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

Council & local affairs, 1955

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Municipal Council Old Posts And Wire Blamed For Accidents To Children

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1955 · page 4

Wire netting and posts in a very bad condition around the basketball court in Victoria Park have caused…

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36 Applicants for Five Houses “Anything We Can Do To Get More Houses We Should Do”—The Mayor

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1955 · page 1

“At the last ballot for Commission houses in Yass there were 36 applicants for five houses,” the Mayor, Aid. K. Meagher, said on Monday night. “Yass is a long way behind other towns and anything we can do…

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Campers in Tram Waiting Shed Council Asks Railways To Renovate Or Remove Structure

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1955 · page 4

The Municipal Council will ask the Department of Railways to either renovate or remove the waiting shed at the corner of Dutton and Rossi Streets. This followed a complaint from a ratepayer, Mr…

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Shire Valuations Decision Postponed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 6

Goodradigbee Shire Council has postponed for two months its decision on whether Shire valuations…

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Shire Schedule of Works

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 1

The Shire engineer, Mr. S. H. Liddicoat, submitted to the last meeting of Goodradigbee Shire Council, a schedule of works as…

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Shire President’s Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 1

The Shire president, Cr. G. Johnson, at the last Council meeting, gave a comprehensive report of the Shires’ Conference, and a…

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203 Shire Children Immunised

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 1

“The diphtheria immunisation campaign in the Shire of Goodradigbee was a complete success,” sated the health inspector,…

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Gunning Shire Is Power Minded

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 2

Ninety per cent. of homes in Gunning Shire will be serviced with electricity by the end of the year, if the Shire Council’s electricity programme is completed on schedule…

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Weeds Inspector Nine Months’ Employment By Shire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 4

The weeds inspector, Mr. D. Petty, was told by councillors at the last Shire meeting that he could anticipate…

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Farm Water Supplies Shire Wants More Information

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 1

Goodradigbee Shire Council wants more information regarding the Farm Water Supplies Act before it is…

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Grace’s Flat Road Shire Councillors Agree To Inspection

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 6

No decision will be reached on the Grace’s Flat Road until Shire councillors have inspected it with Mr. A. W…

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Delay in Bookham Electricity County Council Has Done “Everything Possible”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1955 · page 4

Burrinjuck County Council had done everything possible toward, the connection of electricity in the Bookham…

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Outstanding Rates Action By Shire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 June 1955 · page 3

Goodradigbee Shire Council will take steps to sell blocks of land at Binalong and Bowning on which rates…

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Shire Shorts Tenders for Bridge Footway

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 June 1955 · page 3

The Divisional Engineer, Department of Main Roads, Goulburn, forwarded plans and specifications of the proposed footway…

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Editorial Council Chambers Before Olympic Pool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 June 1955 · page 1

A PUBLIC meeting of town and country people has been convened for next Monday night to consider organising a Wool and Flower Festival at Yass to raise funds for an Olympic pool. It is a tall order and the meeting should attract a representative…

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Compulsory Chest X-rays Soon in Yass Municipality

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 June 1955 · page 4

Compulsory chest x-rays for all residents over the age of 14, who have not been examined in the last 12…

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Challenge to Shire Councillors (To The Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 July 1955 · page 8

Sir, I feel obliged to reply to statements made by two Shire Councillors at last meeting, during a…

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Cambridge Success for Son of Shire Clerk

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 July 1955 · page 2

News was received on Saturday by the Shire Clerk, Mr. C. C. Lawrence, and Mrs. Lawrence, that their son, Mr- L. G. Lawrence, has…

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Council Waives Rates

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 July 1955 · page 3

Yass Municipal Council waived the balance of rates for this year levied on land bought recently by…

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Buildings Approved Workshop, Storeroom For County Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 July 1955 · page 4

Amongst the plans passed for new buildings at the last Municipal Council meeting was a workshop and storeroom, estimated…

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