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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

100 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 5

Road Grant From Petrol Tax Nattai Shire Will Receive £2,180

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 2

A special meeting of Nattai Shire-Council was held on Friday, and notification was received that the Minister for Public Works had approved…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 6

Present: The Mayor (Ald. H. F. Venables) and Aldermen Blacket, Burchell, Campbell, de Jersey, Price and Springett. Apologies were…

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Bowral Council (Continued from another page)

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 3

On the recommendation of the Town Clerk, it was decided to invest £3200 in the Sixth Security Loan. This amount was made up from the…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 5

Present: The full Council. It was decided to make application for the gazettal of Monday, 4th October, as a public holiday…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 7

Present: The full Council The Department of Transport wrote that, following an inspection by police authorities, approval had…

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Naming of Trees Suggestion Made to Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 3

At the meeting of Bowral Council' on Wednesday night of last week, the Mayor (Ald. Venables) suggested that trees adjacent to roads bear a…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 7

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables) and Aldermen Blacket, Campbell, Hardy, Madden, Price, Spring-ett. Aid Madden retired shortly…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 5

Present: The President (Cr. I. L. Jurd) and Crs. Alcorn, Hambridge, Metcalfe, Miles, Scott-Fox, Toohey and Wills. Cr. Stalling was present…

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Nattai Shire Council (Continued from last issue)

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 2

The occupier of a house in Burradoo, which Council had ordered to be demolished, was granted a final extension until 11th November to…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 November 1948 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Aid. H. F. Venables) and Aldermen Burehell, de Jersey, Hardy, Price, Springett. Apologies were accepted from…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 8

Present: The full Council. It was decided to appoint a committee of six members to meet a similar number of representatives…

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Equipment for High School Bowril Council Asked for Gift

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 7

At last meeting of Bowral Council: A letter was received from the High School P.C.A. asking Council to provide an electric stove for the…

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Nattai Shire Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 10

Present: The full Council. The Health Inspector (Mr. A. H. Smith) reported that 289 cattle, 2071 sheep, 121 pigs and 150 calves…

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M.z.d.c. Council Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 7

A meeting of the management committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on 17th November…

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No Increase in Rates Nattai Shire Council Deals with Estimates

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 8

At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Friday last, the estimates for the year 1949 were dealt with and the rate fixed will be the same…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 2

Present: The full Council. The Department of Public Works wrote that an inspection had been made of the filtration plant and drew…

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Alderman Venables Again Mayor Increase in Allowance

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 2

A special meeting for the fixing of the mayoral allowance and the election of mayor was held prior to the last meeting of Bowral Council. A…

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Unaltered Rate for Bowral Council Adopts Estimates

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3

At last meeting of Bowral Council, the estimates for the year 1949 were adopted. They are based on the same general rate as in the previous…

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Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 8

Present: The full Council. Bowral Municipal Library committee wrote that it was concerned about the state of repair of the…

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Water Supply From Joadja Council Will Seek Further Subsidy

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 5

At last meeting of Nattai Shire Council, following reports presented by the Shire Clerk (Mr. J. Morgan) and Engineer (Mr. J. K. E. Gibson),…

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