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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

103 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 6

Bowral Municipal Council Extraordinary Election of Two Aldermen

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 6

NOMINATIONS of Candidates to fill two vacancies i the Council will he received by me up to [?] p.m. on Wednesday, 21st August, 1946, at the…

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Nattai Shire Election One Councillor for a Riding

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 August 1946 · page 2

A poll will be taken in A Riding of Nattai Shire to-morrow (Saturday) to elect a councillor in place of rv T. L. Badgery, who resigned a…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 7

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Foley) and Aldermen Blacket, Burchell, Burrows and de Jersey. Apologies were accepted from Aldermen Lazarus and…

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No Parking in Main Street Bowral Council Votes in Favor

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3

At last meeting of Bowial Council it was decided, after Sgt. Hardy, of the local police, had addressed the meeting, to ask for the introduction of…

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Voting at Council Elections Ex-servicemen Must Be on Rolls

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4

The privilege extended to ex-servicemen allowing them to vote at council elections if their names were on the State electoral roll and not on…

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Shire Clerk Resigns

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday the Shire Clerk (Mr. C. N. Lee) tendered his resignation as from 2nd…

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Nattai Shire Roadworks Engineer's Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 7

We make the following extracts from the report of the Shire Engineer (Mr. H. R. Huntington) regarding roadworks, submitted to the…

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Electricity Charges in Nattai Shire Reductions to Be Made

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 8

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday, the Electrics. Engineer (Mr. A. J. Mead) submitted a six-page report on electricity…

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Bridges are in Bad Repair Nattai Shire to Seek Loan

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday it was decided to take steps to secure £5000 by way of grant and loan to carry out urgent…

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Acting Shire Engineer's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 August 1946 · page 2

The following report was submitted to Monday's meeting of the Shire Council:— MAIN ROADS…

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Proposed Clubroom Bowral Ex-servicemen Approach Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 7

At last meeting of Bowral Council a deputation comprising members of the Returned Soldiers' League and the Legion of Ex-Sarvicemen waited…

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Council [?] on Saturday. Five Candidates for Two Va[?]

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 2

A poll will be [?] to-morrow (Saturday) to fill the [?] on Bowral Council [?] by the [?] of Alderman [?] and…

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Time Wasted in Committee Nattai Shire Council Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 8

For the pact few meeting Nattai Shire Council has dealt with its bonding applications in committee. At last meeting of the Council the…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 8

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Foley), in the chair, and the fall Council. Mr. J. M. Oxley as spokesman for a deputation from the Returned…

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Cancellation of Council Permits to Light Fires New Regulations Issued

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 2

The Government will cancel all permits issued by Shire and Municipal Councils for the lighting of fires in the open. The new regulations…

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Legislative Council and the Coal Bill Main Principles Unaltered

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 2

"In view of Labour attempts to attack the Legislative Council because it made some amendmonts in the Coal Bill, I feel I ought to make one or two…

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Country Council Recommended Engineer Makes Report to Councils

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 6

The Electrical Engineer (Mr. A. J. Mead) to Bowral and Nattai Councils has submitted a recommendation to them that a county council be…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 2

At the request of Ald. Venables, a report will be furnished by the Health Inspector regarding the extension of the sewerage to Ascot…

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Municipal Library Bowral Council to Spend £240 YEARLY

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 7

At last meeting of Bowral Council it was decided to take the necessary steps to convert the School of Arts library into a municipal library…

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Too Many Rates Shire Clerk Asks for Simplification

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 7

At last meeting of Nattai Shire Council the Shire Clerk (Mr. J. Morgan) submitted a report regarding the multiplicity of rates within the…

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