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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

226 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 8 of 12

Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 2

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

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Road Safety. Pedestrians to the Right. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 4

In rural districts, there are no footpaths along the highways, and the pedestrian must walk on the road to go from one place to another. He…

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Forward Moves by Southern District Cricket Council. District Matches in the Country and Interstate Teams at Canberra

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 2

The outstanding feature of the report to be presented to the annual meeting of Southern District and Federal Capital Territory Cricket Council on…

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National Emergency Services. Nattai Shire Warden Active

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 2

At a recent meeting convened by the Chief Warden of Nattai Shire (Cr. J. Wills) steps were taken to organise the various activities associated with…

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Sheffield Shield Team for Canberra. District Cricket Council Meeting

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1939 · page 3

of the Southern Han Capital Terancil was held at day night. The…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 4

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables) and Aid. Beard, Blacket, Cordeaux, Crabtree, Cummins, Fatter, and Pickles. An apology was…

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Preservation of Wayside Trees. Nattai Council Stands Firm

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 2

Some months ago Mr. E. Cut Hordern, of Colo Vale, wrote to Nattai Shire Council stating that trees on the roadside adjoining his property…

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Veteran Employee of Bowral Council. Loyal Employee and Estimable Citizen

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 2

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night, the Mayor said the Council's gardener (Mr. Jack Gash) was ill in hospital. It…

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The Man Who Takes a Risk (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 August 1939 · page 2

Although there is a general feeling of satisfaction that the death roll of road accidents was reduced by 10.9 per cent. last year, there are features…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 3

Pretest: The President (Cr. Wills) land Cm. Badgery, Blatch, Downs, Kirkland, Smith and Toohey. The Shire Clerk laid the Assistant…

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Health—and the Aldermen

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 1

IN BOWRAL COUNCIL the other day, complaint was made that the Health Inspector had failed to report a shocking…

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Fire Damage. Engineer's Report to Nattai Shire

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 3

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Tuesday the Engineer (Mr. R. H. Huntingdon) submitted a report regarding the repairing of bush fire…

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County Council. Only a Matter of Time

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 4

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Tuesday the Electrical Engineer (Mr. H. K. Crisp) said that the formation of a County Council on the…

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Trouble with Council Employees. Special Meeting to Be Held

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 3

For some time past, some members of Bowral Council have continued s pin-pricking campaign against the officer in charge of the sewerage…

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Inspect Cars, Protect Life (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 3

A bad toothache will take us to the dentist in a hurry, but a bad set of brakes, upon which our very lives depend so often, will frequently…

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Council Seeks a Quorum. Meeting Is Held

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 2

Bowral Council had difficulty in finding a quorum on Wednesday night. The Mayor (Ald. Venables) was ill and Ald. Boardman had applied for…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 August 1939 · page 2

The Engineer submitted the following report at Monday's meeting of the above Shire:— MAIN ROADS…

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Wing[?] rribee Shire Council. Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 4

The Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) submitted the following report at last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council…

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Bowral CounciL

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 2

Present: The Deputy-Mayor (Aid. Crabtree) and Aid. Beard, Cordeaux, Putter and Pickles. A motion of sympathy with the…

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We Must Hive a County Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 1

IN tendering his resignation to the two Council, the Electrical Engineer (Mr. H. K. Crisp) referred, none too…

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