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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

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Shire Council to meet

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 8

Wodonga Shire Council will hold a special meeting on Monday night to discuss town planning. The area for planning is…

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Progressive Move by Shire Council

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 7

It the last meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council, a notice of motion given by Cr. M. Pyle at the previous meeting was…

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Aldermen, Councillors May Be Paid

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: Payment of out-of-pocket expenses to aldermen and shire councillors has been recommended to State Cabinet by…

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What Holbrook Council Did Yesterday Ratepayers protest about condition of some shire roads

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 16

Six protests, one signed by 15 ratepayers, against the condition of roads within the shire, were read at yesterday’s monthly meeting of Holbrook Shire Council. Three of the letters dealt…

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Bid to save the Shire Hall

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 16

Holbrook’s shire hall will be buttressed and repaired in an effort to prevent any further deterioration of the southern…

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“Proposal to pay aldermen, councillors without merit”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wed.: The proposal by the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Renshaw, to amend the law to provide for the…

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Corowa Council Meets Tonight

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 2

Corowa Municipal Council will meet tonight to consider a letter from the N.S.W. Electricity Authority regarding the proposed…

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Proposed Shire Alterations

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

The President of the Carrathool Shire interviewed the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Renshaw) and Under-Secretary…

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Support for New Shire Chambers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 4

The Wah Wah Farmems and Settlers' Association wrote to Carrathool Shire, asking that the Council take steps to build a…

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Carrathool Shire No Direction on Engineer's Residence

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 1

CARRATHOOL Shire Council on Monday, declined to issue a direction to its engineer as to where he should live, but stated it would prefer him to live at Goolgowi. At the previous meeting the en…

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Disgruntled Settler Threatens to Leave Carrathool Shire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 2

Although some settlers have expressed their desire to not be excised from Carrathool Shire and added to Wade or…

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Labor Council to “Wait and See”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 18

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The N.S.W. Trades and Labor Council decided tonight not to take any action over the margins issue…

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Council, Shires Billed For £305 For Royal Visit

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 9

Deniliquin Municipal Council and the Shires of Windouran and Cobargo have been asked to pay £305/11/4 jointly,…

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Albury Council to take court action over dumping of rubbish: 8 prosecutions

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 July 1954 · page 20

Albury City Council will launch prosecutions against at least eight alleged indiscriminate garbage dumpers. This will be the first time that council has taken legal…

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Appeal by Hanoi Mayor

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 July 1954 · page 17

HANOI, Fri.: The. Mayor of Hanoi, Do Quang Giai, yesterday appealed to “all the great cities of the free world” to help his…

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Mayor's Thanks

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

In a minute submitted to the Hay Municipal Council last week the Mayor stated:-"In reporting the visit of His…

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Shire Shorts Carrathool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

Council decided to give wholehearted support to the Department of Immigration which acknowledged receipt of Council's…

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Shire and Municipal Electricity Amalgamation of Areas Favoured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

A special meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council was held on Thursday evening when there were present the Mayor (Ald S. R. E. Loveridge), chair, Aldermen F. R. Sammons, A. Roggiero, M. Voss, W. M. Johnson, O. Broderick, J…

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Governor General Sends Thanks To Mayor

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

In l a letter from Government House, Canberra, the Governor General, Field Marshall Sir William Slim has sent his thanks to…

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Carrathool Shire Big Main and Trunk Roads Programme Proposed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 2

CARRATHOOL SHIRE Council decided last week to put forward a programme for main and trunk roads contribution work for the next three years totalling £126,230, of which Council will have to find £29,499,…

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