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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

1,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 52

Municipal Council Meeting Ratepayers Request Improvement in Water Service

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 4

Deniliquin Council met last night, when there were present: The Mayor (Ald. J. E. McFaull), Ald, Bradford, Edwards, Fitznead, Perrin, Brown,…

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The Narandera Conference Shire President's Report

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 3

At Thursday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council, the president (Cr. Roy Matthews), who was a delegate at the Local Government…

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Meetings Near Memorial Banned by Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 1

Public meetings in front of the Soldiers’ Memorial Gates, Waring Gardens, are to be banned in future. Deniliquin Council made this…

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These Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 3

Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and smashing the windscreen of…

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Shire Council Health Inspector’s Report

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 4

The Health Inspector (Mr N. Sutton) reported as follows:— Building.—Application has been received for permission to erect a…

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Supreme War Council; Norway and Poland Represented (British Official Wireless) LONDON. April 23

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 1

Norway was represented at the latest meeting of the Supreme War Council in Paris yesterday and today. Her representative was the…

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Windouran Shire Council Meeting Held To-day

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 4

Windouran Shire Council met to-day, when there were present: Cr. G. T. Lyons (president), Crs. A. P. Edmunds, J. Priestly, A. C. Chalmers, A…

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Praise For Windouran Shire Roads

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

A high compliment was handed to the engineer (Mr. A. C. Fitznead) by the president of Windouran Shire Council (Cr. G. T. Lyons) at to-day’s…

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Albury Rest Room Officially Opened by Mayor Town’s Generosity Praised

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 8

Proudest man on Anzac Day in Albury was Mr. C. G. Bowring. president of the local sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ League,…

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Ambulance Adopts Wait-and-see Policy in Council's Rate Claim

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 April 1940 · page 6

Some months ago Albury Municipal Council decided to endeavor to obtain rates from the Albury Ambulance, but that body claimed exemption on the…

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Supreme War Council Meets Again London, April 27

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 April 1940 · page 1

The ninth meeting of the Supreme War Council was held in London to-day. The mooting, which took place at 16 Downing st,. was a continuation…

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Noxious Plants in Murray Shire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 3

A list of plants declared noxious in Murray Shire is published to-day. A penalty not exceeding £20 tor the first offence and £50 for any subsequent…

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Murray Electorate Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 1

[?] annual meeting of Murray [?]orate Council of the United [?] Party will be held at the Town [?] Deniliquin, on Saturday, 11th…

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Shire Valuation Reduction Sought by Landowiners

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 3

Yesterday a Conference was held at the Municipal Council Chambera, Corowa, between Mr. Ross and officers of the…

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Open Road Is Danger (Issued by Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 2

On the evidence of the road accident figures for the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in which accidents…

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Hay Municipal Airport Now in Use An Entirely Local Enterprise

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 3

Yesterday morning the Victorian. and Interstate Airways' 'plane, the Wilgul, lauded for the first time on the new aerodrome in South Hay…

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Wodonga Shire Council Rating of Church Properties Garden Improvements and Builders’ Warnings

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 6

At yesterday’s meeting of the Wodonga Shire Council, in response to request by the Country Roads Board that applications be…

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Licences Granted by Albury Council

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 4

The following licences were granted by the Albury Municipal Council last night: Ralph [?] Williams, North Melbourne sewerage and water…

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May Be Beautified Young Street Area Albury Council Moves

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 3

[?]tification of the much-discussed vacant block of land in Young street, near the railway station, may soon be undertaken…

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Albury Municipal Affairs

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 3

Present at last night’s meeting of the Albury Municipal Council. were the Mayor (Ald. D. G. Padman). Ald. J. G. Johnston, E. A. Stanton, C. E…

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