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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

1,141 stories in Murray's papers · page 25 of 58

Spooner As Schoolmaster! Lectures Shire Delegates Believes State Parliaments Will Eventually Go SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 5

The possibility of State Parliaments being "wiped out" at some future date and local governing bodies being given far wider…

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Ex-soldiers and Council Threat of Legal Action Preference in Employment

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 5

Henty branch of the Returned Soldiers League has indicated its determination to see that in all cases exsoldiers will receive the benefits of…

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Loan Council Will Discuss Expansion of Credit Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 7

A meeting of the Loan Council has been fixed for June 13 at Canberra. In addition to discussing details of the £7,500,000 loan to complete the…

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Labor Council to Boycott National Register Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 4

N.S.W. Labor Council to-night decided" to boycott the proposed compulsory national register. The boycott will be on a collective basis and an…

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Heffron Executive Expels Six Aldermen Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 7

The Heffron executive to-night expelled six aldermen of the Glebe Municipal Council for supporting the contract system in preference to day wage…

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Verdict for Council in Flood Damage Action

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

The case in which the misses Catherine and Mary Curry of Winton, claimed £18,900 damages from the Shire of Benalla, was concluded on…

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Items of News Wagga Council Continues Immunisation Scheme

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 4

Wagga Council will begin a new series of diphtheria immunisation injections next Tuesday when 130 children be treated. In the past three…

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Move to Have Control of Corowa Recreation Reserve Given to Council

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 3

At a public meeting held in Corowa Council Chambers last evening, it was decided to endeavor to have the control and management of the Corowa Recreation…

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Just a Smash. Youth at the WHEEL.(Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 1

Drivers under 20 years of age kill three times as many people as drivers under forty. Youth may take your life or give up its own…

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Holbrook Shire £5064 Collected in Rates Clerk's Report to Council

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

At the last meeting of Holbrook Shire Council the shire clerk (Mr. R. A. Roberts) reported that since January 1 an amount of £5064 had…

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Berrigan Shire Freight Rebates

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

Mr. E. L. Spooner, Minister for Works and Local Government, has written Mr. Lethbridge as follows:—…

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Control of Dogs Council Considers Report Proposed Regulations

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

A sub-committee appointed by Albury Council to frame regulations for the control of dogs in the Municipality presented a series of recommendations…

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Murray Border Council Tribunal at Rutherglen To-night

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

The appeal of T. Fagan, Walbundrie player who has been refused a clearance to Rand, will be taken before the Murray Border Council at…

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Will Prosecute State Cabinet s Decision Brick Manufacturers’ Council Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

State Cabinet decided to-day to launch a prosecution under the Monopolies Act against the Council of Manufacturers, which was the…

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Albury Council Funds Hold Up Big Works Water in Reserve St

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

Present at the fortnightly meeting of Albury Municipal Council last evening were: Aldermen Padman (Mayor), Johnston, Stanton Bunton, Logan,…

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A Civic Square Council to Prepare Plans Transfer of Land Discussed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 4

Referring to a proposal made some time ago by Albury Council to form a civic square, and to do which it was hoped to obtain the assistance of the…

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Just a Smash Youth at the Wheel (Issued by the Road' Safety Council of New South Wales)

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

Drivers under 20 years of age kill three times as many people as drivers under forty. Youth may take your life or give up its own…

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Grants to Shires and Municipal Councils Total Over £2 Million Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

The annual report of the Department of Works and Local Government for the year ended June 30, 1938, which was tabled in Parliament to-day by the…

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Administrator to Control Municipality Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

The ppointment of an administrator tor the Municipality of Glebe was agreed to 'by State 'Cabinet to-day on recommendation of the Minister for…

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Hay Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

The Council met on Monday night there being present: the Mayor (Ald. Gibson), and Aldermen Spence, Wilkinson, Speer, Hamilton, Pagan…

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