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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

104 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 6

Bowral Council Wednesday, October 11

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 2

Present :The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Aid Blacket, Burchell, J. Campbell, Hardy, Madden, Price and Springett…

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County Council Preparation of Estimates

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 5

At the meeting of Mittagong Shire Council on Friday, it was decided by seven votes to one, that the council was in favour of a County Council…

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Bowral Council Wednesday, October 25

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 11

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables) and Aid. Blacket, Burchell, J. Campbell, Hardy, Madden and Springett…

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Mittagong Council FRIDAY, 20th OCTOBER

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 2

Present: The full council. Following receipt of a letter from ' the Director General of Recruiting regarding the establishment of a local…

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Council Elections Six Candidates in Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 11

Nomination of candidates for the ordinary triennial election of Mittagong Shire Council, closed last week and there will be six candidates for…

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The Municipality of Bowral How It Originated

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 4

On Saturday, 2nd December next, the electors of Bowral Municipality, in common with those of all the other municipalities and shires throughout…

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Candidates for Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 2

Nominations for the election of aldermen to Bowral Council will be declared today (Friday) but it is probable that…

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The Municipality of Bowral How It Originated (Continued)

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 10

Before passing on to the next developments leading to the creation of the Municipality, it is desirable, in the interests of strick historical…

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The Municipality of Bowral the First Election and Council (Continued from last issue)

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 10

Along, at last, came the eagerly awaited day of the first municipal election, the poll taking place in one of the small rooms at Bowral School…

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Bowral Council Wednesday November 15

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 5

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables) and Aid. Blacket, Burchell, H. and J. Campbell, Hardy, Price and Springett…

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Shire of Mittagong to the Electors of "C" Riding

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 9

[?] you on the [?] Council for the past [?] month. I now offer myself for [?]…

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Council Election Eleven Candidates at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 12

Nominations of candidates for [?] to the Bowral Municipal Council were declared on Friday and totalled eleven. Four of the retiring…

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Burradoo Residents Petition Council Want to Join Bowral Municipality

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Wednesday night a petition signed by 64 residents of Burradoo was presented asking that the area be…

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Council Elections Voting Is Compulsory

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 11

Tomorrow (Saturday), elections will be conducted for the three councils in this district. In Bowral, electors will be required to vote for nine…

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Council Clerk Suspended Alleged Inefficiency

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 2

At [?] Council meeting on Wednesday, 15th November, after the submission of reports from the submission of reports from the electrical engineer (Mr. A…

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Council Employees Picnic Weather Was Good

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 12

Bowral Council, and Mittagong Shire employees, with their wives and children (approximately 150 people) travelled by bus to Stuart's…

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The First Bowral Council (Continued from another Page)

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 7

Ackroyd's case, summarised, was that on the evening of 1st September, 1889, he was walking along Bowral Street, with one or two friends…

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The First Bowral Council ALD. J. J. CAMPBELL

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 December 1950 · page 10

Third on the list of successful candidates at Bowral's first municipal election was John Joseph Campbell, who led a long and interesting life…

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Mayor Entertains Retiring Council Candidates for Aldermen Present

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 2

There was a unique gathering in the Town Hail on Wednesday of last, week, at the conclusion of the last meeting of Bowral Council, prior to…

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