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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

920 stories in Murray's papers · page 43 of 46

Art Council Music Group Meets

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 12

Final Arte Council Music Group meeting for 1949 was held ON Tuesday evening and was particularly well attended…

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Wodonga Council And Temporary Dwellings

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 11

Discussing granting of permission for the erection of temporary dwellings in Wodonga Shire, the Shire President (Cr. J. S. Hore)…

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Wodonga Shire Decisions. Reply to Rsl on Picnic Request

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 9

Owing: to file present polio epidemic it was unwise to bring children together more than was necessary, -councillors said at the…

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Ex Mayor of Yass Fined; Health inspector Defied

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 3

Fines, and costs totalling: £174 were imposed on an ex Mayor of Yass in the Court last week in the adjourned hearing of the case…

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Beechworth Shire Council

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 December 1949 · page 9

At a meeting of Beechwofth Shire Council the engineer (Mr J. T. Sullivan) reported that he had made arrangements for a…

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New Hume Shire President and Deputy

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 December 1949 · page 14

The newly-elected President of the Hume Shire, Cr. T. Conway (left) with the retiring President, Cr. B. Bromfield, who will act as deputy President for the ensuing year…

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Cr. Conway Is New Hume Shire President

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 December 1949 · page 14

AT a special meeting yesterday, Cr. T. Conway was was elected President of Hume Shire Council for 1950. Retiring President (Cr. Bromfield), who did not seek re-election,, was chosen as deputy…

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Executive Council Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 December 1949 · page 14

ABLTA executive council will meet Messrs Belbridge & Hague's office at 8 o'clock tonight to discuss the forthcoming visit to Albury of the…

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Hume Shire Decisions £12,000 to Be Spent on New Plant

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 December 1949 · page 12

HUME Shire Council on Friday adopted a committee recommendation to apply to the Local Go-vernment Department for a loan of £12,000 to pur-chase new plant…

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Rutherglen Shire Council

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 7

The Minister for Public Works advised Rutherglen Shire Council at its last meeting that the allocation of £2013 has been…

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Murrumbidgee Shire President Returned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 2

On Friday, Cr. W. M. Ryan was returned for his second term as president of Murrumbidgee Shire. The special meeting for the…

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Special Council Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 3

A special meeting of the Municipal council will precode the ordinary monthly meeting to night (Tuesday), he object of which is to fix the…

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Conargo Shire Prepares For £47,000 1950 Expenditure

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 7

Conargo Shire Council’s 1950 estimates have been based on a rate of 1¾d. in the £. The existing rate is, 1½d. in the…

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Wangaratta News Items Wangaratta, Mon.: Oxley Shire Brevities

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 4

Oxley Shire Council today agreed that it would maintain roads in a safe condition within a radius of ten miles of Moyhu…

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First Municipal and Shires’ Picnic a Success

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 7

The first picnic of the Municipal and Shires’ Empoyees’ Union was held at Brewery Bend last Friday and attracted…

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Bright Council News

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 11

At the monthly meeting of Bright Shire Council a request that the council co-operate in undertaking the consignments of fat…

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Wangaratta News Items Wangaratta, Tues. Oxley Shire Finances

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 13

Ratepayers of Oxley Shire, for the year ended September 30, paid the whole of the general rates and arrears of rates, total amounting…

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New Shire President. CR. E. H. Cold Well Elected

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 2

A special meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council was held on Monday morning last, Cr. [?] presiding, and [?] being present…

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Aldermen Criticise Conduct of Eisteddfod

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 11

CRITICISM of the conduct of the recent Albury eisteddfod which incurred a loss of £174 was voiced by aldermen at last night's meeting of Albury city Council following receipt of a request from Albury Eisteddfod Committee for a donation to assist in liquidating its deficit…

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Ald. Bunton Re—elected Mayor

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 2

Aid. C. E. Bunton was last night re-elected unopposed by Albury City Council to his fourth successive term of office as…

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