 Nevertheless, it was able to get a loan to construct a Municipal Chambers in 1885, which was completed in December of that year.The town clerk's arrest for embezzlement in 1890 marked the beginning of a period of difficulties characterised by disputes with the surrounding Gogango Divisional Board over road construction, and internal conflict between members of council, in which the Queensland Government was often requested to intervene.It did not have a reliable water supply and at the time of its amalgamation was still trying to raise funds for a dam.