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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

218 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 8 of 11

Surplus Laundry Water. Complaint to Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 2

The Department of Public Health wrote asking Council to investigate a complaint from Mr. Thos. White that the Health Inspector of Mittagong…

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Bowral Council. (Concluded from last issue.) Waste of Time

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 5

The Local Government Association wrote asking Council to appoint two delegates to the annual conference to be held at Waverley on 29th and…

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The Coming Shire Election

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 2

We think very often that the Shire must very soon find some more practical men to sit in the Council—men who have no axes to…

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State-Wide Action for Equal Pay Council Prepares for Campaign

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 2

A general movement throughout the State has commenced with object of securing equal pay for both sexes doing…

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Dairy Herd Testing. Bowral Council Approves

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 5

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night, a letter was received from the Municipality of Tamworth, asking co-operation in urging…

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Public Health and Private Fancy. Which Should Prevail? Bowral Council and the Ordinances

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

At Bowral Council meeting on Wednesday night a firm of architects wrote in answer to Council's request that no drains…

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Municipal Balance Sheets

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 1

SPEAKING at a recent meeting at Bundanoon, a Councillor said the reason why ratepayers were so ignorant…

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Primary producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Executive Council). Sydney, 23rd August, 1937. Bleached Wheat Investigations Into Flour Content. Minister's Statement

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) was asked by the P.P. Union for particulars with regard to the milling and baking qualities of…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Ald. Beard, E. Boardman, Crabtree, Crabtee, Cummins, Elliott and Picklea. An apology from Ald. Cordeaux…

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Council and the Hospital. Benefit to the Town

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

The Board of Directors of the Berrima District Hospital, in writing to last meeting of Bowral Council asking for a donation, pointed…

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Council and the Hospital Benefit to the Town

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 2

The Board of Directors of the Berrima District Hospital, in writing to last meeting of Bowral Council asking for a donation, pointed out…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Nelson), and Ald. Downs, MacFarlane, Shimnels, Stevenson,Terry and Worner. Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., wrote…

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Borrowing Beyond Safety Limit Shire Councils' Serious Plight

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 2

Men who have had training in connection with Local Government matters know that Local Government is a phase…

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When Aldermen Were Sports. Cricket Match of Long Ago

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 2

Forty-one years ago, Mobs Vale and Bowral aldermen played cricket ! This astonishing fact was learned from persual of a copy of The…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 September 1937 · page 2

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

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Berrima Road. the Council's View

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 September 1937 · page 2

Commenting on the correspondence which has been published in the Press complaining of the condition of the Berrima road, the president, at the…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Aid. H. F. Venables), and Aid. Beard, S. Boardman, Cordeanx, Crabtree, Cummins, Elliott, and Pickles. An apology was…

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A Form of Words. Council and Inspector's Phraseology

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 4

Aid. Pickles doesn't like the Health Inspector's phraseology. Aid. Elliott thinks is places too much responsibility on the aldermen. As a result…

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Homeowners Must be Helped. Mr. Morton's Advice to Shire Councils

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 3

The Mail has frequently urged upon Bowral Council the wisdom of assisting householders to make sewerage connections, but without avail…

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Moss Vale Marches On. Sewerage Works Opened by Mr. Morton. "Most Progressive Step in Her History," says Shire President

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 2

Despite the strong westerly wind which caused tome discomfort, there was a good attendance of citizens at the official opening of the Moss Vale…

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