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Newspaper
Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observer
Location
Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
3
Advert reads woven striped poplin pajamas by De Line with sizes 6 to 12, featuring heat designs and elastic lens. Also lists all wool bathing costumes with elastic, colors, and price points, noting better quality options at 6/8 and 7.
Wingham Town Council held its December session with Mayor presiding. Key items include cooperation on relief workers medical examinations, rent allowances discussions, and funding for main roads and a 1900s aerodrome restoration. Building approvals were reviewed, and plans for a future Mayoral election were announced.
The council praised Mayor for reelection and pledged more street repairs next year. Alderman Gibson was named Deputy Mayor as the town plans paving and drainage improvements, with funds to be spent by council approval and ratepayer dollars.
The council moved to form the Pinanea Committee for the opening year with AM chair and Guinan seconding. the motion passed unanimously. A Works Committee was proposed with Ald, Wuon, Lynton, and Worthing, subject to approval by Ald. Kane and Eat. A Lighting Committee for the Snelling term was proposed with Ald, Kane, Machin, and Callan, as Kane and Machin agreed.
The article lists a Building Committee with Ab Kane Machin and Olievy and notes a motion by Alderman Machin about posting an infantile notice. It mentions Worthing and Wilean proposing proportionate taxes to property owners and relates a council meeting held on Ted January 1098. The text is garbled but indicates monthly or fortnightly council meetings.
Postwar financial notes show the Mine Council approved higher levies after a 1046 incursion and a midyear audit. Officials cite the need to fund improvements and maintenance, with a 2/8 rate increase applied to both improved and unimproved properties to cover deficits and sustaining operations.
The fragment references a licensing inspector, an applicant, and a plan alteration with a four month period to act, plus a grant of eight months to complete work. It names William Woodward and a group including Betora and Grumeon in a damaged text likely about permit extension and timing.
Municipal records show Wingham Council approving expenditure and revenue figures under a rate assessment plan. The schedule details unimproved capital values, urban farm lands, street lighting area, and a proposed rate to fund expenditures, with references to specific boundary descriptions and land parcels in the Manning River district.
Local notes outline proposed water charges for improved lands and vacant lots within the Wingham Water District. It specifies minimum rates of 2 shillings 12 pence for improved land and 1 shilling 7 pence for vacant land, with further charges per thousand gallons and regional tax references. The document references Crown land and council structures, plus a provisional calculation method for the total water supply levy.
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