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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

985 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 50

Albury Council’s Essay Competitions

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 11

Essay competitions in three age groups will be conducted by Albury City Council in conjunction with Health…

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Council to set up caravan park

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 10

Albury City Council last night decided to use an area of land adjoining Riverside Motors in Wodonga Place as a caravan park…

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Long discussion on stock routes at Wodonga Council meeting

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 14

Wodonga Shire Council yesterday threw out two suggestions for alterations to the stock route inside the town boundary after discussion lasting 90 minutes…

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Fire Brigades for Murrumbidgee Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 2

Bush fire brigades to operate in the Murrumbidgee Shire area during the coming summer "were reformed at a meeting at Carrathool…

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C.r.b. Officials Inspect Roads in Wodonga Shire

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 7

Chairman of the Victorian Country Roads Board, Mr. -Darwin win said at Wodonga last night that standards of Victorian roads…

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Rutherglen Council Briefs

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 20

The following items were dealt with in brief at yesterday’s meeting of Rutherglen Shire Council. Minister for Education, Mr. P…

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Beechworth Council’s decisions

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 20

Beechworth Shire Council yesterday decided to seek a survey of the area outside the township with a view to…

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Rutherglen Council to get off to earlier start

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 20

A notice of motion that Rutherglen Shire Council meetings begin at 10 a.m. instead of 11 a.m was carried; at yesterday’s…

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Conference of bush fire brigades in Coreen Shire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 9

Representatives of police and Victorian Railways Deportment offended a meeting on Friday of the council chambers, Corowa, of bush fire brigades in the Coreen Shire…

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Mayor Slates Educaton Department “Policy All Haywire”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 1

Complimenting the P. and C. Association on the work it is doing, the Mayor (Ald. H. G. Campbell) at Saturday’s…

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Call for Greater Food Production Culcairn Shire will help in L.G. campaign

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 20

Culcairn Shire Council will co-operate with the Department of Local Government in the campaign for greater food production. This was agreed to at last meeting of…

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News from Wangaratta WANGARATTA, Wednesday. Shire Rate—3/6

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 9

Wangaratta Shire Council has dopted estimates based on a rate of 3/6 in the £. Rate will bring in £13,362, the secretary. Mr C. Bruce…

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Culcairn engineer’s report to council

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 5

The engineer (Mr Kerle) in a report to Culcairn council, said that removal and re-erection of 110 chains of fencing on…

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Council Road Staff Busy

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 2

City Council road maintenance staff, have been at their busiest during this week patching and mending city roads following heavy…

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Council’s Decision on Volt Lane

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 2

Greater inconvenience would be occasioned the public by declaring Volt lane and AMP lane one-way thoroughfares than was the…

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A.L.P. Federal Electorate Council Ald. Holden Again President

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 6

At a meeting of the Riverina Federal Electorate Council of the A.L.P. at Narrandera on Sunday Ald. F. V. Holden, of Deniliquin,…

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Council May But “Walkie- Talkie” Units

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 October 1952 · page 2

Hume Shire Council will discuss at its next meeting the proposed purchase of a frequency modulation radio unit for use during…

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Towong Council shorts

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 2

Secretary of the CRB (Mr W. H. Neville) notified Towong Shire Council yesterday that members would not visit the…

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Council Employs’ Picnic

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 2

Albury, Corowa. Coreen, Hume, Culcairn and Holbrook shire and municipal employes will hold their annual picnic at Jindera on…

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Albury Acts Council thanked

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 2

Organiser for the Arts Council of Australia (Mr Gordon Horswell) has written to the Albury of the council praising…

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