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

Council & local affairs, 1952

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History of Boorowa and District Proposal Before Shire Council Deferred Until May Meeting

Boorowa News · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

Before last Monday's meeting of Boorowa Shire Council was a proposal to prepare and arrange a publication of…

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Water Augmentation Deputy Mayor To Interview P. W. Dept

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 3

The Deputy Mayor, Ald. K. Meagher, will interview the Public Works Department on Monday regarding the…

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Shire President Offers Wattle Trees For Old Brick Kiln Site

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 4

Ald. L. A. Bryson said on Monday night that the Shire president, Cr. E. C, Archer, had offered to…

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Road Safety Council Meeting on May 7

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 4

A public meeting will be held in the Annex, Memorial Hall on Wednesday, May 7, with a view to forming a Yass branch of the…

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Site for Boorowa Ambulance Approved by Council

Boorowa News · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2

The request submitted by the Boorowa Ambulance Committee to Boorowa Shire Council's meeting last…

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“Council’s Finances Would Have Collapsed If Remedial Measures Not Taken”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 1

THE MUNICIPAL Council auditor, Mr. G. P. Turner, pointed out in his report of the 1950 audit of accounts that without the corrective measures now being taken the Council’s finances would have…

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City Council's Sundries

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

A number of matters, in addition to those more fully reported elsewhere at Thursday night's meeting which concluded…

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City Council : Lilac Week : Trees

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

Referring to the proposed Goulburn Lilac Week, Aid. H. C. Howard, at the City Council meeting on Thursday night, asked whether it would be possible to go into the question of putting in more lilac in the various parks…

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Council's Policy In Regard To Pensioners

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

At the meeting of the Goulburn City Council a letter was read asking for consideration in regard to the payment of rates which the writer, a woman, expected to find some difficulty in meeting in the current year…

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Burrinjuck Buses Timetable Confirmed By Shire Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 3

The Saturday timetable for Burrinjuck buses agreed to by the Shire and Municipal Council delegates in conference was…

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Shire Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 2

The following requests were received at last week’s Shire Council meeting for attention to shire roads:…

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Cost of Shire Workshop Fence

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

On Wednesday Cr. G. Johnson asked for the cost of the paling fence erected on the Rossi Street alignment of the shire workshop…

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More Shire Road Plant Suggested

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 2

A recommendation 'by the shire engineer to buy £6,000 more plant was referred to the works committee for consideration after financial inquiries have been made…

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Arts Council Formed at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 2

As the result of an address given by Miss Dorothy Helmrich, at the Crookwell District Rural School Library on Tuesday night, April 22, a branch of the Arts Council has been formed at…

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Private Electricity Line Council To Negotiate Purchase

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 4

The Municipal Council will negotiate with Mr. R. Field for the purchase of electricity supply line to his…

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Mention of Court Action at Council Meeting

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

In the dying stages of last Thursday's Council meeting when the main business on die agenda had been disposed of and members were envisaging an early adjournment to more…

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Condition of Main Roads Criticised Chamber of Commerce to Protest To Council

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

The condition of the main roads radiating from the town of Crookwell was the subject for some trenchant criticism at last week's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and a protest will…

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Branch of Arts Council Formed in Crookwell State President Speaks of Decentralisation of Culture

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 4

A branch of the Arts Council of New South Wales has been formed in Crookwell as a result of a public meeting held in the library at the District Rural School on Tuesday evening of last…

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Gunning Shire Council

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

Present at the meeting of the Gunning Shire Council were Cr. W. M. Barbour (President), Crs. A. W. Brown, J. E. Stone,` L. M Davis and M. T. Heffernan. Cr. F. P. Sheridan was absent with extended leave of absence…

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Gunning Shire Council Bushfire Fighting Equipment

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 4

At the April meeting of the Gunning Shire Council the Department of Local Government requested the Council to prepare…

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