Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Council & local affairs, all years

Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 63

Selassie Absent When League Council Meets Stricken with Illness Geneva, May 9

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 2

After a brief meeting to deal with the agenda, the private session of the Council of the League of Nations was adjourned to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

London’s Lord Mayor and Mayoress

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 May 1938 · page 5

In charge of the civic affairs of the huh of the Empire is Sir Harry Twyford, whose wife (right) was an Adelaide girl. One of Sir Harry’s…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Coreen Shire Council

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Coreen Shire Council was held at the Municipal Chambers, Corowa, on Monday last, when there were present…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Carrathool Shire Meeting of Council

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 2

The Carrathool Shire Council met on Monday, there being present:—Councillors Chapman (President). Westrup, Varcoe, Killen, Glasgow…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Windouran Shire Meeting of Council

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 4

A MEETING of the Windouran Shire Council was held on Tuesday, when there were present, Crs. G. T. Lyons (president), A. C. Chalmers, A. Daly,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Coreen Shire Council Diphtheria Immunisation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 6

The proposal to carry out immunisation of children in Daysdale and Ball-dale against diphtheria was again brought up at the last meeting of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Murray Shire Council Meeting of Councillors

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 2

[This report was obtained solely at the expense of the “Pastoral Times.” If it is pi[?]ated (as usual) by the “Independent,” its theft…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Towong Shire Council Business at Monthly Meeting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 7

Those present at the monthly meeting of Towong Shire Council were:—Crs. Hutchinson (president), J. R. Paton, Muller, Hied, Broome…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Municipal Council Tuesday, May 10, 1938

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 4

Present: [?] Worship the Mayor (Ald. J. H. Armour). Aldermen W. McLean, G. M. Watson, T. C. Morris, L. M. Buggy, D. MacDonald, C. H…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Straying Stock on Shire Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 16

To check the straying, stock nuisance at Lake Cargelligo, the Lachlau Shire Council has decided to appoint an assistant impounding officer at…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Sweating on Dairy Farms Shire Councillor's Statements

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 11

Recently Judge Drake-Brockman stated that conditions of labor in the clothing trade in Victoria were deplorable. Subsequently at a meeting of…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Child Welfare National Council's Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 32

For country women, especially, the long-awaited, report of the National Council on Nutrition and Child Welfare will indicate a special form of…

Continued on Trove, page 32 →

Improving the Villages Urban Areas suggested. For Carrathool Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 4

At Monday's meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council, all the councillors being present, the Shire Clerk (Mr. McCormack), who had been…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Overseas News the League Council. Spanish Government Moves. GENEVA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 2

The Spanish Goverment delegate asked the League to conduct an inquiry into intervention in Spain, through an international commission…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

League of Nations Intriguing Problem for Council 'Abyssinia Not Conquered" London, May 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 37

Despatches from secret Abyssinian sources form the basis of a long document asserting that native resistance is now more intense and more effective…

Continued on Trove, page 37 →

Non-intervention Attacked by Spanish Delegate at League Council Meeting LONDON--May 11

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 5

A fierce attack by the Spanish Government delegate, Delvayo, on nonintervention was the chief topic at the League Council meeting to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Items of News Wagga Council to Spend £70,000 on Water Supply and Sewerage Extensions

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 6

At its meeting last evening Wagga Municipal Council adopted a scheme to cost £70.000 in the extension of the town’s water supply and sewerage…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Labor Loses Ground N.Z. Municipal Elections Women Candidates Win Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 5

Non-Labor Mayors of Auckland and Wellington were re-elected with increased majorities in the municipal elections held throughout New…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Hume Shire Council Extensive Correspondence List Complaints About District Roads

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 10

The monthly meeting of Hume Shire Council yesterday was presided over by the President (Cr. J. Pearce Smith.) and there was a full attendance of…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Abandoned Dead Beast Shire Council Offers Reward for Detection of Owner

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 6

Five pounds reward has been offered by Hume Shire Council for information leading to the detection of the owner of a dead cow left on Council…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →