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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

787 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 40

The Leongatha Murder. Sodeman's Appeal to Privy Council

The Independent · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 3

Arnold Sodeman's application to the Privy Council will be heard shortly…

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Wentworth’s New Mayor

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 3

After being several months without a mayor, the town of Wentworth has had Ald. Edwin J. Sykes gazetted to that position Mr. Sykes has for many…

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Municipal Council Last Night’s Meeting

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 1

AT the usual, fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council last night there were present: Ald. E. T. Mathews (Deputy-Mayor), and Ald. T…

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Special Meeting of Council

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 2

A Special Meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council will be held on Thursday May 28, for the purpose of considering…

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Municipal Council Monday Night's Meeting Subsidy for Boy Scouts' Association

The Independent · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

The Deniliquin Municipal Council met on Monday night when there were present: The deputy-Mayor (Ald. E. T. Matthews), and Ald. J…

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Reports to Council Advertising Benefits of Electricity

The Independent · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 2

Included in the reports to the Municipal Council on Monday night was a recommendation from the electrical engineer that the…

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Electricity Council's Undertaking Progresses. Report for January-March Quarter

The Independent · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

A very satisfactory report on the electricity undertaking for the January-March garter was presented to the Municipal…

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Tenders for Graders. Accepted by Shire Council

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council tenders for the purchase of the Council's two horsedrawn graders were opened as…

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Holbrook Shire Council £5340 to Be Spent on Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

With portion of a special loan and assistance from the Main Roads Board, Holbrook Shire Council is launching out on an important road improvement…

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The Maude Weir. And Oxley Road. Report to Shire Council

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council, the President, C. Mathews, stated in his report of the Shires Conference:…

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Melbourne's Lord Mayor Becomes M.l.c

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 16

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Cr. A. G. Wales) won the Melbourne Province seat in the Legislative Council by-election with a majority of 2429…

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Sodeman's Appeal. Dismissed by Privy Council. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

The Privy Council judicial committee, of which Sir Isaac Isaacs was a member, dismissed the appeal from Victoria against the death sentence…

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Will Not Expel Mr. Garden Electorate Council's Vote

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 38

By an overwhelming majority the Cook electorate council of the State Labor party refused to support the expulsion of Mr. J. S. Garden, M.H.R…

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Agricultural Bureaux Council Wheat Marketing and Pools Co-operative Buying

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

A meeting of delegates to the Henty Sub-branch of the Agricultural Bureau was held in Henty on Thursday evening, presided over by Mr. W. J…

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Farmers and Settlers Association Resolutions for District Council Immigration Restriction

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

A meeting of the Henty branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association was held on Tuesday afternoon, there being present:—Messrs. O. A. Twartz…

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Waradgery Shire Meeting of Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 4

The Waradgery Shire Council met on Thursday. There were present: Councillors R. S. T. Matthews (President), Rutledge, Sheaffe, Ronald…

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Municipal Council. Special Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 3

A special meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council was held on Thursday evening of last week to consider the Town Clerk's report…

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Diphtheria Immunisation. Scheme Supported by Hay Municipal Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 2

The Hay Municipal Council last night received a letter from the Department of Public Health inviting the Council, as the local health…

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Five Men Reprieved. One to be Executed. Executive Council's Decisions. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 3

The Executive Council has decided that the sentence at death imposed upon James Leighton Massey (21), for the murder of Norman Stead in…

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The Government and Council. Alteration to Franchise. Back to 1927. Subsidy for Electricity Extensions

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 3

The local government franchise is to be altered so that only the owner, lessee or occupier of rateable land valued at £5 or more a year…

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