Leslie Frederick Monkley [22460]

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1891, Morpeth District, New South Wales. ² 22687/1891
MONKLEY, LESLIE F
WILLIAM
ALICE M M
MORPETH

• Land: Primary Application, 1920 Mar 8 to 1922 Jan 19, New South Wales, Australia. ³ Item number or control symbol: PA 22533
Title: Primary Application - Leslie Frederick Monkley 24 acres 1 rood 24 1/4 perches on Hunter River in Shire Tarro Parish Alnwick County Northumberland Volume 3274 Folio 27
Start date: 08 Mar 1920
End date: 19 Jan 1922

• Newspaper: MILLET-GROWERS, 1925 Nov 19, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁴ MILLET-GROWERS. (1925, November 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16255841>

MILLET-GROWERS.
MAITLAND.-At Cessnock the position of the broom millet Industry has for some time been agitating growers, and a meeting has been held to consider the question of start- ing a co-operative broom and brush factory, under tho Rural Credit and Community Settle- ment Act. At the same time the question of forming a broom millet growers' associa- tion was discussed, and as a result of a can- vass of the district this has now been done. The following officers were elected:-…; treasurer, Mr. L. F. Monkley; …

• Newspaper: HUNTER RIVER MILLET, 1928 Jan 12, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁵ HUNTER RIVER MILLET. (1928, January 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16433411>

HUNTER RIVER MILLET.
AVERAGE PRICE £64/10/ PER TON.
WEST MAITLAND.-The annual meeting of the Miller's Forest branch of the Millet Association elected the following officers:-…; treasurer, Mr.L. F. Monkley; …

• Newspaper: TARIFF BOARD, 1936 Feb 21, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁶ TARIFF BOARD. (1936, February 21). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17339088>


MILLET AND BASSINE.
Mr. L. F. Monkley, president of the Hunter River branch of the Australian Broom Millet Growers' Association, informed the board that as a result of the importation of bassine and palmyra fibres into the Commonwealth since1926 three bassine brooms were used to one of broom millet. In 1925 the growers were receiving £50 per ton for millet, and this was considered only a payable proposi-tion. Bassine, raised in India by coolie lab-our on the waste lands, was allowed to enter the Commonwealth under very light tariff charges, under the pretence that it was for brushware, but it was used for brooms. It cost £33/15/ to raise a ton of millet, which meant that it was impossible for the local farmer to compete with the Imported article. The best broom millet could now be purchased at £28 per ton. Many growers had gone out of business, as this was not a profitable price. He asked for a tariff which would be prohibi-tive.

• Newspaper: Advertising, 1936 May 23, New South Wales, Australia. ⁷ Advertising. (1936, May 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17317176>

SALE BY TENDER
TENDERS will be received by the undersigned on or before the 31st May 1936 for the Sole of the following AGRICULTURAL FARMS situated on the Hunter River at Millers Forest
Possession will be given on 1st July 1936
The highest or any tender not necessarily ac-cepted
1 FARM occupied by Mr L. F. Monkley con-tatning 22 acres 38 perches being Lot 39situated at Millers Forest fronting, Edithville and Monery roads. The whole of the above is excellent cultivation land. There is no building on this farm.

• Newspaper: MILLET GROWERS, 1937 Jul 26, Sydney District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁸ MILLET GROWERS. (1937, July 26). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17384624>

MILLET GROWERS.
New Sectional Committee Formed.
WEST MAITLAND, Sunday.
A meeting of millet growers on the LowerHunter decided to form, a broom millet grow-ers' sectional committee within the PrimaryProducers' Union, to act with the committeesof the Manning and Richmond Rivers, Tam-worth, Tumut, and Gundagai districts. It'wasalso decided to seek another poll with theobject of bringing millet under the Marketing
Board.
Officers elected at the meeting were: Presi-dent, Mr. L. F. Monkley; …

• Newspaper: COUNTRY MUNICIPALITIES, 1941 Dec 8, New South Wales, Australia. ⁹ COUNTRY MUNICIPALITIES. (1941, December 8). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17777699>

TARRO.-A Riding: T. McCarthy, L. F.Monkley, unopposed. …

• Newspaper: Fears That Hunter Dams Will Increase Salinity, 1949 Sep 30, Singleton District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁰ Fears That Hunter Dams Will Increase Salinity. (1949, September 30). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) , p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82581888>

Fears That Hunter Dams Will Increase Salinity.
MAY BE LITTLE FRESH WATER LEFT DURINGCONSTRUCTION, COUNCILLOR CLAIMS
Salting up of the lower reaches of the Hunter River and its tributaries is creating concern in that area and an opinion is being sought upon a proposal to construct weirs on the Williams and the Lower
Hunter as a barrier to this menace.
Over the years, in periods of severe drought, salt water has invaded the Hunter and its feeder streams far beyond the normal limits.
Fears are now being expressed that, by the time the dams on the Upper Hunter are constructed, there will be little fresh water in the river at all in the lower areas for irrigation purposes.
Cr. L. F. Monkley, of the Lower Hunter Shire, made this prediction at the last meeting of that body. He stated, further, that saltwater would percolate as far as Maitland by the end of the dam construction programme.
This may be an extravagant statement, but it would be in-teresting to learn whether water conservation engineers have taken the salting up of the Hunter into consideration while Glenbawn and other dams on the Upper Hunter are in process of construction.
Inevitably that period will ex-tend over a number of years, hence the concern of farmers normally out of reach of "salta-tion" influence.
Cr. Monkley said at the same meeting that the department should appreciate the question of salt water seeping upstream as "a serious problem."

• Newspaper: Attacks Trust Over Sand Deposits In Lower Hunter, 1952 Oct 10, Singleton District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹¹ Attacks Trust Over Sand Deposits In Lower Hunter. (1952, October 10). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) , p. 4. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82771519>

Attacks Trust Over Sand Deposits In Lower Hunter
The president of the Lower Hunter Shire Coun- cil, Cr. L. F. Monkley this week advocated that the Hunter Valley Trust, as an advisory panel, should be able to provide plans to ar-rest the deposit of sand on Lower Hunter farms.
He claimed that if the Trust could not do this there was no reason for its con- tinued existance.
He said the ratepayers of the Shires kept the Trust in existance and it should make suggestions for the removal of the sand to the authori- ties concerned.
The Trust had written to the Shire stating that it had no powers to deal with sand deposits on farms in the Lower Hunter.
He said it was not the council's intention to ask the Trust to shovel the sand off. but for the Trust to make suggestions to prevent furth- er sand being brought down.
"Sand deposits in the Lower Hunter are the great- est menace we have to con- tend with," he said.
"For years in floods we did not have sand, but we did have Hunter River mud '97mud which made the Low-er Hunter.
"The sand was costing millions and might cost mil- lions in loss of production.

• Newspaper: River levee banks are selfish idea, 1954 Feb 26, Singleton District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹² River levee banks are selfish idea. (1954, February 26).Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) , p. 3. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84596166>

River levee banks are selfish idea
"Although Maitland is safe, the lower Hunter lands are still flooded, and will be for the next few days. The idea of embank-ments or levee banks is a very, very selfish way oftrying to save one area at the expense of another."
The speaker was the pre-sident of Lower Hunter Shire Council (Cr. L. F. Monkley). who moved a vote of sym-pathy at the meeting of rate-payers in the lower Hunter who had suffered from the present flood.
"If banks were not at Maitland or Bolwarra, we in the lower Hunter would pos-sibly receive no water at all," said Cr. Monkley.
"Since the embankments are there the water is push- ed onto us and we sustain the whole of the flood."
Cr. Monkley said the cut-ting at McRae's Hollow and at Narrow cut had made a great difference to the lower region of the river.
The theory had been that the cutting allowed the lower water to get away before that from the Williams River came down but in practice this was not so.
This time the Williams, the Paterson and the Hunter Rivers were in flood at the same time. The mass of water converging on the land around the junction of these rivers submerged a great part of the lower Hunter land.

• Newspaper: MOVE ON BOARD MEMBERS, 1954 Jun 4, Singleton District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹³ MOVE ON BOARD MEMBERS. (1954, June 4). Singleton Argus(NSW : 1880 - 1954) , p. 6. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84598518>

MOVE ON BOARD MEMBERS
An objection to a suggested alteration of membership of the Hunter District WaterBoard on the ground that it
would "throw the board out of equilibrium" would be overcome by an amended pro-posal. Cr. L. F. Monkley said on Wednesday. Cr. Monkley. President of Lower Hunter Shire Council, was speaking at a meeting of the council. The council adopted Cr. Monkley's suggestion that it press for increased represen- tation of councils on the board by the addition of two members giving Newcastle three. Maitland one. Lake Macquarie one, Cessnock and Kearsley one and Lower Hun-ter and Port Stephens one.

• Newspaper: TO CONFER ON NEW BRIDGE AT DALWOOD, 1954 Jun 18, Singleton District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁴ TO CONFER ON NEW BRIDGE AT DALWOOD. (1954, June 18). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) , p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84598867>

TO CONFER ON NEWBRIDGE AT DALWOOD
Lower Hunter Shire Coun-cil agreed to confer with Kearsley Council about building a new bridge at Dalwood. A move for a new bridgewas started because the present low-level bridge is silted over. The President (Cr. L. F. Monkley) and the two rep-resentatives of the riding, Crs. H. G. Clements and H.H. Young, were appointed to represent council at the con-ference.

• Newspaper: Lower Hunter Shire President predicts big flood disaster, 1954 Aug 13, Singleton District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁵ Lower Hunter Shire President predicts big flood disaster. (1954, August 13). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 - 1954) , p. 4. Retrieved September 12, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84600318>

The president of Lower Hunter Shire Council (Cr. L. F. Monkley) said that unless some scheme of flood mitigation for the whole of the Hunter Valley was evolved quickly a big
disaster must most assuredly take place. It could probably amount to a loss of lives and property. He suggested that the river be made wider and deeper from Hexham to the sea as soon as possible. A further suggestion was the shortening of the river by way of canals.
Council decided to urge the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust to promote some scheme of benefit to the whole of the valley from a flood mitigation aspect. It also recommended that Cr. Monkley convene a pub-lic meeting at Raymond Ter-race to find the view of the people of the Lower Hunter. All interested bodies will be invited to be represented. Cr. Monkley said when Sir William McKell, as Premier of New South Wales, "fired the first shot of Glenbawn Dam nearly eight years ago" he said he hoped in five years the dam would be com-pleted at a cost of approxi- mately £4,000,000. "After eight years," said Cr. Monkley.- "I notice that the Minister for Conserva-tion (Mr. Enticknap) will of-ficially turn the stream through the diversion tunnel. "The cost to date has been stated as £3,500,000. "As previously stated in the press, another £4.000,000will be necessary to complete the work. "This dam is for irrigation purposes. "It will, I understand, bene- fit those farmers as far down as Denman." MUST PRESS "However," he continued, "this dam will be of little use for flood mitigation pur- poses. "So gentlemen, we people of the Lower Hunter will, using Mr. Brewster's own words, have to press in season and out of season for some flood mitigation scheme to be car- ried out immediately for the (Mr. Brewster is chairman river." (Mr. Brewster is chairman of the Hunter Valley Conser- vation Trust). Cr. Monkley said that he had previously stated public- ly that now man had inter- fered with what Nature in tended. so let man fish hisway. "Let him make other pro- visions to get flood water away more quickly."Warkworth Dam is for flood mitigation purposes, but if progress is as slow asGlenbawn then heaven help us," he said. "I believe that a direct cut- ting or canal to the sea would be a cheaper and better pro- position. "There should not be any engineering difficulties with the modern machinery avail- able to-day.
PATIENT WAIT
"We people of the Lower Hunter have been paying rates to the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust for the past four years. We have been waiting patiently for same scheme which will be of benefit to us. "We have been told that it is useless to do any work down the Lower Hunter un til the silt has been ar- rested on the Upper Hunter. This may be a good course. "However, to a good num- ber of us it will be too late, as the river will probably alter its course in many places, with the loss of much valuable land. "The building of embank-ments is no solution to this problem. I do not think that it is right for the Trust to use money for that pur- pose. "They are wholly local matters, and should be finan- ced as such." Cr. Monkley said that a few years ago he attended a meeting at Tamworth. As a result of the meeting, something was accomplished in the fact that Glenbawn Dam wts started. Another organisation, the
South Maitland Flood Miti- gation Committee, was work- ing hard for its area. It had an object to work for. and was working hard for it. The people in the LowerHunter were sitting down and "just taking the lot." He said that if council were not big enough to do something in the very im- mediate matter of flood mili-gation. the councillors should not be in office.

• Registration: Death, 1970, Hamilton District, New South Wales, Australia. 26709/1970MONKLEYLESLIE FREDERICKWILLIAMMAUDHAMILTON

• Probate: Granted, 1970 Jul 12, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁶ Item number or control symbol: Series 4-701271
Title: Leslie Frederick Monkley - Date of Death 19/08/1970, Granted on 07/12/1970

Leslie married Ella Jane King [23896] [L6NB-RLD] [MRIN: 9172], daughter of George King [24757] and Eliza E. Barker [24758], in 1917 in Raymond Terrace District, New South Wales, Australia.¹ (Ella Jane King [23896] [L6NB-RLD] was born in 1894 in Raymond Terrace District, New South Wales ¹⁷ and died in 1979 in New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1917, Raymond Terrace District, New South Wales, Australia. 2882/1917MONKLEYLESLIE FKINGELLA JRAYMOND TERRACE