Shire Power Proposals: Cost Now £400,000 Wide Search For Wildest Horses For Local Radeo
Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1
A stockman has combed hundreds of miles of district territory in search of the toughest, meanest horses, to participate in Goulburn R.S.L.'s Rodeo and Gymkhana. The carnival will be held at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swimmers Thank Council Reeds Removed From Pool
Boorowa News · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2
The Boorowa Swimming Committee is again indebted to the Shire Council and also to the men who last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council Gunning Electricity Extension To Gundaroo
Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 3
The probable date of the extension of electricity to Gundaroo is March 31. This advice was received from the Shire of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-mayor Dies
Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 7
Dr. Walter Frederick Matthews died suddenly at Orange last night. He was Mayor of Orange for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Goodradigbee Shire Rate 12¾d Nearly 50% Increase on Last Year To Purchase £22,000 Plant
Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1
The general rate for Goodradigbee Shire for 1954 will be 12£-d, compared with 8½d last year. The loan rate of Id will remain the same. The new rate will provide: £22,000 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damages Claimed Against Crookwell Shire Council
Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2
A man has claimed £20 from Crookwell Shire Council for alleged damage to a car on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crookwell Council To Try Lengthsman Idea On Roads
Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 2
A lengthsman system proposed by Cr. Frayleigh Waters will be introduced for a trial period over a quarter of the total area of roads in the Shire. The lengthsmen system will be used on 100 miles of shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poor Response to Shire Appeals
Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4
The public response to the two appeals launched recently by the Shire Council has so far been most disappointing and far…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Advises Loan Requirements
Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 3
In response to a communciation from the Department of Local Government inviting ing Council to state its loan requirements for the 1954-55 financial year, it was decided by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire President Officially Opens New Trotting Track
Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 4
Just before the commencement of racing on the new trotting track at the showground on Saturday last the president of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Rejects Claim for Damages
Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 5
Council endorsed the action of the Shire Clerk in denying negligence and liability in a claim for £20 damage to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Likely Loan For Crookwell Council
Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 3
It is likely that Crookwell Shire Council will obtain a £23,000 loan to finance rural electricity extensions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council to Experiment with Lehgthman System Cr. Waters Introduces New Motion
Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1
By unanimous decision, Councillors decided at their meeting on Thursday last to introduce the lengthsman system as propounded by Cr. Waters, in one quarter of the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yass Has Great Industrial Future New Australian Alderman Wants Quicker Municipal Decisions
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 3
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason, but because they are hot already common Yass has everything to make it a great industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Floral Week Suggestion Municipal Council Defers Making Decision
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 4
A wool and floral week for Yass suggested at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last year, was revived at last Monday night’s Municipal Council meeting by an inquiry from the N.S.W. Tourist Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work On Shire Roads BOWNING-MURRUMBURRAH
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 6
Maintenance grading was in progress on the Bowning-Murrumburrah burrah road. This was reported to last Shire Council meeting by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire to Attend to Rabbits on Roads
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 6
At last Wednesday’s Goodradigbee Shire Council meeting it was agreed to employ a man to clean up rabbits and burrs on Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grant for Work on Weeds in Shire
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 4
The Local Government Department has made a grant of £200 to Goodradigbee shire Council, provided the Council contributed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Wants Garbage Tip Kept Open Trial Was Success
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 5
The president (Cr. G. Johnson) said at last week’s Shire Council meeting that the trial period for keeping the Municipal garbage tip…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trouble With Booster Council Accepts Offer For Inspection To Be Made By Aid. Ablamowicz
Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 5
Aid- S. Ablamowicz, who is a water engineer, will inspect the new booster installed in the town water supply…
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