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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

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Windouran Shire To Get £7900 From C.A.R.

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 1

Windouran Shire Council has been allotted £7900 from the Commonwealth Aid Roads Grant for the financial year…

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Cr. M. Jamison to lead Yackandandah Council

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 12

Cr. M. Jamison, of Huon, was yesterday elected Yackandandah Shire President for 1951-52. Allowance was fixed at £60. Retiring President (Cr…

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Hay Council's Works Borrowing Curtailed Bank Refuses Truck Advance

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 2

THE Loan Council has curtailed the Hay Municipal Council's borrowing programme, by cutting its current allocation from an estimated £32,000 to £20,000. Water and sewerage extensions proposed would absorb…

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Conargo Shire Brevities

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 7

[?] engineer will inspect a [?] plank in the Tuppal [?] and [?]des in the road Tuppal station entrance…

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Corowa Municipal Council Discussion on Coursing Club Account

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening, September 11, when there were present The Mayor (Ald. T. C. Morris, chair), Alderman S. R. E. Loveridge, M. Carrigg, J. Bartlett, Carson, J…

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Engineer Reports to Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 2

Mr. M. R. Cover, engineer to the Murray Shire Council, reported as follows to last week’s meeting on works…

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Conargo Shire Valued At 2,000,000

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 4

It was revealed at the last meeting of Conargo Shire that the shire has been valued at £2 million…

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Conargo Shire Wants Immunisation Campaign Against Tuberculosis, Diptfteria and Whooping Cough

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

Cr. J. Fawns, at Conargo Shire Council meeting, urged councillors to inaugurate an immunisation campaign…

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Council Notes

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council, advice was received that a grant of £7800 had been made available to the Shire from the Federal…

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Albury Labor Council urges “Yes” Vote

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 1

Albury and Border Trades and Labor Council delegates, at a meeting last night, carried a resolution urging all…

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Stir Over Albury Labor Council Resolution

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 3

Albury and Border Trades and Labor Council had “no authority from the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian Labor Party, or any industrial organisation in N.S.W. or the Commonwealth.” This was emphasised yesterday by president of Albury branch of the A.LP. and…

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“Cycle racks not my idea”--council engineer

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 2

“I wish to refute the general impression create through the press and otherwise that the present experimental cycle racks are my idea. Apart from metal clips is the getter, I have always recommended against…

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Power Station at Mulwala? Coreen Council to Move in Matter

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 10

Coreen Shire Council wall call a conference of all interested shires to discuss the proposal of commencing a power Motion at Mulwala using Oakland coal. The council made this…

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Housing in Rutherglen Shire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 1

At last meeting of Rutherglen Shire Council it was reported that Mr. Bates, of the Housing Commission, visited…

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New Shire Plant Arriving Shortly

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 2

Additional plant for the Waradgery Shire Council is due to arrive in the very near future. At yesterdays meeting the…

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Two Unions to Break with Albury Labor Council. Sequel to “Yes” vote advocacy

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 3

The A.R.U. and the Transport workers’ Union in Albury will withdraw delegates to Albury and Border Trades and Labor Council following the council’s advocacy of a “Yes” vote in the…

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Albury Labor Council tells why is [?]

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 September 1951 · page 2

Albury and Border Trades and Labor Council is [?] a “Yes” vote because [?] control all key union positions in Australian” said the council’s executive in a statement last night. The statement said :…

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Aldermen Clash on House Permit

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

There was a brief period of heated exchanges at the meeting of the Municipal Council on Friday, when Ald…

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Municipal Shorts Hay Municipal Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 6

At the meeting of the Hay Municipal Council on Friday, there were present: The Mayor (Ald. J. P. Flood), and Aldermen J. P…

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Conargo Shire Engineer’s Report

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 3

Mr. D. Shields, Conargo Shire council engineer, presented the following report to last meeting of council. He stated:…

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