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

Council & local affairs, 1950

637 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 32

Annual Meeting, Hume Electorate Council A.L.P. Enthusiastic Meeting Held At Cootamundra

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Hume Electorate Council of the Australian Labor Party was held in the C.W.A. rooms,…

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Visits of Shire Health Inspector

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 5

At a meeting to-day of Mulwaree Shire Council, Cr. L. Sykes said he failed to see how adequate supervision of…

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HUME A.L.P. COUNCIL Congratulates Chifley Stand on Banks Move

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Hume Electrorate Council of the A.L.P. at Cootamundra, it was decided to congratulate the…

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Gunning and Electricity Proposal Put To City Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

The Electricity Committee's report furnished last night at the meeting of the Goulburn City council stated that the representatives of the Shire of Gunning were present following a request by their council to discuss with the city council…

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Eastgrove Comes to Town Deputation To Goulburn City Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

A deputation of between thirty and forty residents Waited on the City Council last night in response to the invitation of the council to put their complaints regrading the higher rate. for the sanitary service before the aldermen…

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Shire Council to Employ Migrants

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

As the present shortage of labour made it essential to obtain additional manpower to carry out projected works, Mulwaree Shire Council on Thursday agreed to employ migrants…

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£15,000 Worth of Machinery for Mulwaree Shire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

At a meeting of Mulwaree Shire Council on Thursday a recommendation by the Shire Engineer, Mr. H. B. Darke, for the purchase of road making plant valued at approximately…

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FLOODS & Mulwaree Shire Roads Many Thousand Pounds In Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

In a report o council on the condition of roads following recent floodings the Shire Engineer, Mr. H. B. Darke, revealed that extensive damage had been done and the cost of repairs would run into thousands of pounds…

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C. W. A. Group Council Meeting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

Thursday week proved a very wet day for the C.W.A. when the attendance was down to twelve including some juniors. Mrs C. N…

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Damage by Flood in Goulburn Report Before City Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

Reporting on the damage done by the flood to the city streets, the City Engineer, Mr. W. I. Muntz, stated that during the previous two weeks, four trucks and six gangs of men had been…

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Minister's Claims Regarding Cheaper Electricity Refuted By City Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 7

Claims by the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Cahill, received in a letter concerning electricity that the charges had been reduced on several occasions brought a strong protest at the meeting of the City Council on Thursday…

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Tennis Association Asks City Council to Take Over Its Courts

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

At the meeting of the Goulburn City Council on Thursday night, the president of Goulburn and District Tennis Association. Mr. R. Morton offered to hand over to the Council the whole of the assets of the association amounting to £4500 or £5000, and asking the council to make available…

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Electric Light in Crookwell Shire

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

Church and school premises throughout the Crookwell Shire will have electric power lines taken free of charge to the…

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Use of Sports Grounds Applications To Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

The Central Southern Hockey Association wrote to the City Council and offered to pay £40 for the…

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Orange Council and Pine Trees at Catchment Areas

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 5

A communication was received at the meeting of the Goulburn City Council last night from the City of Orange Council setting out what had been done there with the planting of pine trees aroun death of their three catchment areas…

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Council Approves History Draft

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

Councillors of Crookwell Shire at last Thursday's meeting unanimously approved the draft section of the projected…

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Flood Damage Widespread Shire Roads In Bad State

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3

"I am sure that every member of the Council appreciates the work done by the Shire Engineer and the outside staff during the recent bad weather when so many…

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Payment of Wages to Council Road Staff

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 7

At a recent meeting between Council representatives (the Shire President, Clerk and Engineer) and representatives of…

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Library Board Representative Makes Survey In Crookwell District Council Adopts Provisions Of Library Act

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 5

A representative of the N.S.W. Library Board, Mr. B. Butler, spent Wednesday and Thursday of last week in the Crookwell district surveying present library facilities available…

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Request for Tri-weekly Train Service to Boorowa Boorowa Shire Council To Meet Railway Commissioner

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

At yesterday's meeting of the Boorowa Shire Council it was decided to press for the restoration of a tri-weekly train service to Boorowa, with the addition of a motor service to connect with the Riverina Express on Wednesday mornings…

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