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Council & local affairs, 1954

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Corowa Municipal Council Monthly Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council was held on Tuesday night whop there were present the Mayor, Ald. S. R. E. Loveridge (chair), Ald. F. R. Sammons, A. Roggiero, M. Carrigg, W. M. Johnson, J. Shanahan,…

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Waradgery Shire Prepares for Road Sealing

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

WARADGERY Shire Council decided yesterday to call tenders for the supply of £10,500 worth of plant required for urgent works to prepare roads near Hay for bituminous sealing in the coming summer…

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Aerodrome China Nest Egg, Says Shire President

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

WARADGERY Shire President, Cr. R. S. t. Matthews, said at yesterday's Council meeting that he could not understand the statements made at the recent Municipal Council meeting concerning the amount…

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Memorial Park Get[?] £25 From Conargo Shire

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 8

£25 has been donated by Conargo Shire Council to Memor[?] Park towards Park main[?] Last year Council contribute[?]…

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Key Council Officers Delegated Maximum Powers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 1

[?] POWERS were delegated to key council offers by the Deniliquin Municipal Council at Wednesday night’s meeting. Ald. R. W. Prunster, who moved the motion, said…

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Shire Jubilant at Maude Bridge Contract Big Programme of Subsidiary Work

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

Waradgery Shire councillors axe jubilant at the signing of a contract at long-last for the building of the bridge…

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Security Council to Discuss War in Cauatemala Latest

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 1

MEW YORK, Sun,: The U.N, Security Council will hold an emergency meeting in New York at 5 a.m. tomorrow (Sydney time) to consider the Guatemalan situation. Reports from Guatemala say that anti-Communist troops, based in…

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Shire Shorts Waradgery

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

Present at the meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council on Thursday were the President (Cr. R. S. T. Matthews ( and Crs…

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Works Progress in Waradgery Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 4

At yesterday's Council meeting the Shire Engineer, Mr. G. Dallas, reported:— WORKS IN PROGRESS…

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What Hume Shire Council Did Yesterday Year ends with a surplus: £86,000 was spent

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 7

Hume Shire Council was informed yesterday that its Aggregate Revenue Account for the year ended December 31 revealed a surplus over expenditure of £223/18/6. Information was…

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Culcairn Council Decisions

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 14

At the monthly meeting of Culcairn Shire Council yesterday there were present : Crs. Alister Ross (President) C. A…

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Carrathool Shire Protest Over Boundaries Grab

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

CR. R. C. Barry, Deputy-President of the Carrathool Shire Council, in a statement to the Griffith "Advocate" said yesterday that he was opposed to the unethical manner in which the Wade and Leeton Shires…

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Report of Shire Delegate to Conference

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

Cr. E. P. Sides reported as follows to the Waradgery Shire Council on Thursday on his visit to Sydney to represent the…

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Wade Shire Wants T.b. Survey

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

Wade Shire Council will apply to the T.B. Division of the N.S.W. Health Department for a survey of the school children in Wade…

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Shire Compliments Mrs. Flack, M.b.e

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

At the commencement of the meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council on Thursday, the President (Cr. Roy Matthews) drew…

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Carrathool Council Considering Building Chambers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 2

AFTER some opposition on the score that the time was not yet opportune, and a suggestion that the office should be moved to Griffith, Carrathool Shire Council yesterday carried a motion by Councillor Merrylees…

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Extend Traffic Branch Hours Asks Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

“We go to Mathoura and to Finley to have cars registered” Ald. J. P. Burchfield told aldermen at the Deniliquin…

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Memorial Park’s £250 From Council

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

Deniliquin Municipal Council’s contribution of £250 was authorised for payment at Wednesday night’s meeting…

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CR. J. E. JELBART’S 41 Years’ Work for the Shire Tributes paid when given framed certificate

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 5

References to the distinguished voluntary work of Cr. John Ernest Jelbart for shire and council and district were mode at Hume Shire Council yesterday afternoon, when, in a special…

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Shire Council

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 7

The Health Inspector (Mr. C. Pla[?] reported as follow:— [?] Shops The following persons have…

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