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

Council & local affairs, 1939

870 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 14 of 44

PARENTS & CITIZENS Want Two Bubbling Fountains Council Applies to Department of Education

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

Mr. T. A. Finding, postmaster, and hon, secretary of the Parents and…

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Lights for Football Training Council Has No Power to Give Permission Bound Down by Restrictions

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

At the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night, a letter was read from the Secretary of the Murrumburrah Park…

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Further Evidence in Pylara Case Claim Against Mulwaree Shire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 1

When the arbitration case in which Dr. F. G. Pockley, of Macquarie Street, Sydney is claiming £500…

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City Council Motions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 4

At the meeting of the City Council on Thursday night Ald. McKillop will move: "1. That council inspect damage…

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Trades Unions Goulburn Council's Activities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Goulburn Trades and Labour Council was held at the Railway and Tramway institute on…

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Motorists Auto Be Careful (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 2

A stands for AUTO and ASININE speed, B for BAD BRAKES that to accidents lead, C for COLLISIONS, blind CROSSROADS with rain, D for the DAMAGE and DANGER and PAIN…

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Aldermen To Inspect Eastgrove

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 1

Ald. McKillop's request for an inspection, by the. General Purposes Committee, of two streets at East Goulburn, was uanimously…

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Late Mr. Lyons Crookwell Shire Tribute

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 7

CROOKWELL: Feeling reference to the untimely death of the late Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, was made at Thursday's…

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New Tractor Shire Council’s Purchase

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 3

The “Caterpillar” diesel model D.4 track type tractor purchased by the Goodradigbee Shire Council through Yass Motors, local distributors, has…

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Irish Snub to Nazi Ship Lord Mayor's Formal Greetings

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

LONDON: When the German naval training ship Schlesien arrived in Cork Harbour there was a marked lack of traditional…

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Crookwell Council Correspondence At Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 3

CROOKWELL: Cr. King, who forwarded an apology, was the only absentee front the monthly meeting of the Crookwell Shire…

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New Baths Plan Before Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

If efforts now being made by Mr. J. M. Tully, M.L.A., to persuade the Minister for Works and Local Government…

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Library Seeks a Donation Crookwell Shire To Be Approached

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 2

CROOKWELL: In view of the difficult financial position of the Literary Institute at the present time, it was decided at the…

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Road Safety Appeal Proposed Council For Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

In an appeal to the citizens of Goulburn to support the efforts of the Mayor to form a branch of the Road Safety…

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Roads and Noxious Weeds Overseer's Report To Crookwell Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 3

CROOKWELL: In his monthly report, to the Crookwell Shire council, the Overseer, Mr. J. Chalker, outlined the works that…

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"Waste of Money" Bundanoon-Tallong Road Construction Discussed By Council Cr. Ross Stirs Up Hornet's Nest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 April 1939 · page 1

On his first-day at the Wingecarribee Shire Council table after his re-election as a councillor, Cr. C. J. Ross, representing B Riding, asked some pointed questions regarding the Bundanoon-Wingello Road, and as one councillor said,…

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Question Time at Shire Council Meeting Briar Cutting

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 10

At Thursday's meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council, Cr. W. M. McDonald asked the Overseer: Have the instructions regarding the…

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Town Beautification Garden Competition Suggested Shire Council Sympathetic

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 9

When a suggestion that the Crookwell Shire Council should foster a scheme of garden improvement generally for the town…

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Late Mr. Lyons Shire Council's Tributes Message to Dame Enid

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

Sincere expressions of the esteem in which the late Prime Minister (Mr. J. Lyons) was held by the residents of the…

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Council Briefs Burwood Creek Bridge

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 2

At Thursday's council meeting the council confirmed the allocation of £105 for the redecking and widening of the Burwood Creek bridge, as…

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