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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

213 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 11

Trouble About Trucks. Disharmony in Bowral Municipal Service

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

Mr. Les. Clarke wrote to last meeting of Bowral Council that the Inspector could not inform him of a definite time when inspections could…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

The Works Committee recommended that the bitumen macadam in Station Street in front of the Berrima Co-operative Rural Society's…

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Gift of £10,000. Government Offer to Bowral Council. But Must Float Loan

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 3

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the proposed gift of £10,000 odd to Bowral Council, mentioned by Mr. Morton at the Horse Show, was…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 2

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

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Nelson) and Ald. Barnes, Downs, Godkalns, Shimmels, Stutfield and Stevenson. An apology from Ald. Stalling, on…

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Roads in the Shire. Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 5

The following report was presented by the Engineer at Monday's meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council:— State Highway…

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Praise for Council. Work for Berrima Road

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Members and officers of Wingecarribee Shire Council and the local members of Parliament are highly praised in the annual report of the…

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Farmers Declare Blackberry a Noxious Plant. Shire Asked to Take Action—Special Tax Advocated

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

At a public meeting at Kangaloon on Tuesday night it was decided to request the Nattai Shire Council to take steps to have the blackberry…

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Robertson Wants. Discussion at Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 3

At last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council the Robertson Progress, Association wrote drawing attention to several matters requiring…

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Loan for Roads. Proposal Before Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 2

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night, the matter of raising an ordinary loan for road construction in Kirkham…

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Bowral-Burradoo Proposal to Extend Municipality

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 3

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the matter of submitting a proposal to the Minister for Local Government to…

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Bowral Council's Finances. the Government Offer

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 3

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the offer of the Minister for Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) to…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 3

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Nelson) and Ald. Barnes, Downs, Godkalns, Smith, Stevenson and Stutfield. Ald. Stalling was granted leave of…

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Hands off Burradoo Shire Takes Action

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 2

Nattai Shire Council recently decided to raise no objection to the proposal to amalgamate the Shire and Mittagong Municipality, if it was…

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Diseased Meat. Nattai Shire Protects Public

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 3

The value of a thorough system of meat inspection by qualified officer was shown in the report submitted by the Meat Inspector (Mr. A…

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Blackberry Pest. Noxious Plant Within Nattai Shire

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday it was decided, on the recommendation of a recent [?] at Kangaloon, to take…

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Diseased Meat Nattai Shire Protects Public

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 2

The value of a thorough system of meat inspection By a qualified officer was shown in the report, submitted by the Meat Inspector . (Mr.. A. H…

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Must Have Subsidy. Bowral School of Arts and Council. Will Close Down If , Subsidy Withheld

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

Without one dissentient, the meeting of members of Bowral School of Art on Tuesday last decided to close the institution if the Municipal…

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Alderman's Shed. Alleged Shelter for Undesirables

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 3

When the old Commercial Hotel was demolished, Ald. Pickles had a section, consisting of two rooms, mounted on a jinker and conveyed…

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Shire Clerk Exonerated on Major Charges

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 2

The inquiry into the conduct of the Shire Clerk (Mr. R. L. Camp bell) of the Cambewarra Shir-Council, held recently, and which…

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