Football dispute

The urgent need of a hostel in Warragul for the accommodation of pupils from adjacent shires who desire to take advantage of the benefits provided by the High School, Warragul was brought before the Warragul Shire Council in a letter from the secretary of the school council.

Cr Copeland said this proposal for a hostel for High School pupils was a good one, and he hoped the council would support it. There were now about 130 pupils at the school, and it was impossible to get accommodation for new pupils.

It was not desirable to allow this state of things to exist. Pupils were now unable to take advantage of the High School education owing to being unable to get board at Warragul.

The school council thought they might arrange for a hostel to be built at the school. .

The dispute between Warragul and Trafalgar over the recent game has been amicably settled, Warragul allowing the matter to stand as a drawn game.

Owing to having a weak team, the Drouin club applied to the association for a slight extension of radius to strengthen their forces, and the request was granted.

North Melbourne are desirous of paying a visit to this district on the King’s birthday to play an association team. The local governing body decided to put on 18 in the field against them, and that all profits be donated to the Warragul District Hospital.

Iona appear to be very sanguine of again securing the premiership – or to be more correct, one of their supporters is of that opinion. He is credited with the statement that he would back his prediction for a large amount at five to one. Some people appear to have plenty of pocket money.

Cr Brown said he believed council must always take care that it did not stop the general public from knowing what the council was doing.

Cr McCarthy said he believed the public was entitled to know the “underlying” reasons why certain motions were passed.

“I want the public to know the reasons for decisions, and I believe councillors should support this motion.

“There is a fundamental principle that people must be allowed to hear our debate.”

Cr Armitage said there had been arguments that the press was entitled to know what happened at committee meetings.

“My procedural motion is that we proceed to the next item of business,” he said. than 30,000 books available for borrowing by residents throughout the town.

Cr Farrington said Warragul’s new library building was opened to the public on August 28, 1969.

The lending rate had increase in the past eight months from 140 books a day to 230.

The new library in Civic Square is the third in Warragul’s history.

The first – built in Queen St in 1886 – was destroyed by fire in 1926, and another opened in 1930.