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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

985 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 50

Engineer’s Report to Council

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 7

Good progress had been made on the road between Pyle’s bridge and Schneider’s culvert, about five miles from Wodonga,…

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Shell Co. may get council land

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 7

An investigation is to be made to a proposal to lease property in Wodonga to the Shell Co. of Australia…

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Wodonga Council “desperately short” of ready money

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 7

Wodonga Shire Council is desperately short of ready money, but it decided yesterday to avoid retrenchments. The decision was made after several hours of consideration of the estimates and the works programme for next year…

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Council Decides All Campers Must Leave Noreuil Park

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

All camping at Noreuil Park will be prohibited during such time as flooded conditions exist, a special meeting of Albury City Council decided last night. Ald. Jelbart compared conditions at Noreuil to those in blacks’ com[?] his…

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Standard of Shire Roads Still Low President Forecasts Big Problem Unless Funds Made Available

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 1

THE general condition of highways and main roads in the Waradgery Shire Council are still below the standard for this type of road and below that desired by the Shire…

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Characteristic! Municipal Council’s Conservative Attitude

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 5

Deniliquin Municipal Council is not prepared to concede to the education Department any rights it may perhaps…

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Municipal Office Now Closes at 4.30

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 3

The Deniliquin Municipal Council office at the Town Hall now closes daily at 4.30 instead of 5 p.m…

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Labor Council Move on Noreuil

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 December 1952 · page 2

Albury and Border Trades and Labor Council will present the following petition to Albury City Council concerning Noreuil Park:…

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Coreen Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

The usual monthly meeting of the Coreen Shire Council was held on Wednesday, when there were present the president Cr. J. Izon (chair), Councillors A.E. Mitchell, T.C. Sanger, R. Norman, J. Purtle, E. Bott and T. Lewis…

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"Council Taxi"

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 2

At Friday's meeting of the Hay Municipal Council Ald. Hill asked if the Council's tractor and trailer equipment could be put some…

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Shire Engineer Reports on Plant

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

At a meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council on Thursday, the engineer (Mr. G. Dallas) said in a report that delivery had been…

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Shire Library Opened at Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

The Carrathool Shire free public library was officially opened at Hillston on Saturday by the Shire president, Cr. R. A…

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Merriwagga Requests to Council

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

The Merriwagga Progress association, in a letter to Carrathool Shire, asked that repairs be carried out to the McKinley road…

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Mayor of Hay Ald. J. P. Flood's Eleventh Term

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 2

Ald. J. P. Flood was re-elected Mayor of Hay for the eleventh term at the special meeting of the Council called…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Cr. Ryan Re-elected President

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 2

Cr. M. W. Ryan, of The Homestead, Darlington Point, was on Friday re-elected president of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council…

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Council Not Interested in Community Hotel

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 4

A formal decision that it was not interested in a proposal to transfer the license of the Royal Mail Hotel at Hillston to…

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Special Meeting of Coreen Council Cr. T. Lewis Appointed President

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Council to elect the president for 1959, the president's allowance was fixed the same…

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Main Road Grant to Hay Municipality

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 2

The Department of Main Roads gave notice of increase grant for the maintenance of M.R. 514 (the Maude Road) for 1952. The…

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Rising Costs Prevent New Municipal Road Work

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 6

RISING costs have prevented the Hay Municipal Council carrying out new road or footpath construction during the past year, the Mayor, Ald. J. P. Flood, said in his annual report to the Council on Friday evening…

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Legal Proceedings by Municipality

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 4

The town clerk (Mr. A. J. [?] told the Municipal Council on Wednesday night that 17 [?] debts summonses had been…

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