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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

218 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 11

Lease of Land. Swimming Club and Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

The Mittagong Swimming Club wrote asking that a lease be given for the purpose of erecting a clubhouse at the baths. The club had…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council). Sydney, 2nd Feb., 1937. Enthusiasm Aroused. Producers' Case for "Yes" Vote on March 6. Determination to Win

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 4

The Primary Producers' Union last opened its campaign in support of the Referendum, and already a considerable amount of…

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More Work for the Unemployed. Mayor Gives Casting Vote in Favor of Proposal

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

A special call meeting of the Mittagong Council was held on Friday night to discuss the program of works for the relief of…

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Shire Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 2

At the adjourned monthly meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council held in Moss Vale on Monday last, the Shire Engineer submitted the…

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Complaint from Ex-Soldiers Unfair Treatment on Shire Works Alleged

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 4

Apparently one way of circumventing the Soldiers' Preference Act has been discovered, and it is only necessary…

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Shire Roads

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

In his report to last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council the Shirt Engineer said:— A and B Riding…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables) and Aid. Beard, E. Boardman, S. Boardman, Cordeaux, Cummins, Elliott and Marks…

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Will Not Take Over. Bowral Council and School of Arts

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

The special sub-committee appointed (the Mayor, Aid. E. Boardman, Cordeaux and Elliott) to consider the request of the School of…

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Shire Health Inspector Question of Travelling Expenses

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 2

At the last Shire Council meeting the matter of travelling allowance for expenses incurred by the newly…

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Will Not Take Over. Bowral Council and School of Arts

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 2

The special sub-committee appointed (the Mayor, Aid. E. Boardman, Cordeaux and Elliott) to consider the request of the School of Arts that…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council). Sydney, 8th Feb., 1937. No Change. Aim to Secure Stable Marketing. Under Security of Law

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 4

"The carrying of the Referendum will merely make constitutional the Commonwealth Government's authority which it has exercised…

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Inspector's Expenses Shire Problem

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 2

At last meeting of Wingecarrihee Shire Council the matter of an allowance for expenses incurred by the newly appointed Health Inspector in…

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Shire Engineer's Travelling Expenses Limited to £250 a Year

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council it was decided to limit the travelling expenses of the…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Nelson) and Aid. Downs, Helson, McDonald, Shimmels, Stevenson, Terry and Worner…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council). Sydney, 8th Feb., 1937. Friend or Stranger

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 4

If a man were ill and some stranger offered to prescribe for him, he would naturally want to know the stranger's credentials—whether he was qualified…

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Wingecarrribee Shire Council Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 3

The following report was submitted by the Engineer at Monday's meeting of the above Council:— State Highway…

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Modern Road Construction and Maintenance Shire Engineer Directs Council's Attention to Matter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 2

The engineer at Monday's meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council drew the Council's attention to the following extracts from the annual…

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Bad Patches. Wake Up, Councillors and Aldermen !

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 4

Why is it that Shires and Councils, so often leave small lengths of bad road in otherwise excellent pavements? Such patches are not only…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council) Sydney, 22nd Feb., 1937 No Change. Australia's Safety Secure in Referendum Rock of Good Faith

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 4

The General President of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. M. P. Dunlop) in a message to members of the Union and the public says:—…

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Retiring Aldermen Letter of Thanks Under Seal

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 3

At last meeting of Bowral Council, Ald. Beard asked whether it had been the custom to forward to former aldermen, upon their ceasing to be…

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