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Council & local affairs, 1953

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Bega Council To Get £1,000 Grant For Programme Of Works On Rural Roads

The Bega District News · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 2

An application made by the Bega Municipal Council in june last year, for a grant under the terms the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act, to cover work on rural roads in the Municipality, has been…

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Carp Street Posts Alderman Warns of Danger

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

Aid. H Hanson raised the matter of dangerous verandah posts m Carp Street, at the last meeting of Bega Municipal…

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State of Highway Irks Council

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 1

The Imlay Shire Council will ask the Department of Main Roads to do something permanent towards improving…

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Frowns on Street Trading Cooma Council Refuses Application

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 7

An application to operate a fruit and vegetable stall in Coma Streets was refused at the recent Cooma Municipal…

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Imlay Faced With Plumbing Problems Council Told Of Illegal Water Connections

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 4

The Imlay Shire Council was told at its last meeting that practically all the connections so far made to the Tantawanglo Water Scheme were illegal, and could be condemned by Council's Water…

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Rabbits on Roads; Shire Problem Attempt To Have Farmers Made Responsible

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

A Motion “that landowners on each side of a road be made responsible for the eradication of noxious animals, as far as the centre of the road fronting, their properties,” intended for inclusion in the…

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Mumbulla Programme For Road Grants Allocation To Shire For Extensive Repairs

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 4

Mumbulla Shire Council will submit a programme of works to be done under the provisions of the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act, during the 1953/54 period, totalling £9,672, compared with a…

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Berry Town Improvement Area Shire Council Asks for Specific Instances of Properties Not Getting Benefits From Rate

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

At a recent meeting of the Berry Progress Association, it will he remembered, different speakers quoted properties, which,…

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L. G. Inspector’s Report Shire Council’s Internal Organisation and Management

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

The hon. secretary of the Woollmai Progress Association, Huskisson, forwarded to the different Progress Associations of…

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Memorial for World War Ii Unveiling By Mayor At Anzac Day Service

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

Bega’s World War II memorial inscriptions on the Memorial Arch have been completed, but for the dates—which are expected in Bega this week—and this section of the memorial will be unveiled by the…

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Bega Council’s Respect for Late Queen

The Bega District News · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 9

Before the Mayor of Bega formally declared the meeting of the Bega Municipal Council open, on Tuesday night, he referred to the…

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Ultimatum on Bega Awnings Council Survey Reveals Some For Treatment

The Bega District News · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 2

Bega’s street awnings are dying hard, despite many excursions by the Bega Municipal Council to force their removal. A recent survey by Council’s officers revealed that some awnings are dangerous…

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Govt. Subsidy to County Council Aid Towards Wall’s Flat, Greendale Extensions

The Bega District News · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. B. Renshaw) has approved a subsidy of £5,225 to the Bega Valley County Council, toward the cost of electricity extensions, which will serve 44 new…

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New Memorial Unveiled Mayor Of Bega Performs Solemn Ceremony

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 1

On Saturday morning, during the Anzac Day. service at the Bega Memorial Arch, the Mayor of Bega (Aid. Chas Ayres) unveiled the two World War n tablets on the Arch…

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More Subsidy for County Council

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 7

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. B. Renshaw) has informed Mr. Jack G. Beale, M.L.A., Member for…

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County Council Accepts Tender

The Bega District News · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 2

Bega Valley County Council has accepted the tender of £37,150 submitted by Boving and Co., for the supply of two…

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Bridge at Broughton Village Repairs Worrying Gerringong Council

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 1

The bridge on the old main road at Broughton Village is causing concern to the Gerringong Council, but perhaps more…

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Progress in Cleaning Water Mains Council Will Investigate Cement Lining Plan

The Bega District News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

Although the cost of cleaning Bega’s water mains has been causing some concern to the Bega Municipal Council, the work will be continued, a time at least, following a report by the Health…

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Verandah Posts Must Go Council Will Serve Notice On Property Owner

The Bega District News · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 2

Bega Municipal Council will serve a notice on the owner of a block of buildings at the eastern end of Carp Street shopping area, to remove all verandah posts from in front of the building…

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Imlay Shire Alters Procedure

The Bega District News · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 1

Imlay Shire, on Friday, resolved to alter its procedure at its regular monthly meeting by starting its business with finance committee, followed by the usual officers’ reports and general business…

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