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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

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Albury Municipal Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 45

The mayor (Ald. Burrows) presided at the regular meeting of the council on Wednesday night, and Ald. J. C. Keane, who had recently been elected to the…

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Hay Municipal Council

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

The Council met on Monday night. There were present: The Mayor (Mr. J. E. McMahon) and Ald. Clarke, Butterworth, Layh, Wilkinson, and McRae…

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Berrigan Shire Cou[?]oll. Monthly Meeting

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council was held on Monday last, when there ware present—Councillors A. Erskine…

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Bulgarian Prisoners of War at Broken Hill. Have They Been Sent to Work Indignation Meeting Called by Mayor. Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 3

Twenty-two Bulgarian prisoners of war arrived here to-day from Liverpool camp under a guard. It was rumored that they had been sent…

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The Irish Problem. Casement and Bailey Committed For Trial. Mr Asquith Joins the Irish Privy Council. An Alleged Plot with Welsh Miners

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

At the proceedings against Casement Dempsey, an Irish diver, gave evidence that he examined the sunken steamer Aude, which was lying in 18…

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Towong Shire Council

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 4

A meeting was held on Monday. Present: Crs. Sutherland, Lobban, Brindley, Cronin, Dobinson, Nankervis, Tobin, Paton, Andrews, Cook, Scobie, and Reid…

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Waradgery Shire Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Shire of Waradgery took place on Thursday last, there being present: Mr. Geo. R. Horton (president) and…

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Failure to Destroy Noxious Weeds. Albury Council Prosecutions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 1

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, before the P.M. (Mr. J. Laidlay) and Mr. M. J. D'Arcy, J.P., Joseph Seymour, inspector to the Albury Municipal Council…

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Victorian Legislative Council. Two Cantidates Returned Unopposed. North-east and Melbourne West. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. William Kendall, farmer, of Geelong, and Mr. James Herbert Disney, Labor candidate, of St. Vincent's place, Albert Park, were declared elected…

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Yackandandah Shire Council

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 41

The monthly meeting of the shire council took place on the 10th inst. Present— Crs. Hodgson (in the chair), Clutterbuck, Ivers, Molyneux, and Wallace…

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Municipal Council

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 2

There was no meeting of the Municipal Council last Monday evening owing to three of the six aldermen being out of town, and it requires an…

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Chiltern Shire to Stand

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 2

The "Federal Standard" writes:-- "It is pleasing Indeed for us to be able to-day to record the fact that the Shire of Children, after all, will not lose its…

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What Shire-Farming Offere

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

Mr F. J. Gorman, of [?] Berrigan, who farms [?] 4000 acres, about half of it on the shares system, writes in the Sydney “Daily…

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Corowa Municipal Council. Special Meeting. Tuesday, May 2[?]

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 3

Present--His Worship the Mayor (Ald. A. A. Piggin), and Ald. Chivell. Duan, Rent, Parkin, Oswald, Sammons, and Thompson…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Corowa District Council

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the above will be held at the Globe Hotel to-day (Friday), at 2.30 p.m., when delegates will be present from all the branches in…

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Council Contracts Recruiting.and Recruiting. to the Editor

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 3

Sir,—As a ratepayer and loyalist, I wish to express my complete disapproval and disgust of the local shire council’s action in giving work…

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Conargo Shire Council

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday morning. Cr A. T. Uphill (President), Crs. J. V. Ingram, P. Landale, H. H. Landale, and J. H…

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Noxious Weeds in Hume Shire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 4

At the Albury Police Court yesterday, Mr. J. J. Keighran, inspector to the Hume Shire Council, proceeded against several ratepayers for failing to destroy…

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F. and S. Association. Corowa District Council Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1916 · page 3

A meeting of the above was held at the Globe Hotel on Friday afternoon last. Mr. G. C. Morphett, president, occupying the chair. The following…

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Municipal

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

A Court of Appeal will be held at the Balranald Court House on Tuesday, 20th June, to hear and determine appeals on municipal assessment and rates…

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