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

Council & local affairs, 1955

215 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 11

House For Assistant Shire Engineer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 December 1955 · page 7

Goodradigbee Shire Council had under offer at its last meeting a house for an assistant engineer when he is…

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Shire Briefs Damage by Fires

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 December 1955 · page 4

Goodradigbee Shire Council will take up with Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., damage caused by fires from railway…

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Retiring Shire President Host At Party

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 December 1955 · page 8

A small Christmas tree with coloured lights and tinsel and gay streamers decorated Goodradigbee Shire Council meeting…

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Assistant Shire Engineer Only One Reply

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 December 1955 · page 2

Goodradigbee Shire Council had received only one application for the position of assistant engineer and that was not…

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£21,646 For C.A.G. For Shire Works

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 December 1955 · page 1

Goodradigbee Shire Council’s share of the Commonwealth Aid Grant for main roads for next financial year will be £21,646. Last year the grant was £14,000…

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£6000 Loan for Additions to Council Chambers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 December 1955 · page 6

Yass Municipal Council will accept a proposal from the Commonwealth Bank to provide a loan of £6000 for additions and alterations to the Council Chambers…

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Shire Council Alters Its Motion On Patter son’s Curse

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 8

Goodradigbee Shire Council has altered a motion on Patterson’s curse, carried at its meeting on November 16. The motion was that inspections of Patterson’s Curse should be…

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No Change in Shire Rate Council Budgets For £9,634 Deficit

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 1

The total Goodradigbee Shire rate for next will be 12½d, the same as this year. This is being done by the Council budgetting for a deficit of £9,834…

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Shire Main Roads Programme

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 2

The amount of £21,646 stated in last issue to be the Commonwealth Aid Grant for Goodradigbee Shire, is the…

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Shire Clerk’s Holidays Possible Delay

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 12

The Shire Clerk’s request for his annual leave in January may not be granted as the Council is…

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“Pleasing Picture” Retiring Shire President’s Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 December 1955 · page 5

“Our achievements for the past year present a very pleasing picture, and I think you will agree with me when. I touch on…

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Council Chambers “Cost Would Be Fleecing the Public,” Says Alderman

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 December 1955 · page 1

“It amounts to this, we would be fleecing the public to throw out a few walls and I doubt if this is the right thing,” said Aid. E. J. O’Connor at last meeting of Yass Municipal Council,…

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“There Is Something Wrong with the Figures” Discussion On Proposed Shire Electricity Rate

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 December 1955 · page 4

Two Shire delegates to last Burrinjuck County Council meeting said they would not like to ask the Shire to subscribe a rate of 2d in the £. They were Cr. J. L. Hodgkinson and…

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Urban Farm Lands Council To Revise List For Rating

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 December 1955 · page 3

Yass Municipal Council will investigate at its next meeting urban farm lands which are liable to Municipal rating…

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Fixing Shire Rate “Must Live Within Income” Road Work To Be Done By Staff Instead Of Contractors

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 December 1955 · page 1

In order to keep its total rate at 12½d, the same as last year, Goodradigbee Shire Council decided at a special meeting last week to use its own staff on Shire roads instead of having the…

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