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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

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Camden Municipal Council

Camden News · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 7

Last Monday's meeting of the Camden Council was attended by Aldermen H. S. Kelloway (Mayor), W. A. Larnach (Deputy Mayor). E…

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Wollondilly Shire Council

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 1

The Wollondilly Shire Council held its ordinary monthly meeting last Wednesday-a week early than usual owing to the approach of Easier…

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Picton Municipal Council Procrastination lends to the withdrawal of an offer of a Loan of £1800

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2

For the first time for some months every seat around the table was occupied at the meeting of the Picton Municipal Council on Wednesday…

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Municipal Poll. Proposed Merging of Councils Majority of 19 in Favour

The Picton Post · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 2

The remit of the poll of the electors of the Municipality of Picton, taken on Saturday last, April 1. on the question, of the advisability of merging…

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Nepean Shire Council

Camden News · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

There was a full attendance of Councillors at the last meeting of the Nepean Shire Council, viz. Crs. W. S. Hewitt (President), Skidmore,…

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Ingleburn Council

The Campbelltown News · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1

Business dealt with at a special meeting of the Council held on Tuesday, 21st March. The Mayor (Ald H. H. Bainbridge)…

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Nepean Shire. Business Dealt with at the March Meeting. Correspondence

The Campbelltown News · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 6

From Mr. R. W. Burke, accepting position of auditor. From Mr. L. A. Taylor applying for a barber’s shop, license.—Granted,…

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Ingleburn Council. Business Dealt with at the Meeting

The Campbelltown News · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman H. H. Bainbridge), Aldermen P. Connell, J. [?]. Freeman, W. G. Hosking, G. H. Naylor C. Luff and C. C. Murray…

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Camden News with Record of Dates (All Bights Reserved). Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Municipality of Camden. (Continued). Early Arrivals. (Continued)

Camden News · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

Solomon Ellis, grandfather of the Misses Ellis, of Elderslie, and Messrs. Arthur, Walter and Harry Ellis, came to Australia in 1855. He followed the occupation of a teamster, and in the absence of other forms of…

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Wollondilly Shire Council Building Ordinances

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 1

Application, under seal, lias been made by the Wollondilly Shire Council to have building ordinance No. 70 under the Local Government Act,…

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A Council and Stray Horse

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 4

Dundas Council impounded a stray horse. It cost £2/2/- to feed and 6/6 to advertise. It was not claimed, and was sold at auction—for 5/-…

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Cyclists Killed Big Increase in Numbers a Warning (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 4

An outstanding feature of the road accidents in this State during 1938, according to statistics just released, is in the increased number of pedal…

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Camden Municipal Council

Camden News · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

Owing to Monday last, Eastern Monday, being a public holiday, the aldermen of Camden held their usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday night,…

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Camden News with Record of Dates (All Rights Reserved). Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Municipality of Camden. (Continued). Early Arrivals. (Continued)

Camden News · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 5

William Huntley, father of the late Alderman John Huntley, was still another old townsman, settling in business in Camden in 1856. He was employed at Hobbs' general merchants, who were the last to occupy the old…

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Letters to the Council

The Campbelltown News · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 3

The Hon. the Minister for Transport, re Council’s protest against the increase in railway fares and freights, forwarding statement showing the…

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Wollondilly Shire Council Busy Meeting—Roads, Bridges, Culverts and Drains

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 4

Councillors had a busy time at the but meeting of the Council of the Shire of Wollondilly, held on March 29—a week earlier than usual owing to the Easter holidays. The engineer—ever a busy official—can generally bo relied on to provide a good deal for them to do, and his contribution…

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Picton Municipal Council and the Amalgamation Poll Council Refuses to Inform the Minister of the Result

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 2

On the catting vobs of the Mayor the Picton Municipal Council at its ordinary meeting last Wednesday night, which was attended by eight aldermen out of mine, defeated a motion that immediate steps be taken to bring under the notice of the Minister for Local Government, the…

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Picton Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting Electrical Engineer Tenders His Resignation.—prosposed 10-Inch Water Main From Tahmoor to the Town Reservoir

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

Alderman Pearce was the only absence from the ordinary meeting of the local Municipal Council last Wednesday night. The apology he sent along was received and leave of absence from the sitting was grated as usual…

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Woilondilly Shire Council

Camden News · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 1

Councillors attending the last meeting of this Shire Council were Crs. E. H. K. Downes (President), Geo. Adams, Eric Moore, S. E. Prosser,…

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Camden, 50 Years a Municipality. Camden News with Record of Dates Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Municipality of Camden. the Initial Movement

Camden News · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 5

It was in 1884 thought was given by several residents as to the advisability of incorporating Camden as a Municipality, and prominent in meetings called to discuss the proposal were Messrs. G. A. Porter, C. W. Garling, A. J…

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