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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

920 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 46

10,000 Boys Protest to Mayor

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Mod: Ten thousand boys propose to send to the Mayor of Doncaster a petition protesting against the…

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Shire Asked to Pay £1100

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

WANGARATTA, Mon: Wanga-ratta Shire; Council's commitment to the Country Roads Board for the construction of the Bright road…

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Wodonga Shire Hall

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 9

Recent painting of the main hall, in which pictures are shown and dances held, of the kitchen, supper room…

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Arts Council Music Group Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Arts Council Music Group meeting last evening, when the course in musical appreciation was…

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Wodonga Shire Finances

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 10

The secretary (Mr Eddy) reported to Wodonga Council yesterday that in the general account receipts for March totalled £458/11/4; expenditure was…

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Wodonga Shire Engineer Farewelled

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 12

Fare welling the council’s engineer (Mr T. Hogg) who has resigned, Wodonga Shire President (Cr. Snowdon) yesterday…

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Mayor Expects Big Flux of Easter Visitors

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

This year’s Easter festivities at Albury would briar to the city the greatest Influx of visitors ever to come here, the…

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Yesterday’s Wodonga Council Decisions the President (Cr. Snowdon) presided at a meeting of Wodonga Shire Council yesterday. Decision were: K. Bounader made a second

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 11

Decisions were: XC. Bounader made a second request that council consider reducing the hall rent for his…

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Briefs From Wodonga Council

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

Wodonga Shire Council at its meeting yesterday made the following decisions:— Wodonga Rovers Football Club,…

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Council Orders Removal of Huts ?

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

In his report to Albury Council last evening', the engineer (Mr Sarvaas) stated that two huts had been erected on Mate’s Park (Holden…

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Albury City Council Decisions At Last Evening’s Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 5

AN emphatic protest against the proposal to establish a sanitary depot in the vicinity of the living quarters of 4 Central Ammunition Deport at Hume was received from the commanding officer, Lieut. Colonel G. S. Baker, by Albury council last evening…

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N.S.W. Housing Commission Accuses Albury Council Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 1

HOUSING Commission homes in Albury would have been occupied long ago if Albury. Municipal Council, instead of indulging in baseless criticism, had taken action to extend its sewerage services, a…

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Shire Meeting

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

The monthly meeting of Culcairn Shire Council will be held on Monday next, April 11…

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Municipal Council Rejects - Slaughteryard Idea

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

While the establishment of a Municipal slaughteryard at Deniliquin would be to the advantage of public health…

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Yarrawonga Shire Approval To Raise Loan

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 5

The following correspondence was tabled and dealt with at the monthly meeting of Yarrawonga Shire Council on Tuesday:—…

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Eye on Council Elections

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.: The British Labor Party, shaken by the unremitting austerity of Sir Stafford Cripps’…

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Albury Council Denies Holding Up Homes

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

A CATEGORICAL denial of a statement by a spokesman for the Housing Commission in Sydney on Wednesday nig-ht that Albury council, by not extending its sewerage service, was holding up…

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Decisions of Hume Shire Council

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 5

AT yesterday's meeting of Hume Shire Council the following requests were received-from Howlong Progress Association :—. That approaches to the Memorial Parte be improved by…

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Hume Council Supports T.b. Appeal

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 5

Home Shire Council yesterday decided to recommend to all public organisations in its area support for the Albury Hospital TB…

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BRIGHT Shire Matters

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 10

Mr J. Gray, of Castlemaine, has been appointed secretary to the Shire of Bright, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of…

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