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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

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Municipality of Burrowa Report of Town Clerk

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

The Town Clerk (Mr. C. W. Kenny) submitted the following report at the Council meeting held on Monday night last:—…

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Coronation Holiday for Council Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 1

Writing to Thursday night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council, the Local Government Association of N.S.W. advised…

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Council Approves Its Own Subdivision Plan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 2

Among the subdivision plans submitted to Thursday night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council was one covering the old…

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Council Granted Exemption on Levying of Loan Rates Big Loan City Council Works Programme to Take Year

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 1

Exemption from levying loan rates during 1937 in respect of three special loans totalling £18,500 was advised by the…

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Big Loan City Council Works Programme to Take Year

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 1

Conditions under which the Goulburn City Council could, place in operation its recently adopted programme of works,…

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Gunning Shire Monthly Meeting Of Council Grid Scheme

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

GUNNING: Many matters came up for discussion at the April meeting of the Shire Council…

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Crowded Off Roads by Motors Cr. Broadhead's Plea For Owners of Travelling Stock Council Moves

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 4

Claiming that motor traffic had more or less monopolised the highways of the State, Cr. Broadhead urged the Mulwaree Shire…

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Pipe Culvert Kenmore Creek Crossing Shire Decides

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 1

Application will be made by the Mulwaree Shire Council, in accordance with a decision reached at Wednesday's meeting,…

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Municipal Appeal Court

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 3

Municipal Appeal Court on Thursday, before Mr. F. W. Britz, P.M., the following appeals were heard:—…

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Shire Council Mulwaree's April Meeting General Business

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 May 1937 · page 3

The Mulwaree Shire Council held its April meeting on Wednesday: Present were: Councillors L. A. Sykes (president), D…

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Contracts Withdrawn County Council And Coal Orders

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Sydney County Council to-day, after considerable discussion, decided to withdraw a 25,000-ton coal contract from the…

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Council And Grid Scheme Voting on Government Offer Ends in Deadlock Vigorous Debate By Aldermen Engineer Urges Quick Decision to Obivate Risk of Light Failure

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 4

After disposing of a motion and two amendments, the voting on each of which was even at five all, thereby necessitating three casting votes by the Mayor, Aid. Davies, the Goulburn City Council reached a deadlock last night on the question of the Government's…

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National Work Within the Shire Engineer's Report

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council the engineer, Mr. H. A. Leonard, reported upon an inspection of the…

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Demondrille Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of Council was held in the Shire Office Bathurs-street, Murrumburrah, on Monday, 3rd Inst. Present: Cr J. A…

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Hard Chairs Aldermen Satisfied

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

Explaining that some of the aldermen had complained of the hand in the Council Chambers, the Town Clerk, Mr. A. J. Poignand,…

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Municipal Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 5

The Mayor, Ald. O’Connor, presided at Monday night’s meeting of the Municipal Council. Others present were Alds. J. J. Cusack,…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

THE fortnightly meeting of the above Council, was held on Monday night last Present: The Mayor. (Ald. Fred Kelly); Alds. Fred…

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Shire Clerics Report

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 2

Outstanding Rates (Year 1937:- Received up to 2841937, Current Rates £5292141; Arrears Rates £2371010; Arrears interest £4010…

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Council’s Audit Fee Increased to £40

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

The town clerk stated at Monday flight’s Council meeting that the present audit fee was £28, but £40 was placed on the last estimates for the…

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Binalong-Gootamundra Road Proposal by Demondrille Shire to Bitumen-surface the Road

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of Demon drille Shire Council on Monday last, a lengthy discussion took place with regard to bitumen-surfacing the…

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