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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

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Council Officers’ Reports

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 15

Albury Council last night adopted the following reports from its officers: ENGINEER…

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Council to Assist Bottle Drive

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

Albury City Council will allow the Apex Club the use of two of its truck to assist its bottle drive on Sunday next. The drive will…

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R.S.L. Riverina District Council Annual Meeting

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

On Saturday, 5th inst, the annual meeting of the Riverina District Council was held in the Town Hall, Jerilderie, some 30 delegates…

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Firm’s request on wool store to Albury council

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 15

Younghusband Ltd.: Albury, [?] council last night to waive [?] 11a in ordinance 71 in res[?] to its proposed wool store…

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Windouran Shire Engineer’s Report

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

Windouran Shire engineer, Mr. E. F. Eberbach, presented his report to a recent meeting of council. The following is a…

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Conargo Shire Engineer’s Report

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

The following report of work completed and in progress since the previous meeting, was presented at last week’s meeting of…

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Council Approves Licences

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

Approval of applications for public vehicle drivers’ licences was on Wednesday night given by the Deniliquin Municipal…

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Long Service on Waradgery Shire Mr. R. P. McFarland Honoured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

Mr. R. P. McFarland, who served as Councillor on the Waradgery Shire for thirty years, was entertained at luncheon yesterday, and presented…

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Waradgery Shire No Protest on Electricity Supply Help for Booligal Hall

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council yesterday declined a request by the Municipality of Ashfield to co-operate in protesting to the State Government on the electricity supply position in N.S.W…

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Council Spending Above Overdraft Slightly Embarrassed, Says Town Clerk

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

AT a meeting of the finance committee of the Municipal Council on Tuesday, it was stated by the Town Clerk (Mr. A. G. Stewart) that expenditure this financial year was £339 above the limit of Council's overdraft…

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Electricity “grab” by big cities feared by Yackandandah Council (By our special reporter: )

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

Yackandandah Shire Council yesterday expressed concern at recent newspaper reports that most of the hydro-electric power from the Snowy River and Kiewa schemes would go to the capital cities…

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Murray Shire Council Rejects Tender

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 4

A.C.Hall's tender for [?]101368 for the supply and delivery of 3800 cubic yards of loam on the Denill quin -Barham road was rejected by…

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Shire to Consider Tenders

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

Waradgery Shire Tenders Board will meet in Hay on June 2 to consider several tenders received for a number of works in the Shire area…

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Municipal Council All Weather Footway for Hospital Visitors

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

FOLLOWING an urgent request by the Hospital Board of Directors for a footpath along Murray Street from Lachlan Street, for the use of hospital visitors, the Hay Municipal Council at its meeting on Friday agreed to provide an…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Approved Road Work

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 4

Following a number of requests Murrumbidgee Shire Council will authorise a programme of essential clearing and forming work on…

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Murray Shire Engineer’s Report

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

The following report of works on hand and completed since the previous meeting, was presented to Murray Shire Council…

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Coreen Shire also has electricity worries

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

Coreen Shire’s acting electrical engineer (Mr H. Grosch) warned yesterday that if .council did not amalgamate its electricity administration with Corowa Municipal Council, it would find itself in a precarious position…

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Work by Council Staff

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 4

Mr. Ian Taylor, Deniliquin Municipal Council engineer, reported last Wednesday night that the following work had been…

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General Meter Testing Approved by Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

At the meeting of the Hay Municipal Council on Friday, a suggestion that the electrical engineer carry out tests of all meters owned by the…

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Berrigan Shire Council Correspondence

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 7

From Local Government and Shires Association, requesting to be supplied with up to date particulars of revenue [?] as a result of statutory…

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