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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

149 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 8

Strained Relations Move to Reinstate Sewerage Attendant Bowral Council Asks for Enquiry

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night it was decided to ask the Department of Works to send an officer to Bowral to…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

Present: The President (Cr. Wills), and Cr. Badgrey, Kirkland, MacDonald, Smith and Stevenson. The Department of Works wrote…

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Work on Nattai Shire Roads Report to Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

In the absence of the Shire Engineer (Mr. H. R. Hantington) the Shire Clerk (Mr. C. N. Lee) submitted the following report to the council, on…

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Bowral Council Was the Goat

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night, Aid. Crabtree said a black and white goat was making a nuisance of itself in Bong Bong…

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Closing of Petty Sessions Office Nattai Shire Will Protest

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday two delegates were appointed to join a deputation to the, Minister for Justice to protest Petty Sessions Office at Mittagong. It is expected that a public meeting to be held at Mittagong on Friday. night next will appoint the other…

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Returned Soldiers Criticise Shire Councillors President Starts His Twentieth Year

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

There was an excellent attendance at the annual meeting of Mittagong Returned Soldiers League on Thursday night. The annual report and…

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Wingecarribee Shire Council Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 2

The following report was submitted to Monday's meeting of the Wingecarribee Shire Council by the Shire Engineer, Mr. Leonard :…

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Problem Child of Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 2

After a tour of a large area of the State, the Secretary of the Road Safety Council reports that where ever he went the universal co—…

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Shire Roadworks Engineer's Report to Wingecarribee Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 3

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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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 3

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Boardman), and Ald. Beard, Blacket, Brenchley, Crabtree, and Cummins. Leave of absence was granted to Ald…

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Board Prosecutes Shire Differnces Over Rabbits

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 2

At the Moss Vale Police Court on Wednesday, the Nattai Shire Council was proceeded against on a charge of having failed to eradicate rabbits…

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Why Pick On Shire? Nattai Prosecuted

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 3

Nattai Shire Council has spent a large sum in an attempt to rid its roads of harbors for rabbits. But it has not found favor with the…

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Australia Cimforts Fund. N.S.W. Division'the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund of N.S.W.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 August 1941 · page 2

Orders were placed last week for the purchase of almost 500 tons of comforts for the troops abroad by The Lord Mayor's Patriotic and…

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Bowral Municipal Council [?]Nial List of Electors, 1941

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 4

LIST OF ELECTORS for the [?] has been prepared [?] exhibited for public [?] Council's office and…

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Cricket Will Be Carried On District Council Decision

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Southern District and Australian Capital Territory Cricket Council, which conducts inter-association matches…

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Nattai Shire Council SATURDAY, 9th AUGUST

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 3

Present: The President (Cr. Wills), and Cr. Badgery, Kirkland, McDonald, Smith and Stevenson. A motion of sympathy with the…

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Nattai Shire Roads Engineer's Report to Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday the Engineer (Mr. H. R. Huntingdon) reported that the highway program had been…

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Returned Soldiers Criticise Council Explanation by Councillors

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 2

Mittagong Returned Soldiers League recently criticised the members of Nattai Shire Council for their failure to be present when the mobile…

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Council Abides By Previous Decision Sewer Attendant Will Not Be Re-employed

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 2

Some weeks ago Bowral Council endorsed the action of the Mayor (Ald. Boardman) in suspending the attendant at the sewerage treatment…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 August 1941 · page 4

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Boardman), Ald, Beard, Blacket, Brenchley, Cordeaux, Crabtree, and Commins…

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