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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1918

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Bowral Municipal Council

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1918 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Thursday night, when there were present:—Ald. E. Davis (Mayor), Beavan, Boardman, Dunwoodie, Rogers, Stephens, Neich, Stokes…

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Mittagong Municipal Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

THe usual [?] meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday night last, there being present-Ald J. W. Loseby (Mayor). Connell, Smith, Nepier, Drabble,…

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Mayor's Ruling Dissented From

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

At the last meeting of Mittagong Council Ald. Drabble, according to notice, asked that the clerk's agreement, with the minute and papers dealing with it, be laid on the table…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The usual monthly meeting of the Nattai Shire Council was held at Mittagong on Saturday last, there being present Councillors A. M. Smith (President), Webb, Breen, Kell,…

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Mittagong Aldermen Entertained

Robertson Advocate · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

On Wednesday evening last the Mittagong alderman were entertained at dinner by the newly-elected Mayor (Ald L. Springett) and the Mayoress, who spared no pains in…

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Wages of Shire and Municipal Employees

Robertson Advocate · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

At last Saturday's meeting of the Nattai Shire Council at Mittagong the assistant engineer submitted a report in reference to a log of wages and conditions desired by the…

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Dissent from Mayor's Ruling

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

Mr E R Kerr, Town Clerk, Mittagong, wishes us to point out that when Ald Drabble remarked that the resolution recorded in the minuts book did not agree with the printed…

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Entertained Alderman

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 March 1918 · page 2

The aldermen of the Mittagong municipal council were entertained at dinner by the newly elected mayor (Ald. L. Springett) and the…

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Nattal Shire Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 March 1918 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Nattal Shire Council was held at Mittagong on Saturday, March 2, there being present Crs. A. M. Smith…

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Bowral Municipal Council

Robertson Advocate · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

The above council met on Thursday evening last, there being present: Aldermen Pickard (Mayor), Dunwoodie, Rogers. Beavan, Davie, Boardman, Stephens and Stokes…

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A Mayor's Miscalculations to the Editor

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 2

Sir,-Mayor Springett, in giving hospital statistics for 1917 at the Mittagong bazaar on Wednesday afternoon, said that Mittagong's 60 patients admitted in 1917, coating…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the above council was held at Moss Vale on Monday last. Present—Crs Kettle (president), Heiherington,…

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Shire & Municipal Employees

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 March 1918 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Wingecarribee shire council the proposed new log governing the employment and conditions and giving the minimum rate of wages to be…

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