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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

218 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 11

The Coronation. Bowral Celebrations Left to Council. Plenty Help Promised

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 2

The Deputy-Mayor (Aid. Beard) occupied the chair at a public meeting held in Bowral Town Hall on Tuesday night to discuss…

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Shire Council Criticises Government Over the Electricity Extension Proposal

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 March 1937 · page 2

The Government is not likely to love much sleep over the latest ourburst at the last meeting of Wingecarribee's shire president and some…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

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

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 4

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Nelson), and Aid. Helson, McDonald, Shimrnels, Stevenson and Terry. The liquidators of the Mittagong…

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Water Meters. Discussed by Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

At the meeting of Mittagong Council on Tuesday night after much discussion and a practical demonstration by Aid. Stevenson it was decided…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables), and Ald. Beard, S. Boardman, Cordeaux, Cummins, Elliott, Harks and Pickles…

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Ald. Pickles Again. Says the Mayor Was a Bolshie

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

At last meeting of Bowral Council there wan a recrudescence of the old-time feud between Aid. Pickles and Ald. Venables…

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Beacon on Gib. No Action by Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the Electrical Engineer reported The Electrical Engineer reported that an official of the Civil Aviation…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council). Sydney, 5th April, 1937. Potato Ban

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 4

Recently shipments of potatoes from Victoria have been debarred entry into Queensland owing to the presence of solorotia of [?]hizootonia…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Present: The Deputy-Mayor (Ald. Nelson), and Aid. Downs, McDonald, MacFarlane, Shimmela, Stevenson, Terry and Worner…

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The Shire Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 2

Did anybody ever hear of such a monstrous thing as what our Shire Councillors are trying to inflict on the…

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Referee Appointed. COUNCIL & CONTRACTOR

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the matter of the filter shell at the new filtration plant which Council claimed was not…

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Municipality of Bowral. Poll of Electors

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

A POLL OF ELECTORS will be taken at the Town Hall, Bowral, on Saturday, 8th May, 1937, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (leaned by authority of the Central Executive Council). Sydney, 19th April, 1937. Broom Millet Conference of Growers to Be Held Serious Position

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

The lifting of the embargo on the importation of foreign broom millet which has resulted in the admission of 130 tons from the Argentine, has…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 2

At the last meeting of the above Shire, the engineer submitted the following supplementary report :— On the the 12th inst. an officer of…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

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

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 4

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Nelson) and Aid. Downs, Helson, Shimmels, Stevenson and Worner. It was decided that the Works…

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Bowral Gas Supply. Proposals for Extension. Council Procrastinates

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

At last meeting of Bowral Council the Gas Works Committee recommended that if and when the three inch water mains were replaced by…

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Wingocarribee Shire Council Roads Unsuitable for Heavy Traffic

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 2

Heavy traffic on the main roads throughout the Shire is said to be taking toll of the surfaces. A few other shires in this State are…

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Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council). Sydney, 27th April, 1937. Export Eggs. Complaint of Inferior Quality Minister's Statement

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 4

The P.P. Union recently asked the Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) that stricter supervision be exercised over the…

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