk's salary noted as below the Gazette minimum. auditor confirms books are up to date and correct. Signed by 5.8. Sergeant, Local Government Auditor.

Council Georgetown Yacka Sumare Yack Cemetery Lyons Tilbrook A. A. Renshaw E. H. Wilson T. E. Ashby A. R. Fuller Salvation Army Drs. Reed Thomson Premierre Regional Planning J.U. Sullivan R. C. Donhardt J. U. Sullivan C. J. Eiffe L. M. Donhardt W. L. Wellington A. Brewing Co District Council of Smallacombe Reed S. & Sergeant Crs White and Siviour Sergeant Smallacombe and Siviour

Georgetown Council Minutes September 1 1947

Council proceedings note attendance Dr E Smart chair and councillors with clerk F T Acott. Reports include gravel screen purchase, gutter work, honour rolls, annual councillors association meeting Booleroo, fire fighting addresses at Gladstone, railway service concerns, land exchanges and signs. Budget, audits, and payments approved with multiple resolutions and requests for further actions on roads, water, and property deeds.

E. Smart F. R. H. Smour G. A. Smallacombe R. W. Lehmann F. White J. V. Thomson M. R. Reed Clerk F. T. Acott Smallacombe Reed Dr. Lehmann Georgetown Councils’ Association Booleroo Drs. Reed and Thomson Crs Reed and Lehmann Meaney Civil Defence Dept

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