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

Council & local affairs, 1952

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Film of Goulburn: Request to Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 1

N.S.W. Local Government Association has requested Goulburn City Council to have a colour film showing local activities made. In a letter received by…

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Letters To The Editor Council Rates

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 4

Sir; I welcome Ald. Hamilton's statement, that a fatal mistake was made in fixing minimum charges for water and sewerage…

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Council May Act On Taxi Drivers' Dress

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 3

the majority of Goulburn taxi drivers did not dress very neatly, Ald. F. D. Davies told Goulburn City Council…

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Audience Sang In Opera Fine Performance By Arts Council Cast

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 1

Benjamin Britten’s “Let’s Make an Opera” presented by an Arts Council cast in the Memorial Hall on Thursday…

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C.W.A. Council Held At Canberra

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 3

The 37th Council of the Southern Tablelands Group of the Country Women's Association was held at Canberra on Wednesday last. Mrs. Boyd Targo, Group…

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Overwhelming Majority for Mr. Frayleigh Waters in Council By-election

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

Mr. Frayleigh Waters was returned to fill the "C" Riding vacancy caused by his resignation last January as a protest against increases in the general rate authorised by a meeting of…

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Shire Warns on Dumping of Rubbish

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 5

Indiscriminate dumping of rubbish was criticised by Mulwaree Shire Council today. Shire Health Inspector, Mr…

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Fewer Council Meetings Suggested

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

A suggestion by the town clerk that Municipal Council meetings be held less frequently than fortnightly was deferred for decision…

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Home Building: Council’s No. 1 Priority

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

AT THE Municipal Council meeting on Monday night, Aid. G. A. Locke said that home building should be the council’s No. 1 priority, and every obstacle should be swept away to encourage home builders…

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Shire President in Sydney Hospital

Boorowa News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

The Shire President, Cr. A. G. Gorliam. left last week-end for Sydney where he has entered the Mater Miseracordia Hospital on the North Shore…

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Council, Marulan And Doctor

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

If a residence could be obtained, Marulan could have a doctor "to-morrow," Cr. S. Sieler told Mulwaree Shire…

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Council Grants Land For Ambulance Site

Boorowa News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

Boorowa Shire Council at its meeting last Friday approved the granting of the necessary land requested by the Ambulance Committee for the location of the site for the Ambulance Station and residence…

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Council's "Grow More Food and Fodder" Campaign

Boorowa News · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

Because of the alarming diminution of areas in the Shire producing food and fodder Boorowa Shire Council is launching campaign to produce more food and fodder. Concillors expressed alarm at the position which has…

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Council Keen To Give Marulan Water Supply

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

Mulwaree Shire Council had done everything possible to get Marulan a water supply, Shire Engineer, Mr. H. B. Darke, told council yesterday Mr. Darke, who was replying…

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Council Asks for Review of Values

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 3

The Mayor of Wollongong, AId. J. J. Kelly told the Central Zone Committee that the City Council intended to intercede…

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Council Chambers Crowded for Commission Homes Ballot

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 March 1952 · page 1

More than fifty people packed the Council Chambers on Thursday evening last to witness the ballot conducted by the Housing Commission for three cottages situated in the…

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Move by Shire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 1

Mulwaree Shire Council has advised the City Council that it is prepared to. call public meetings throughout…

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Electricity Authority Says Big Electricity Lag in Mulwaree Shire

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 1

Mr V. J. F. Brain has told Goulburn City Council that electrification of Mulwaree Shire presents "no great technical difficulty," though it is lagging "very much" behind the State…

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Letters To The Editor Shire Councillors' Fees

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 5

Sir: There is a suspicion of the hand of Esau shadowing behind the voice of jacob in Mr. T. A. Howard's letter, but the argument…

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Electricity Extensions in Mulwaree Shire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 6

Chairman of the New South Wales Electricity Authority, Mr. V.J.F. Brain, has issued a critical report on electricity progress in the Mulwaree Shire…

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