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

Council & local affairs, 1954

808 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 41

Crowds Watch Children Marching Bishop And Mayor Take Salute At Hall

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

Colour and excitement cheered the mundane weekend shopping for a time on Saturday morning when to the music of St. Patrick’s Cadet Band from Goulburn hundreds of pupils of the Roman Catholic Schools in…

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Tallaganda Council General Business

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

Information on a proposal to seek a road from Cannberra to the South Coast, via Braidwood, and details of lectures and films on poliomyelitis were given to last week's meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council at Braid-…

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Local Government Act In Need Of Overhaul, States Mittagong Shire Clerk

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

That the Local Government Act is in urgent need of revision is the studied opinion of the Shire Clerk of Mittagong, Mr. F. C. Taylor, whose experience in this sphere qualifies him to speak with authority on the subject. To the last meeting…

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Shire President Welcomed Cars

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

Tallaganda Shire President, Cr. R. T. Hassall, was waiting at Braidwood on Saturday morning to welcome the first…

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Council Stir on Accounts

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

A Tallaganda Shire Councillor objected to a list of accounts presented for payment at the last meeting of…

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Council Action Against Ex-clerk

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

Following receipt of a letter from the Local Government Department Tallaganda Shire Council on Friday decided to…

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Australian Labor Party Hume Electorate Council's Annual Meeting

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

Representatives from Young, Stockinbingal, Bribbaree, Temora, Tumut, Harden, Bethungra and Junee…

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Protest on Voting Boorowa Council Goes to Shires' Association

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

Boorowa Shire Council will ask the Shines' Association of N.S.W. to support the abolition of preferential…

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New Council Chambers For Boorowa

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 3

New council chambers are to be built in Boorowa at a cost of £16,000. Boorowa Shire Council, at its…

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Report to Council on Improvements for Caravan Park

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 3

A programme for the development of the-caravan park and camping area on the Yass Road was submitted to Thursday night's meeting of Goulburn City Council's work and Building Committee…

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Ex-mayor Sentenced

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 1

Judge Fitzpatrick yesterday sentenced Edward Charles Irwin, a former Mayor of Leichhardt, to nine months' gaol for having…

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Forty Councillors Have Served Shire

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 1

During the half century since the first Shire Council was elected in Crookwell only 40 citizens have sat around the council table, many of them for periods in excess of 15 years…

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Special Council Meeting on Noxious Weeds

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 1

Councillors will hold a special meeting on the last Thursday in this month to discuss the problem of noxious weeds and consider in detail the reports made on the matter by the…

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Wants Polio Film Shown To Public Mayor Impressed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 1

The Mayor, Aid. G. E. Gerathy, said to-day he was anxious to sponsor the screening of a special film on poliomyelitis and general health in Goulburn. Ald. Gerathy saw the film…

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Utility For Council Electricity Dept

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

The Municipal Council will call tenders for the supply and delivery of a new 15cwt. utility for the Electricity Department, and…

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Council To Try For £10,000 Grant

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 2

Yass Municipal Council will call a conference of local organisations and schools to consider a project to be submitted to the National Fitness Council. The Council submitting the best project will receive a grant of £10,000…

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Death of Shire Clerk at Young

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 7

A leading figure in Local Government circles, Mr. T. H. Webster. died suddenly at his home in Young on Tuesday. Since…

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Council Says “No” To Four Questions From New Alderman

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

Newest member of the Yass Municipal Council, Alderman S. Ablamowicz, raised these questions at last meeting of the…

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Aldermen Want Full Rights Over Abattoir

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

A Goulburn City Council sub-committee will negotiate with the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, to retain full rights on the administration of Goulburn Abattoir…

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Audience of 800 at "Corroboree" Arts Council's Fine Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

The Australian Arts Council continues to spread its net of culture for into the culturally-starved provinces and, fortunately for this city, it has been embraced by the council's latest, and perhaps greatest, venture so…

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