Cut in Shire Funds
The Dept. of Main Roads has notified Mulwaree Shire Council that there will be no increase of the existing grant of £27,240 for the State Highway maintenance programme…
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Council & local affairs, 1953
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Main Roads Grant To Council Reduced To £7,104 Re-organisation Of Gangs And Staff Reductions Shire Engineer Reports To Council
The Main Roods grant for the year 1953 has been re-duced to £7,104. This represents 25 per cent, reduction ap-proximately on the reduced allocation for 1952 and 30 per cent, less than applied for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boorowa Forms Spastic Council Help Need For Crippled Children
On Friday night last a number of residents of the Boorowa Shire joined together and formed a Spastic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serrated Tussock Infests Land In Shire
The elimination of Serrated Tussock was being taken in hand vigorously, Mulwaree Shire Council health inspector, Mr. J. J. McNaught, told last Thursday's meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Buildings in Shire Worth £61,662
Mulwaree Shire Council's health inspector, Mr. J. J. McNaught, told last Thursday's meeting that the value of new buildings and additions for 1952 totalled approximately £61,662…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Council Franchise Over Marulan Supply
Mulwaree Shire Council last week agreed to a joint council recommendation giving Goulburn City Council a franchise over Marulan electricity supply. The recommendation provides:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poultry And Town Planning Council Debate
Poultry and town planning came to grips at last Thursday's meeting of Goulburn City Council and it was a question of whether council should "make fish of one and fowl of another."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Employee Struck By Piping on Lorry
Mr. Thomas Williamson, employed on the Municipal Council outdoor electricity staff, was travelling on the side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Reduces Overdraft
A tentative estimate placed before the last meeting of Council by the Shire Clerk revealed that Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council To Make Up Trainees' Pay
In accordance with a recommendation made by the N.S.W, Shires' Association, Council agreed at its last meeting to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Issues Licences
At its meeting last week, the Mulwaree Shire Council agreed to issue licences in connection with the following matters:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Borers in Shire Cottages
Goodradigbee Shire Council will take immediate steps to eradicate borers which have appeared in the new shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →21 Galls. Distillate Stolen From Shire
LAST WEEK-END 21 gallons of distillate fuel was stolen from the underground tank from in Goodradigbee Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Council's Electricity Costing and Charging to Boorowa Consumers
At last meeting of Boorowa Chamber [?] the following letter was road from Boorowa [?] ting out in detail the system of electricity costing and charges to local consumers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Strong Protest Against: Severe Cut In Main Road Grant
At last meeting of the Boorowa Shire Council it was decided to register the strongest possible protest against the severe cut in the grant by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Rate Confirmed
The shire rate of 8[?]d (general) and 1d (loan) was confirmed at last week’s Shire Council meeting. Cr. E. C. Archer said the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Borers in Shire Cottages
The shire president (Cr. G. Johnson) reported on Saturday that a white ant expert would treat the cottage occupied by Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Hastening Slowly” at Shire Meetings
Goodradigbee Shire Council meetings usually mean a whole day's attendance by councillors. Last Wednesday’s meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowling Club's Request To Council On Land Release From Contract
Representatives of the Goulburn Bowling Club last week asked the City Council to release the club from a contract to purchase land between Auburn and Grafton Streets. The land in question is at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Scheme for Financing School of Arts Renovations Council May Issue Debentures
In an endeavour to break the deadlock which has developed as a result of Council's inability to raise the necessary loan funds to complete the renovations planned for the hall…
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