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

Council & local affairs, 1949

658 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 33

£130,000 Programme For Orange Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 5

Orange City Council has adopted a suggested loan programme totalling £130,000 for the 1949-50 financial year. Making his recommendation, Mr. Heath (Town Cerk) said…

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Yarrowlumla Shire Engineer Retires

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 April 1949 · page 1

At the conclusion of last week's meeting of The Yarrowlumla Shire Council, the Shire President, Mr. Courtney Moore, made a presentation of a handsome electric clock to Mr. I. Evans, who recently resigned from the council…

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Privy Council Judge Dead

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 6

LONDON: The sudden death of Lord Uthwatt yesterday, may mean that the Privy Council will not be able to reach a decision…

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Trades and Labour Council Balts. Their Work And Housing

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 1

The Goulburn Trades and Labour Council at its last meeting received a letter from the Minister for Housing, stating that where there was a town supply of water, it was not the practice to erect tanks…

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Shire Council Shorts

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 3

When the Mulwaree Shire Council met in Goulburn on Thursday last eleven requests were made to it by Marulan Progress Association…

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Sporting Bodies To Wait On Council

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 4

At a meeting held in the Literary Institute on Wednesday evening last representatives of the Hockey Association end the Rugby League…

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Financial Position of Memorial Hall Conference to be Called of Delegates From Hall Council, Soldiers’ Club and R.S.L.

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Soldiers’ Club on Saturday night, it was decided to call a conference of representatives of die Memorial Hall Council, Soldiers’ Club, and Returned Soldiers’ League, to consider the…

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Additional Taxi Services for Boorowa? Shire Council Seeks Chamber of Commerce's Views

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Boorowa Shire Council will seek the views of the Chamber of Commerce as to whether additional public transport is…

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Increasing Spread of Stinkwort Throughout Boorowa Shire Causing Shire Council Concern Full Co-operation From Landholders To Cope With Menace

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 6

The increasing spread of stinkwort throughout the district is causing Boorowa Shire Council concern…

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Wants Earlier Mail Deliveries on Thursdays Boorowa Shire Council To Approach P.M.G. Dept

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 2

Boorowa Shire Council at its meeting last Friday decided to approach the Postmaster-General's Department, through Mr. Fuller, M.H.R., to have…

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Traffic Signs Goulburn Council Still Waiting

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Goulburn City Council is still waiting on the delivery of traffic signs for erection throughout the city…

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City Council Asked for £500 for Weed Campaign

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

Goulburn Municipal Council last night rejected a proposal to contribute £500 towards a fund for the eradication of paspalum…

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Special Shire Council Meeting on May 11

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

A special meeting of the Shire Council will be held on Wednesday, May 11 at 10 a.m. Councillors will meet the Divisional…

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Diphtheria Immunization For Shire Children

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

In answer to a question by Cr. Archer at last week’s Shire Council meeting, the clerk (Mr. C. C. Lawrence) said arrangements…

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More Staff Wanted for Yarrowlumla Shire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

Speaking at the last meeting of the Yarrowlumia Shire Council, the Shire Clerk, Mr. Gerard O'Hanlon, said that for some years he had carried on the shire's affairs with only one assistant in the office, but the work had…

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Cement Bricks at £13 a Thousand For Shire Workshop

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

The engineer reported to Wednesday’s Shire meeting that the manufacture of 20,000 cement bricks for the workshop building…

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Prickly Wattle and Briars To Be Removed From Shire Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

Cr. Glover at Wednesday’s Shire meeting drew attention to prickly wattle on t.lie Yass River road, opposite “Warrawee.” He…

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Diphtheria Immunization Free Campign in Municipality

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 4

The Municipal Council proposes to conduct a free diphtheria immunization scheme within the Municipality at an early date…

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Liberal Party State Council Meeting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 4

A meeting of the State Council of the Liberal Party was held Sydney last week. Mr. A. Tobin, of Gunning, was present and…

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Asst. Electrical Mechanic for Boorowa Shire Council

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Mr J Newling was appointed Assistant Electrical Mechanic to Boorowa Shire Council at its last meeting…

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