Bailey's Garage, Gunning NSW. Photo by Mattinbgn via Wikimedia ( CC BY 3.0 ) GUNNING SENSATION Brush in Council Councillor G. E. Ardill Resigns The matter of erecting iron buildings in the town of Gunning - twice prohibited by resolution of the Shire Council during the past year - has been before the public a good deal lately, and a climax was reached at last Tuesday's meeting of the Council when Cr. Ardill resigned his seat, on principle, rather than sit on a Council that failed to enforce its resolutions. The discussion was brief but warm. After the breach in the regulations had been referred to Cr. Ardill said that there was an excuse for a second mistake. The President: I don't like a man to stand up and defy me. Cr. Ardill: Neither do I. As a man told me, we might as well have six clothes pegs instead of councillors here. The Council should stand by its resolutions. I, for one, am not prepared to stay in the Council. If we do...
Upper Lachlan Shire, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales