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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

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Planning Committee Completes Work Plan of Future Development of Bowral to Go to Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 6

The final plan for the future development of Bowral was submitted by the Town Planner (Mr. W. Barnett-Smith) to a meeting in the Town Hall on Friday night. It was adopted with minor amendments and will now be submitted to the…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 July 1948 · page 10

Present: The full Council, Cr. Miles arriving after lunch. The President submitted a presidential minute setting oat details of…

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Shire Mergers Slated Liberals Want Votes Taken Urges Appeals

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 July 1948 · page 4

Amendment of the Local Government Act to provide that no shires or municipalities should be amalgamated…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 August 1948 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Aldermen Burchell, Campbell, de Jersey, Hardy, Madden, Price and Springett…

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Bush Fire Danger Appeal to Nattai Shire Residents

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 2

The following letter, which is addressed to the owners and occupiers of land in Nattai Shire, has been received from the Shire President (Cr…

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Morton Reserve Forestry Advisory Council Supports Trust

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 7

At the request of the Forestry Advisory Council, a conference between its representatives and members of the Morton Primitive Reserve trust…

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C.W.A. Conference Group Council to Meet at Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 6

The annual conference of the Wollondilly Group Council of the Country Women's Association will be held at Moss Vale on Thursday, 26th…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Aldermen Burehell, Campbell, de Jersey, Hardy, Madden, Price and Springett. An apology from…

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Morton Reserve Wingecarribee Council Urges Retention

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 4

At the request of Wingecarribee Shire Council, which held a special meeting on Monday to discuss what action it would take regarding the…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 3

Present: The full Council, the President (Cr. I. L. Jurd) in the chair. The Overseer (Mr. E. McGuinness), in his report, stated that…

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Council Employee Resigns

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 1

Eulogistic reference was made to the work of Mr. Bruce Long when his resignation was tendered at the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on…

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New Shire Offices Committee Formed to Investigate Matter

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Friday, it was decided to form a committee to investigate methods of raising a loan to…

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Bowral Town Clock Council Should Agitate for Removal

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 2

The Postmaster-General's Department has paid little attention to many complaints in the past few years regarding the clock outside the…

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New Shire Offices

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 August 1948 · page 2

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Friday, it was decided to form a committee to investigate methods of raising a loan to…

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Alleged Interference by Alderman Several Months' Work Upset

The Southern Mail · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 2

It was alleged at last meeting of Bowral Council that advice given by an alderman to a local resident had resulted in many months of work by…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 3

Present: The Deputy Mayor (Ald. Springett) and Aldermen Burchell, Campbell, de Jersey, Hardy, Madden and Price. Apologies from the Mayor…

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District Council of Junior Farmers Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 2
Also in The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press

A meeting of members of the Junior Farmers District Council was held at Burrawang on Thursday, 19th August, when Moss Vale, Burrawang and…

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United Nations Appeal Shire President Asks for Aid

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 5

We are in receipt of the following letter from the president of Nattai Shire (Cr. I. L. Jurd): "In response to a request from…

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Councils and the Petrol Tax Shire President Addresses Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

On 25th August a public meeting was held at Kangaloon to consider shire finances and the petrol tax. It was addressed by the shire…

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