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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

213 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 7 of 11

Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 5

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables), and Aid. Beard, Blacket, Boardman, Cordeaux, Cummins, Crabtree. and Pickles…

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Mittagong Council. Health Inspector Resigns

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 5

The Town Clerk reported that Mr. M. Blackwell had tendered his resignation as Health Inspector as from 31st July, 1938. Mr. Blackwell had…

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Stones Still Flying Around. Mittagong Council Alarmed

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

Mittagong Council has made several unsuccessful attempts to have blasting mats used in covering trenches during blasting operations on…

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Our Local Parliaments. Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 3

Bowral Council met on Wednesday, 30th July. Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Ad. Beard, Blacket…

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Nattai Shire Suggests District Water Supply. Filtration Plants Could Be Scrapped

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 August 1938 · page 2

Nattai Shire has asked the Minister for Works (Mr. Spooner) to consider a district water supply based on London River. Had wiser…

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Municipal Law-breakers

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 1

IT IS NOT to the credit of a public body that it flouts the law. For that matter it is no credit to a private…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 3

Present: The full Council, the Mayor (Aid. Nelson) in the chair. Approval was granted to the erection of a cottage in Bowral Road…

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Horse Taken from Pound. Debate in Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 4

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the Impounding Officer (Mr. M. Glover) reported that on 26th July five horses were…

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Horses Taken From Pound Debate in Bowral Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night the Impounding Officer (Mr. M. Glover) reported that on 26th July five horses…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 3

Present: The full Council, the Mayor (Aid. Venables) in the chair. The Town Clerk reported that he had been unable to secure the…

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Work on the Gib. Council Must Submit Plans

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 3

Mr. H. F. Morton, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Minister for Works:— I refer to the deputation from…

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Mittagong Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 5

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Nelson) and Aid. Barnes, Downs, Godkains, Shimmels, Smith, Stevenson and Stutfield…

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Extraordinary Departmental Decision. Council Has No Power to Enforce Safety Precautions

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 2

During the construction of Mittagong Sewerage Works constant complaints have been made of the danger to life and limb involved in…

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Road Accidents By Lt.-Col. H. A. Youden, D.S.O., V.D., Secretary, Road Safety Council of N.S. Wales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 2

There were 2059 street accidents in the country parts of New South Wales during the year ended 30th June, 1938 compared with 1818 for…

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Wingcarribee Shire Council Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 August 1938 · page 2

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

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Shire Roads. Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 5

The following report was submitted by the Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) at Monday's meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council:—…

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Shire Shirks Its Obligation. Footway on Berrima Bridge

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 4

Pleading that it it too poor to meet the cost, Wingecarribee Shire Council has chirked its moral obligation to contribute to the cost of a…

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Public Tennis Courts. Council Will Meet Association

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 4

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the Berrima District Tennis Association wrote urging upon Council the necessity for public tennis courts…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 30 August 1938 · page 3

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables), and Ald. Blacket, Cordeaux, Crabtree, Cummins, Futter and Pickles. Apologies were accepted from…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 3

Present: The President (Cr. Will.) and Cm. Badgery, Blatch, Kirkland, and Smith. Unruly Campers…

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