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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

251 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 7 of 13

Diphtheria. Mittagong Council Will Act. Immunisation Scheme Approved

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 3

At the meeting of Mittagong Council on Tuesday night it was decided to co-operate with the Department of Public Health in carrying…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes Sydney, 20th Jnly, 1936. The Privy Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 July 1936 · page 4

The anxiously expected judgment in the James case has now been delivered by the Privy Council, and as a good many feared, it has pronounced…

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No Confidence in Deputy Mayor. Mayor Rejects Motion

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 2

On two occasions at the meeting of Bowral Council on Thursday night aldermen declared that they did not have confidence in the Deputy Mayor…

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Nattai Shire. Extension of Electricity Understaking. Government Assistance

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 3

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., is in receipt of a letter from the Minister for Local Government with reference to the proposed loan of £3,500 for…

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Mittagong Council. (Concluded from last issue.)

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 4

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Terry), and Aid. Downs, Kelson, Nelson, McFarlane, Shimmels, Stevenson an Worner…

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Manchester Unity Oddfellows Interesting Speeches at District Meeting at Bowral. Mayor Venables Deplores Decay of Self-reliance in Community

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Wollondilly District of Manchester Unity Oddfellows was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Bowral, on Saturday…

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A Scathing Report By the Health Dept. Our Unsanitary Town Under Shire Council Administration

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 2

The condition of affairs in Moss Vale as regards sanitation was condemned by the Health Department in a strongly worded report to the…

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Nattai Shire. Extension of Electricity Undertaking

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 2

Mr. M. F. Morton, M.L.A., is in receipt of a letter from the Minister for Local Government with reference to the proposed loan of £3500 for the…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 4

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Ald. Baker, Briggs, Bondman, Crabtree, Cummins, Elliott and Gall…

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Staff Changes. Clerk's Recommendations to Wingecarribee Shire. Action Delayed

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 2

At last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council, the Shire Clerk (Mr. A. G. Broad), made the following report upon the office staff:—…

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Dairy Produce Quotas. Not Affected by Privy Council Decision

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture on the recommendation of the New South Wales Dairy Products Board has decided on the following quotas:…

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Dairy Produce Quotas Not Affected by Privy Council Decision

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture on the recommendation of the New South Wales. Dairy Products Board has decided on the following quotas:…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council) Sydney 27th July, 1936. The Union Justifies Itself

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 4

The feeling of irresolution and dismay, which momentarily followed the announcement of the Privy Council judgment in the Dried Fruits…

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Is Council Liable? Sewerage Work Passed by Inspector

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 2

At a recent meeting of Bowral Council Mr. J. J. Price wrote that the sewerage work at property owned by him had been passed by the Council…

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Nightsoil Exposed. Aldermen Find Excuses. Danger to Public Health

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 4

At the meeting of Mittagong Council on Tuesday night, the Health Inspector (Mr. A. H. Smith), reported that he had visited the sanitary depot…

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Mayor or Clerk? Supervision of Labor

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 3

At the meeting of Mittagong Council on Tuesday night reference was made to a resolution passed some time ago that took the control of the…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables), and Ald. Briggs, Crabtree, Cummins, Elliott, Gall and Pickles. A circular letter from the…

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Mittagong Council. Long Business Paper

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 3

Present The Mayor (Ald. Terry), and Ald. Downs, Helson, MacDonald, McFarlane, Nelson, Shimmels and Stevenson…

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District Publicity. Debate in Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 4

Ald. Helson reported on the result of the recent publicity meeting at Bowral, which was fully reported in last issue of the Mail, and said that…

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Our Send-to-Sydney Council. "In a Hurry." Different Views of Comfort

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 August 1936 · page 2

Bowral aldermen have a strange method of encouraging local enterprise. At a recent meeting of the Council it was decided to spend £100…

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