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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

226 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 9 of 12

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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People Who Do Kill Their Friends (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 September 1939 · page 3

The extraordinary fact is revealed in the road accident figures of lb. State for the year that year that more passengers of motor vehicles were killed…

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Council Employee Dismissed. Truck Used Outside Working Hours

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 3

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night a report of the Electrical Engineer (Mr. H. K. Crisp) stating that he had dismissed…

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Save Lives For Empire (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 September 1939 · page 3

Because there is a war a special appeal made to all road users to shoulder their own responsibility and extreme caution while the…

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Mayor of Bowral Says Sewerage Inspector is Incompetent. Differences Between Council Employees

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 3

A special meeting of Bowral Council was held on Wednesday night. The Sewerage Attendant (Mr. C. Dunshea), who had been called upon…

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Returned Soldiers Preference. Employees of Nattai Shire

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 2

A letter written by Mr. K. A. Grieves alleging that Nattai Shire Council had not carried out the provisions of the Returned Soldiers Preference Act…

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Garaged Without Authority. Council Truck Breaks Down

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 3

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the Health Inspector (Mr. W. Worthington) reported that the Austin truck was being overhauled in a…

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The Tragedy of Three Sons (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 2

Everyone has more than enough of personal tragedy to overcome. We note daily in our newspapers the details of accidents that have…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 3

Present: The President (Cr. Wills) and Crs. Badgery, Blatch, Downs, Kirkland, Nelson, and Toohey. Cr. Nelon moved that the Shire…

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Nattai Shire Roads

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 4

At last meeting of Nattai Shire Council, the Engineer (Mr. R. H. Huntington) reported that the following work had been carried out since the…

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Bush Fire Menace. Nattai Shire Is Organising

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 3

Nattai Shire Council is taking steps to see that the devastation caused in the district by bush fires in January this year does not recur. Bush fire…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 September 1939 · page 2

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

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 3

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

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Wingecarribee Shire Roads. Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 4

We make the following extracts from the report submitted by the Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) to last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council:—…

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"Impertinent and Inaccurate." Horticulturalists and Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 2

There was an unusually good attendance at the monthly meeting of the District Horticultural Society last week, the meeting being one of the…

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Military Camp Site. Bowral Council Makes No Charge

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night it was decided to offer the Defence Department the use of Centennial Park if and when…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 2

At last meeting of Bowral Council, it was decided to co-operate with the Australian Restoration and Acclimatisation Society in approaching…

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Junior Farmers District Council Meeting

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 2

A meeting of the District Council of the Southern Highland Junior Farmers' Clubs was held in the Moss Vale Public School on…

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Junior Farmers. District Council Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 4

A meeting of the District Council of the Southern Highlands Junior Farmers' Clubs was held in the Moss Vale Public School last week. Mr…

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