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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

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

The Council and the School of Arts. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 2

Sir,—The attitude of the Bowral Council regarding the School of Arts is hard to understand. The subsidy given but year was spent in partly…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

Present: The President (Cr. Wills) and Crs. Badgery, Blatch, Kirkland, Smith and Toohey. Engineer's Report…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

Present: The Full Council, the Mayor (Ald. Venablet) in the chair. Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., forwarded a letter addressed to him from…

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Cement Lining. Council Accepts Tender

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night a report from the consulting engineer to the Council regarding the three tenders…

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Council and School of Arts. Offer to Committee

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night, Aid; Cordeaux moved on notice:—" That the sum of sixty pounds (£6O) as subsidy for…

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Bowser on Footpath. Council Asked to Remove It

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the Main Roads Department wrote that Mr. I. MacGoun had erected a kerhside petrol pump in Bong Bong…

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What Others Think. [The opinion of correspondent are not necessarily those of the Editor.] the Council and the School of Arts. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 March 1938 · page 3

Sir,—Many thanks for your leader on this subject in your issue of 18th February; as a result the cudgel has now been taken up by " Progress"…

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New Public Reserve. to Be Acquired by Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 2

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Tuesday night the Works Committee recommended that the offer of Mrs. E. M. Capp to accept…

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The Council and the School of Arts. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 4

Sir,—Visitors to the celebrations in Sydney have commented upon the sad lack of public libraries in New South Wales. They tell us that…

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Shire By-Roads. Grant of £2,000 to Be Asked For. Shire to Find £1,000

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

At last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council it was decided to ask the MinUter for a grant of £2,000 towards the upkeep of by-roads in the…

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Sales Tax Bombshell Wingecarribee Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

"Ridiculous" and "childish" were among the terms used by Shire Councillors to describe the demand…

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Sewerage Connections. Bowral Council Acts at Last

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

The matter of fixing the time to be allowed to owners of properties to connect their premies to the sewer, which had been deferred from a…

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Sales Tax Bombshell Wingecarribee Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 2

"Ridiculous" and "childish" were among the terms used by Shire Councillors to describe the demand from the…

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Unemployed Cannot Get Work. Red Tare Regulations Make Them Ineligible. Council Objects

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 3

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night, the Town Clerk reported regarding the Imposed work at Centennial Park as follows:—…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

Present: The full Council, the Mayor (Ald. Nelson) in the chair. Messrs. Morrison and Beeby's tender of £45 for the shed and old plant…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 4

Bowral Council was at fall strength at its meeting on 9th March. We publish below further business transacted at the meeting…

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Shire and Council. Amalgamation. Proposal Revived

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 22 March 1938 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday, a letter was received from the Local Government Department enclosing a copy of a…

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Shire and Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 March 1938 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday, a letter was received from the Local Government Department enclosing a copy…

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attai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 4

present: The full Council, the President (Cr. Wills) in the chair. The Shire Clerk reported that he had interviewed Mr. Albert, of Albert…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

Present: The full Council. It was decided to purchase a portrait of Queen Elizabeth from the Australian War Memorial as a…

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