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

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Machinery Discussion At Shire Meeting

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 8

General matters concerning machinery were discussed at the July meeting of the Muiwaree Shire Council…

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City Council Loans

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 3

An application by the Goulburn City Council for approval to raise a special loan of £10,531 to repay the balance…

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Two Requests to Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 8

Two requests from the Southern Districts Racing and Trotting "Club were considered by the City Council last…

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ELECTRICITY City Council Concerned With "Alarming" Increase

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 1

In the course. of his report, the Electricity Engineer, Mr. Cox, stated that the. surcharge for coal and labour was steadily increasing at an alarming rate. His figures certainly showed that…

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Letters To The Editor T & L. Council Replies

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 4

Sir: I do not intend to use your time and space in your paper to answer Mr. Butler's letter, but in fairness to my members of the…

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Tallaganda Shire Loan

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government, Mr. J. J. Cahill, has informed Mr. L. J. Tully, M.L.A., that the application by…

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Mulwaree Council Many Requests From Ratepayers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 1

Councillors G. C. Goodhew (Present), S. Hunt, L. A. Sykes, R. Hockey, T. Burge and D. M. Broadhead were present at the July meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council. Many request for to be…

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Problem of Drains Petition Made To Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 2

Ratepayers of Argyle and Kinghorne Streets have requested the City Council to attend to a serious drainage…

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City Council Acts Against a Taxi Driver

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 1

An unusual case was heard in the Goulburn Police Court yesterday when the City Council took action against a taxi driver. The case in which taxi driver,…

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Territorial Claim Goulburn City CI. v Mulwaree Shire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 6

Hearing was resumed in Goulburn on Wednesday week last by Commissioner H. Dane of the Goulburn City Council v Mulwaree Shire…

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Crimes From the Council Table

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 3

With an accumulation of two months business Council faced a heavy agenda on Thursday last and the sitting extended into the…

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Roslyn Wants Its Main Road Protest To Shire

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 3

Roslyn people sent a protest through their Progress Association to the last meeting of Crookwell Shire Council,…

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Choosing a Member for the Council Points Of Interest On Five Candidates

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

Goulburn electors will have the choice of five candidates when they go to the poll to-morrow week to elect an alderman to fill the vacancy on the City Council. An extraordinary by-election…

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Nobody Wants To Be Mayor

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 8

HUBLI (Bombay Province): None of the 37 members of the Municipal Board here wants to become its President. The first…

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Basis of Democracy Shire Association President On Local Government

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 5

"Unfortunately, too few Australians recognise the real significance of Local Government to a democracy," says Cr. J. M. Caldwell, President of the Shires Association. "It was Local Government…

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Mulwaree Shire Jottings

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 6

Four representatives of the Mulwaree Shire Council will visit Sydney on Thursday, August 4th, to hear addresses by counsel on the Shire v…

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Privy Council Decision

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4

General satisfaction will be felt even among many of those in the Labour ranks, that the Privy…

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Council Buys Trailers Decision on Truck Deferred

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4

On the recommendation of the Shire Engineer (Mr. Pinnington), Council decided at a recent meeting to purchase a special trailer for the…

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Banking Appeal Lost Privy Council Decision Is Given In 30 Seconds Freedom of Private Banks Is to Remain for Present

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday: The Privy Council in London yesterday dismissed the Commonwealth Government's appeal against the High Court's decision declaring the Banking Act of 1947 invalid. The Act sought to nationalise all private banks in the Commonwealth…

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Boorowa Shire Council Building Applications Totalling £4,620 Approved

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 2

Building applications valued at £4,620 were approved at last Monday's meeting of Boorowa Shire Council…

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