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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

821 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 42

District Council of A.p.p.u. Meets at Culcairn

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 4

Australian Primary Producers’ Union held its District Council meeting at [?] and delegates came from Walla…

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Yarrawonga Shire Council Meets

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 7

CR. W. A. BOTT presided at Tuesday’s meeting of the Yarrawonga Shire Council. Other councillors present were: Crs. W. E. Martin, G. Brooks, T. Lewis, J. G. Bruce, L. R. Forge, P. Maguire, J. Grant, J…

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Officers’ Reports to City Council

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 11

During the past fortnight, one case of scarlet fever was notified from an outside area, city health inspector (Mr. T. C. Morrow)…

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Chiltern Council Can’t Spend Grant

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 2

That many local governing bodies in both N.S.W. and Victoria were unable to use Government grants of money…

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City Council Reaffirms Policy on Temporary Dwellings

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

ALBURY CITY COUNCIL last night reaffirmed its previous decision prohibiting the erection and occupation of garages as temporary dwellings. Decision followed an application from Mr. L. W. Lord, of Poole st., for permission [?] occupy as a residence two large reinforced concrete garages on adjoining…

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Swimming Spectators Have to Stand Swimming Club Complains to Council

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 11

Anomalies which the Albury Amateur Swimming Club Claimed were associated with the seating accommodation at the…

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Murray Shire Council Meets Next

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 4

Murray Shire Council, in addition to its ordinary rou-tine business, will have 31 items of correspondence to…

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Property in Beechworth Shire to be Revalued AT last meeting of Beechworth Shire Council it was decided to have ratable property in the shire revalued as soon as possible

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 6

President. (Cr Jas Ferguson) welcomed the newly elected councillor, Cr P. A. Taylor, Cr Taylor was appointed a member of the…

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Labor Council Censures Own Employes

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: The NSW Trades and Labor Council tonight censored a section of its own employes for…

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Drill Hall Purchase Last-minute Doubts on Validity Municipal Trusteeship "Would Simplify Matter," says Town Clerk

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 2

AFTER assuming for some eight months that there was no obstacle to its acting as nominal purchaser of the Drill Hall on behalf of the War Memorial Committee, the Municipal Council, with the deal ready to close, has been somewhat…

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Yackandandah Shire Council

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 4

A meeting of Yackandandah Council was held on Thursday. At present the council is without an engineer, Mr. McLintock having…

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Bright Shire Council

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 5

The business sheet of Bright Shire Council was light. The Department of Health advised of efforts to secure a…

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Hew Murray Shire Councillor Welcomed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 4

Cr. E. J. Glenn, a recently elected B riding representative who replaces Cr. E. R. Cooper on Murray Shire Council, was…

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Murrumbidgee Electorate Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 1

The general secretary of the New South Wales Country Party (Mr. J. F. Dredge of sydney) and Mr. H. S. Roberton, M.H.R.,…

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Items of News “Disgrace to Culcairn Shire”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 2

Culcairn Shire Council came in for a deal of criticism yesterday by representative of a firm who frequently travels the highway…

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New A.l.p. Council Formed

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 5

Albury State Electoral Council of the A.L.P. met at Culcairn yesterday to set up a new council made necessary by the…

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Murray Shire Engineer’s Report S.H. 21—Cobb Highway

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 4

The reconstruction of the formation and surfacing wife, specially selected blended material has now been completed from…

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Memorial Hall Committee Names Council As Trustees

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 2

AFTER discussing the various points raised by the Council over the trusteeship of the Drill Hall and the technical difficulties of other trustees acquiring the hall, it was decided by the Hay War Memorial Committee last evening that the…

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Berrigan Shire Council

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council was held on Monday last, the following Councillors being present: Crs. E. H. Coldwell (president)…

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Culcairn Shire Council

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 11

The monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council was held on Monday. There were present: Councillors L. C. Lindner (president). A. Ross,…

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