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Illawarra · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

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Wollongong Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 14

The council held its first meeting for the new year last night. Present: Aldermen Lang (mayor), Pryor, Connor, Cornford, Dawson, Parsons…

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North Illawarra Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 15
Also in Illawarra Mercury

North Illawarra Council held its bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday evening. Present: Aldermen Gaynor (mayor), Aldridge, Davies, Smith…

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Wollongong Council Fortnhghtly Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 12

The ordinary meeting of the Wollongong Council was held last night and was attended by Alds. Lang (Mayor), Pryor, Wiseman, Connor…

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Shellharbour Council Monthly Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 6

The usual monthly meeting of Shellharbour. Council was held on Wednesday. Present: Alds. East (Mayor), Burns, McNabb, Buchanan, McBarron…

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Cent. Illawarra Shire Suggested Gas Supply for Port Kembla

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2

The first fortnightly meeting of the Central Illawarra Shire Council in 1939 was held in the Council Chambers at Unanderra, on Monday night…

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Shellharbour Council. Monthly Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers, the Mayor (Ald. J. R. East) presiding. There were also present Ald. Burns,…

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Kiama Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night, the Mayor (Ald. C. S. Boyd) in the chair. There were also…

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Albion Park Show Society. Request to Council

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

The Shellharbour Council has been asked to consider taking over the assets and liabilities of the Albion Park Agricultural Society…

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'Tigers, Not Cattle' Lively Deputation Scenes. Shellharbour Council and the Oak Flats Problem

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

Another chapter in the history of the Oak Flats problem was written at the Shellharbour Council meeting on Wednesday when a deputation from the…

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Road Safety. the Highway Code. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently had published a code comprising such information…

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Bulli Shire Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 21

Those present at the meeting on Monday night were Councillors Clowes (president), Thompson, Ryan, Fackender, Quilkey, Sheppard…

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Centra Illawarra Shire

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 16

A deputation to the Minister for Works and Local Government was introduced by Mr. Davies, M.L.A., on Monday last. The deputation…

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Heated Exchange at Council Meeting Adjourned

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

The President (Cr. Clowes) and Cr. Ryan had a heated exchange at the meeting of the Bulli Shire Council on Monday night…

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Cent. Illawarra Council Deputation to Minister for Works

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

A deputation from the Central Illawarra Shire, headed by the President (Cr. D. McAuliffe) waited on the Minister for Works and Local…

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Fishing Shacks at Austinmer Steps to Resume Land Resolution at Council Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4

At the meeting of the Bulli Shire Council on Monday night, Mr. Reay addressed the meeting on the matter of the fishing shacks at Austinmer…

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Jamberoo Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday, the Mayor (Ald. A. L. Fredericks) presiding. There were…

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Departmental Letter. Council Indignant

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

At the meeting of the Jamberoo Council on Thursday, a circular letter was received from the Board of Health stating that samples taken of milk…

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Road Safety. CHILDREN. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 4

School vacation will soon be drawing to a close and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various means of…

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Bulli Shire Beaches

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 8

WE take for granted the wonderful asset the Shire possesses in its safe surfing beaches, but the patronage accorded them, from Stanwell Park south, during holiday periods is evidence that from a public point of view they are…

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