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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

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Corowa Council Decisions Purchase of land for small holdings to be investigated

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 18

AM rural land in Corowa municipality was producing something but with irrigation if could -be stepped up, said town clerk (Mr Kemp) at last night’s council meeting. He was commenting on a circular from the Department of Local Government…

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Shire Library Delegate

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

Cr. H. E. Bayliss was unanimously re-elected as delegate of Waradgery Shire to the Regional Library Committee at a meeting…

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Corowa Municipal Council Monthly Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Corowa Muncipal Council was held on Tuesday evening, January 13, 1953, when there were present Aid. M. Carrigg, Mayor, in chair, Alderman S.R.E. Loveridge, T.C. Morris, J. Bartlett (arriving late). J…

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Surplus for Murrumbidgee Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

The financial position of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council at the end of 1952 showed a surplus, of £800, but because of this amount…

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Coreen Shire Matters Correspondence (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 3

Sir,--In your account of Coreen Shire Council's last meeting the engineer is reported to have said, If people want…

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Windouran Shire To Buy Residence For Clerk

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

Windouran Shire Council decided yesterday to purchase a house, nearing completion at a cost of £4,300, as a dwelling…

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Murray Shire Reduces Rates General Rate 4d. For 1953

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 7

When Murray Shire pro-Council met at Methoura on Monday a general rate of [?] the [?] was struck on the…

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More Than £13,000 for Roads in Waradgery Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

The Divisional Engineer of the department Jot Main Road's (Mr. king) has advised the Waradgery Shire Council that a total of…

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Moama Council Exceeded Statutory Overdraft Limit

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 3

Two funds of the now defunct Municipality of Moama had exceeded the stationary overdraft limits the shire clerk…

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Murray C.P. Electorate Council meets at Berrigan

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

There was a large attendance of the Murray CP Electorate Council at Berrigan, when arrangements for the State elections were…

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Murray C.p. Electorate Council Meeting at Berrigan

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 3

There was a large attendance of the Murray C.P. Electorate Council at Berrigan on Monday last, when arrangements for…

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C.S.I.R.O. Advisory Council Changes in Membership

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 7

Retirement of three of the older members of the Advisory Council of C.S.I.R.O. was announced by Dr. I. Clunies Ross…

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N.S.W. Labor Party seeks to abolish Loan Council

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.: The 20th Commonwealth conference of the Australian Labor Party, beginning in Adelaide on Monday, will have before it a proposal that the Loan Council should be…

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Items In Brief From Murray Shire Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

Murray Shire pro-Council were told last week by the Shire Clerk, Mr. J. Parker, that the new Local Government Act contained…

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Housing Delay "A Shame," Says Alderman

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

The delay in completing, Housing Commission homes in Hay was described as a shame by Ald. A. P. Hill at a meeting of the…

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Hume Shire Council raise general rate to 3½d. in £

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 8

Hume Shire Council yesterday raised the general rate by a half-penny to 3½d. in the £on the unimproved capital value of all retable land for 1953…

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Corowa Municipal Council Reports Town Clerk's Report

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

The town clerk reported as follows:-- RATES FOR YEAR Rates for year 1953: All…

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Rate Down in Murray Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

When Murray Shire pro-Council met at Methoura last week, a general rate of 4d. in the £ was struck on the unimproved capital…

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Work Progress in Waradgery Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

The Waradgery Shire engineer (Mr. G. Dallas) in his monthly report to the Council on work in progress said that on the Gunbar…

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We Receive a Letter From the Mayor (To the Editor

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 8

Sir,—Your replies to my letter published in the open columns of your paper dated December 23 are just as one might expect…

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