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Southern Highlands · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

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Mittagong Council FRIDAY, 16th MARCH

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 2

Present Crs L. L. Jurd (President), A. M. Alcorn. V. C. Bradman, F. C. Hambridge.C. H. Metcalfe, C. E. House and J. I. Toohey…

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Mayor Praises Work of Committee Bqwral Kindergarten Building Committee

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 7

The Mayor of Bowral (Aid. H. F. Venables) who occupied the chair at the annual meeting of the Bowral Memorial Kindergarten Building…

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Bowral Council WEDNESDAY, 28th MARCH

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Present: The fall council. The Department of Local Government wrote that £50 had been allocated towards the coat of the Jubilee…

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Bowral Council WEDNESDAY, 11th APRIL

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 3

Present, the full council. A letter from Mr. Blake Polly, M.L.A., stating that small grants might be available for- parks and reserves which had…

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Bowlers Seek New Green Site Deputation to Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 6

At last meeting of Bowral Council a deputation comprising Messrs. D. A. Webb (president) and A. A. North of the Bowral Bowling Club,…

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Schools Celebrate Jubilee Mittagong Shire Celebrations

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 6

Ten schools from the Mittagong Shire area were represented at the sportsground, Mittagong, on Wednesday of last week, when a combined…

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Bowral Council WEDNESDAY, 9th MAY

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 6

Present: The Mayor (Aid. Venables) and Aid. Kirkby, Knapman, Lindley and Sandry. Aid. Springett arrived at a later stage of the…

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Traffic Survey Council Makes Check in Bong Bong Street

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 8

Members of the staff of Bowral Council took a census of vehicles passing along Bong Bong and other streets between 8 a.m. on 27th April…

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Mittagong Council FRIDAY, 18th MAY

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 3

Present: Full Council. Cr. Bradman reported that "C" Riding councillors had met Mr. Metcalfe and a surveyor regarding…

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Bowral Council WEDNESDAY, 23rd MAY

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 2

Present: The fall Council. The Children's Library Committee in acknowledging a donation by the Council, said its members were…

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Municipal Library Bendooley Street

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 6

RATEPAYERS, residents, or persons regularly employed in Bowral are invited to join their Municipal Library…

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Local Government Mayor Op Bowral Gives Interesting Address

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 7

The Mayor of Bowral (Ald. H. F. Venables) gave a most interesting and thoughtful address to members of the Berriman District Educational…

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Bowral Council WEDNESDAY, 13th JUNE

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 4

Present: The full council. A telegram was received from the Commonwealth Treasurer congratulating the citizens on filling: their quota on…

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Council [?] Deputation Balmoral-hill Top-aylmerton Road

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

At the meeting of Mittagong Shire Council on Friday of time was taken up in hearing a deputation regarding the Th« Bill Tjd de!»tatcs tet out in…

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Radio Units in Council Vehicles Discussion in Councils

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 9

A joint Committee set up by Mittagong Shire Council and Bowral Municipal Council recently recommended to both bodies the provision…

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Mittagong Council FRIDAY, 15th JUNE

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 6

Present: The President (Cr. Jurd) and Crs. Bradman, Hambridge, MacDonald, Metcalfe, Rouge, Toohey and Wills…

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Bowral Council Wednesday, June 27

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 4

The Local Government Association wrote that the Annual Conference would be held at Lismore in October. The…

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Bowral Council WEDNESDAY, 11th JULY

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

Preset: The Mayor (Ald. Venables) and Aldermen Kirkby, Knapman, Lindley, Price, Sandry and Springett…

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Difficulties With Gas Report to Bowral Council

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 6

Then' have been complaints' from gras consumers in Bowral, in recent weeks regarding the smell of the gas and the…

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Shire Council at Mittagong FRIDAY, 20th JULY

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 2

Present: The President (Cr. Jurd) and Crs. Alcorn, Bradman, Hambridge, Metcalfe, McDonald, House and Toohey…

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