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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

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Shire Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 May 1935 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council on Monday last, the engineer submitted the following…

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Relief Work on Shire Roads

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 May 1935 · page 2

There are at present twenty-six gangs and a number of isolated men employed on approved works, says the Shire…

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Shire Matters

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 2

Wingecarribee Shire bad a full business paper for its last meeting, and important decisions were arrived at…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 2

The above council had a full business paper for its last meeting, and important, decisions were arrived at…

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Bowral Council Move for Cheaper Electricity

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Ald. Baker, Boardman, Briggs, Crabtree, Pickles and Schomberg…

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Council Ignored But No Action Taken

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 2

At a meeting of Bowral Council on Thursday night, the Health Inspector in a further report on a drain put down by Messrs. Gurney and Platt…

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Leaving the Council Three Possible Vacancies

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 3

We understand that three Bowral aldermen arc considering retirement from the Council. Aid. Bennett has disposed of his…

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Shire Councils Want 75 Per Cent, of Petrol Tax

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 4

Councils must have power to effectively protect roads against unreasonable traffic, declared Or. Matthews…

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Flaunts Council and Gets Away With It Inspector's Allegation Against Ex-alderman

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 2

At Bowral Council meeting on Thursday night a letter was received from Messrs. Alf. Stephens and Son in relation to a building which the…

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An Afterthought Former Aldermen Thanked for Services

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 3

To be thanked for past services six months after retirement and then only because the Council wished to give aldermen retiring after much…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables) and Aid. Baker. Briggs. Crab-tree, Pickles Schomberg. The Police Department wrote in…

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A Shortsighted Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

WINGECARRIBEE SHIRE COUNCIL has just won the championship as the most antedeluvian Council in the State…

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A Shortsighted Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 2

Wingecarribee Shire Council hus just won the championship as the most antedeluvian council in the State. It…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Browne) and Aid. Downs, Helson, McDonald, Solomons, Stevenson, Terry and Worner. Council decided to accept the offer…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 2

At Monday's meeting of the above the Engineer reported :— STATE HIGHWAY. The work of the 1934/5 programme…

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Relief Work in This Shire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 2

There are at present 28 gangs of relief workers employed throughout this Shire, and a number of isolated men, all employed on…

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Work Under the Belief Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 2

Work on the road Burrawang to Burrawang railway siding was commenced by contractors [?] and Johnson on May 28, and is…

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Five Candidates Bowral Municipal Election

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 3

Little interest is taken in the approaching election to fill three vacancies in Bowral Municipal Council and at one time it was feared there…

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Glaring Incompetence Shire Council Methods

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 June 1935 · page 2

In the Shire Engineer's report to the Wingecarribee Council at there last meeting, he had the courage to tell that body what he thought of…

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Wingecarribee Shire Engineer's General Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 June 1935 · page 3

Under date June 17, the following report was submitted by the Shire engineer, at Monday's Council meeting :-…

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