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

Council & local affairs, 1939

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Shire Clerk Complimented Auditor's Report At Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

Crookwell: Complimentary, referenced to the manner in which the Shire Clerk, Mr. L. S. Gibson, and his staff had presented…

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Crookwell Roads Reports To Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

CROOKWELL: Comprehensive reports were submitted to the January meeting of tile Crookwell Shire Council by the…

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Council Briefs Laggan-Golspie-Walsh Road

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 3

A further increase in the vote for the Laggan-Golspie-Walsh road was suggested by the Overseer in his report to the council on Thursday last…

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Council's Interest Library Movement Report Rate Suggested

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

The report will be of direct interest to the council as the matter has been very much to the fore during the last month or so…

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Council Tributes to Departed Residents Work on Record

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

Reference to the sad loss of three prominent residents of the Crookwell Shire was made at the monthly meeting of the…

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County Council for Bulk Electricity Suggested Conference Delayed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

The Crookwell Shire Council at its December meeting agreed, at the suggestion of the Department of Works and Local Government,…

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Bridge Grant Goonoongla Creek Request Council to Continue Inquiries

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

The Bigga Progress Association has requested the Crookwell Shire Council to apply for a grant for the construction of a…

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Excess Cost Responsibility of Council Important Main Road Jobs

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

Approval of work on the Crookwell-Laggan and Crookwell-Wheeo roals at an estimated cost of £760 (approximately) and…

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Militia Unit Formation in Crookwell Council Still Seeking Information

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

Though several letters have been written to the responsible authorities, the Crookwell Shire Council is still in the dark as far…

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92.4 Per Cent Council's Rate Collection Highly Satisfactory, Says Auditor

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

Rate revenue for the year as compared with 1937 was not substantially altered. Collections for the period from January 1 to…

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Questions and Answers at the Council Table Cr. C. O'Brien Disappointed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 8

At Thursday's meeting of the Crookwell Shire Council, the following were questions asked by councillors and answers given by…

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Shire Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 6

The president of Goodradigbee Shire Council, Cr. S. H. M. Walker, presided at the monthly meeting held in the Council Chambers, Rossi…

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"BACKWARD" No Money For Crookwell Shire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 1

CROOKWELL: Claims that the Crookwell Shire Council had been backward in pressing its claim for a Government grant…

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The Highway Code (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 8

The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently had published a code comprising such…

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Memorial Road Council To Seek Loan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 7

A special loan will be raised by the Goulburn City Council to meet the cost of construction work it proposes to undertake in connection…

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Bowser War Young Municipal Council Takes Action

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 3

Young Municipal Council hurled a bombshell on to the petrol bowser front in Young when it passed a motion…

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Marriage Guidance Council

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 7

Clergymen, doctors, probation officers, magistrates, and social workers are among those who attended a conference…

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Diphtheria in Shire Poor Response To Immunisation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 7

Unless far greater co-operation is forthcoming from the parents concerned, it seems almost certain that the Mulwaree…

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Diggers Club Room Official Opening Function Alderman Davies Officiates

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 4

"If the returned soldiers are to gain anything for themselves they must fight for it themselves." Our membership cannot continue to increase like that of other organisations, and it is necessary that all returned men…

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Purchase of Refrigerator Firm’s Explanation Aldermen Sceptical

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 6

Regarding the purchase of a refrigerator by Mr. E. P. Doyle, chemist, mentioned by Ald. T. P. Leonard a meeting of the…

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