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

Council & local affairs, 1937

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MR. A. M. Barton Resigns From Council Many Years In Shire Service High Tributes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 4

Almost 28 years spent in the service of the Mulwaree Shire Council drew to a close with the resignation…

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Special Meeting Of City Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 5

A special meeting of the Goulburn City Council will be held to-night to consider the propositions put before the council by the Minister for Works…

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Supreme Court Case SOLICITORS v. Council Overseer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 2

Last September a writ of summons was issued out of the Supreme Court by Herbert Langley Tress, on behalf of Messrs. Elrington and Elrington,…

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Sewerage Scheme Financing Council’s Loan Two Offers From Assurance Companies

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 3

The town clerk, Mr. A. J. Poignand, stated on Monday night he had two offers, the terms of which were identical, to finance the council’s…

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Is a Man Too Old at Sixty-five? Question Discussed By Mulwaree Shire Councillors No Age Limit

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1937 · page 8

The question as to whether a man who has reached his 65th year is too old for strenuous outdoor work gave rise to…

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MULWAREE Shire Council Meeting the Reports

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 2

A meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council was held on Wednesday. There were present: Councillors L. A. Sykes (president),…

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City Council Launches Out Works Programme Approved Expenditure of Over £60,000 Decisions by Aldermen Were Unanimous

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 7

An important programme of works, involving an estimated expenditure of more than £60,000, of which £20,982 will be made up in Government grants, was approved of at a special meeting of the Goulburn City Council last night…

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Goulburn to Improve Water Supply City Council Launches Out Works Programme Approved Expenditure of Over £60,000 Decisions by Aldermen Were Unanimous

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 7

"I cannot resist the conviction that we are moving through times as dangerous as any ever experienced," declared Mr. Winston Churchill, supporting the third read-of the Defence Loans Bill in the House of Commons…

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Municipal Golf Links Scheme For Tully Park

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 5

At the special meeting held last night the Goulburn City Council agreed to accept the £1500 tentatively offered by the Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. E. S. Spooner, towards the laying down of municipal golf links at Tully Park…

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KERBING : GUTTERING Sum of £15,465 to be Spent Decision by City Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 1

Schedules providing for kerbing, guttering, paving and road works at an estimated cost of £15,465 were included in the works programme adopted by the Goulburn City Council at its special meeting on Thursday night…

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Afforestation Proposal City Council Seeks Grant to Plant Trees in Sooley Dam Area Relief Labour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 3

An afforestation scheme for the Sooley Dam area is now the aim of the Goulburn City Council which has decided to make…

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Aldermen Speak in Defence of Relief Workers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 1

Relief workers were vigorously defeated by Aldermen T. P. Manion and D. McKillop at Thursday night's special meeting of the Goulburn City. Council when Ald. John Duffy trenchantly attacked the costs involved by the construction of a reservoir for…

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Grave Situation in Madrid Special Meeting of Council Measures Decided On Endeavour to Secure Sound Discipline

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 7

MADRID, Tuesday: The gravity of the situation in the capital has led the Leftists to hold a National Council, resulting in a renewal of unconditional adhesion to the Loyalist Government…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1937 · page 3

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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Show Society To Meet Shire Pavilion Grant Increased Liberal Donations From Members

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 March 1937 · page 4

The committee of the Gunning P., A. and I. Society held a meeting in the Literary Institute on March 3. The president, Mr. M. J. Heffernan,…

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Council Thanked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1

The Goulburn Golf Club, in a letter to last night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council, expressed appreciation of council's action, in…

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Brief But Warm Encounter At City Council Table

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 5

Another verbal conflict between the Mayor, Ald. F. D. Davies, and Ald, R. D. Gray marked the early stages of last night's meeting of the Goulburn…

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Good Work in Lagoon St. Council Has Praise For Men

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 6

In support of the motion adopting the Sewerage Inspector's report, at the Goulburn City. Council meeting last night, the Mayor, Ald. F. D…

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Shire Council Damage To Fencing

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 3

The president of Goodradigbee Shire Council, Cr. H. J. Best, presided at the monthly meeting held in the Council Chambers, Rossi Street,…

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CROOKWELL Shire Council Meeting Dust From Street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2

At the recently held meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council a petition signed by residents of Railway Street strongly protested against the…

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