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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

1,024 stories in Murray's papers · page 51 of 52

Carrathool Shire December Meeting The Principal Business

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 6

The Council met on Monday, 9th December, there being present: Crs. Chapman (president), Varcoe, Munro, Westrup and Killen. Cr…

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Windouran Shire Meeting Ratepayers’ Co-operation Appreciated

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 1

Windouran Shire Council to-day held its final meeting for the year, when there were present: Cr. G. T. Lyons (president) and. Crs. A. P…

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Cr. J. H. Patterson Again President Of Shire

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 1

Cr. J. H. Patterson was unanimously re-elected president of Conarge Shire Council for 1941, at a special meeting held yesterday. Cr…

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Conargo Shire Activities President’s Report for 1940

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 2

The following report on the year’s activities was presented to Conargo Shire Council yesterday by the president (Cr. J. H. Patterson) :—…

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Cr. Lyons’s Fourth Term President of Windouran Shire

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 1

For his fourth successive term, Cr. G. T. Lyons was to-day unanimously elected president of Windouran Shire Council…

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Yackandandah Shire Sound Financial Position Year Ends W H Credit of £1515

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 9

At the last monthly meeting of [?] andandah Shire Council those [?] were: Crs. H. Hodgson [?] P. Hayes, J. Jamison, G. Moore, M…

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If You’re a Pedestrian (Issued by Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 4

Two out of three people killed in city traffic are pedestrians. Even, in rural areas, pedestrians comprise one out of every three traffic…

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Water Supply at Cemetery Council Requests Trustees to Take Action

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 3

The trustees of Deniliquin cemetery are be asked by the Municipal Council to provide for a permanent water supply at the cemetery…

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New Traffic Regulations (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 1

Universal complaint has been made over the last few years about the danger and discomfort of glaring headlights from motor vehicles. The…

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Riverina County Council Meeting at the Rock Mr. Moyle Appointed Full-time Clerk

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 1

Delegates present at a meeting of the Southern Riverina County Council held at The Rock on Wednesday were as follows: Councillors J. J…

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Balranald Municipal Council ALD' J. C. Lloyd Re-elected Mayor

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 December 1940 · page 2

At the meeting of Balranald Municipal Council, held on Monday evening last, Ald. J. C. Lloyd, was unanimously re-elected Mayor…

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Resigned As Protest and Are Re-elected Three Corowa Aldermen

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 December 1940 · page 4

Aldermen G. Watson, W. Maclean and T. C. Morris, who resigned as a [?] against the Government’s decision to postpone the triennial…

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Cr. J. Ross’ Ninth Term As President Holbrook Shire; Rates Reduced

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 December 1940 · page 5

At a special meeting of Holbrook Shire Council Cr. John Ross was re-elected President for the ninth term, and Cr. J. F. Nyhan deputy President…

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Chiltern Council Overdraft Reduced by £100 Slow Ratepayers to Be Stirred

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 December 1940 · page 5

Balance sheet for the year of the Chiltern Shire Council showed a reduction of £100 in the Overdraft, it was revealed at the last meeting of the…

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Coreen Shire Council

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 4

The Clerk reported as [?] the last meeting of the Coreen Shire Council:— During the week Mr Gorman…

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Waradgery Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 4

The Waradgery Shire Council met on Thursday, there being present: Crs. Matthews (president), McFarland. Ronald, Sheaffe, Rutledge and…

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Waradgery Shire Council President's Annual Report

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 1

At Thursday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council the president submitted the following resume of the work of the Council for the…

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Municipal Council Four Nominations No Election

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 3

Friday last was the day of nomination in connection with the four vacancies in the Corowa Municipal Council, caused by the resignations of…

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Council Employe Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 2

When he fell 30 feet from a transformer in Johnston street, Wagga last night, John Keppie, aged 26, a municipal council employe, sustained…

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As You Were with the Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 2

At last night's Municipal Council meeting a letter was read from Mr. T. Barlow, hon, secretary of the Murrumbidgee Cricket Association…

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