Postal voting reforms harshly restrict electors in McGirr era
Campbelltown editorials condemn the McGirr Electoral Act for penalizing voters in rural areas by mandatory pre polling week postal vote applications. They argue the law disenfranchises thousands, delays notice to electors, and shifts responsibility to parties, calling it pernicious and unneeded.
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McGirr
Assembly
Labor
Australia
McGhirris
Bey
Pople
Campbelltown Rainfall Records for 1959 Week
Rainfall in Campbelltown for the week is noted with figures 16, 1T, 18 and 19. The year 1959 totals 40.33 points of rain.
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Campbelltown
NSW State Election Outcome Sees Labor Likely Return
With incomplete returns, McGirr Labor Government appears to win a very small majority. Labor expected 46 seats plus 2 unendorsed members to reach 48 against 46 Liberal and Country Party members.
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N.S.W
McGirr Labor
Labor
Liberal and Country Party
Campbelltown Council Backs Writing Apology Rule
Campbelltown Municipal Council met Tuesday with Aldermen present from Marlow to Hazlett. They discussed apologies for absences, road repairs, dog control, Mawson Park lavatories, and motor vehicle damage near Lawler property. The mayor took leave, and recovery notes were sent to the Deputy Mayor's hospital. The board approved a grader tender from L. K. Boardman and adjourned at 10.50 pm.
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Ald
P. Solomon
Campbelltown Municipal Council
Alds
Marlow
Farnaworth
Clissold
Goodwin
Lea
Claydon
Longhurst
Dench
Hosking
Hazlett
RSPCA
Georges River Road
Lawler
Transport Department
Mawson Park
Ald, Hazlett
Ald. Solomon
Sedgwick
Moore Street
Ald Claydon
Rudd Road
Leumeah
Ingleburn Camp
Ingleburn Park
Council
L. K. Boardman
Fairview
Camden
Campbell town Poultry Branch Meets On Bag Prices
The Campbell town Branch of the Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia met at the School of Arts Campbelltown on Tuesday June 6 with Mr H Wallace in the chair. A discussion covered merchant prices for second-hand bags. Poultry farmers now pay 34/0 per dozen for bags from the Wheat Board while merchants pay 7/- to 15/ per dozen. The branch seeks a ruling on bag prices and expects guidance by the next monthly meeting.
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Campbelltown
The
Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia
School of Arts
H. Wallace
Wheat Board
Obituary for E. B. Green Pioneer Campbelltown Stationmaster
E. B. Green died suddenly at Como on Monday June 12 at age 69. A longtime Campbelltown stationmaster of over 20 years, he served in the Railway Department for 50 years and retired in Como three years ago. He married Elizabeth Larkin in 1906 and leaves a widow, three daughters Peg, Edna, Judy, two sons Ernest and Ron, a deceased son Jack killed at El Alamein in 1942, a sister Mrs R. Martin, and a funeral was held at Woronora Crematorium with Rev. S S EB Taylor officiating.
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E. B. Green
Como
Green
Campbelltown
Railway Department
Elizabeth Larkin
Peg
S. Quarmby
Grenfell
Edna
N. Parker
Judy
G. Meredith
Rockdale
Ernest
Burwood
Ron
Jack
el Alamein
R. Martin
Woronora Crematorium
Genealogists Society Speaker to Lecture at Campbelltown
Mr. G A King secretary of the Genealogists Society in Sydney will deliver a lantern slide lecture at Campbelltown on July 14 for general interest. The Legacy Ball held Friday evening last drew 13 debutantes and was enjoyed despite bad weather. A detailed report will appear later.
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G. A. King
Genealogists Society
Sydney
Campbelltown
Miami Fashions Brings New Raincoats at City Prices
Campbelltown shop Miami Fashions on Queen Street launches a new line of raincoats at remarkably low prices. The advertisement emphasizes bringing the best ladies garments at city prices to shoppers.
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Miami
Queen Street
Campbelltown
Advt
Railway workers praised for safety efforts in Wollondilly
Mr Blake Pelly M L A urged grants to maintain recreation reserves and cemeteries in Wollondilly. He announces a £20 grant approved for Macquarie Fields Recreation Reserve to boost local public safety and leisure facilities.
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Blake Pelly
M.L.A
Wollondilly
Pelly
Macquarie Fields
Health subsidy increased for Camden District Hospital
Mr Blake Pelly reports a letter from the Minister for Health stating the Hospitals Commission has approved a subsidy increase for Camden District Hospital. The annual subsidy now totals £19,104.
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Blake Pelly
Camden District Hospital
Hospitals Commission
Ingleburn Polocrosse Hosts Burradoo for Alice English Cup
Spectators at the Ingleburn polocrosse event on June 10 saw a strong contest between the local team and Burradoo for the Alice English Cup, won by the visiting Burradoo side. Mrs Tom Kelly claimed the Redman Cup for best-equipped horsewoman. The minister announced a 21 acre Windsor farm available as a perpetual closer settlement lease, with details of price rent and improvements, plus application deadlines in June 1950. The Minto District Progress Association held a well attended meeting despite weather, with new members, and plans for a postal delivery, longer telephone hours, road improvements, a safety bridge issue, and a planned October 21 Horse Show and Sports headed by organizer Mr Patching. A children's playground project was voiced as a key objective. The next meeting is July 12.
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Ingleburn
Burradoo
Tom Kelly
Sheahan
Windsor
Crown Lang
Mth
Crown Land Agent
Minto
Redfern Road
Patching
Victoria Road
Association
Exhorbitant Rates Spark Rural Protest Across Shires
The Milk Zone Dairymen's Council backed Maitland Branch in denouncing high rates imposed by shires and councils. The movement calls for repeal of the Rating Exemption Act, royalties from timber within rural areas, and petrol tax funds redirected to roads, arguing rural ratepayers bear excessive costs amid road maintenance demands.
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Dairymen's Council
Maitland
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