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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1961

258 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 13

£6,000 to Supply Shire with Metal

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 7

Two tenders totalling more than £6,000 were accepted by the Murray Shire Council on Tuesday last for the supply of…

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Council to install Emergency Generator

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 6

Deniliquin Municipal Council is to instal a diesel power standby generator at the Memorial Park pumping…

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Murray Shire Support (£10) in Land Development Move

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 5

The Murray Shire Council last week paid a subscription fee of 10 guineas to a development organisation after one councillor had expressed his opinion that it would be of benefit to district graziers…

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First Move for District School Council Made Here

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 1

A move is being made to form a District Council here to advise the Minister for Education on local…

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Albury Gets £70,000[?] County Council Bl[?]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 July 1961 · page 4

Plans for a new £70,000 administrative build[?] be built in David Street, Albury, for the Murray County Council, will be drawn up by an Albu[?] of architects, council decided at its meeting in…

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Council Tribute to Servant

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1961 · page 1

Deniliquin Municipal Council this week paid tribute to a council employee who has resigned following 21 years service, most of which was spent as manager of…

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Council Adopts Plan for Total Lagoon Development

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1961 · page 1

Deniliquin Municipal Council this week adopted a proposal to make the of the lagoon area into what Mayor Campbell described as a "showplace of which the town would be very proud,"…

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Council Notes

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1961 · page 3

The following general business was brought forward and discussed by Councillors at the July meeting of [?]…

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Department Refuses Council Request

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 July 1961 · page 5

The Department of Land is unable to agree to a council request that land at the corner of Maher and Fowler sts should be…

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Abattoir Council Inspect Deni., Tocumwal Sites Today

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 July 1961 · page 1

Members of The Abattoir council, the Central Murray county council, are today inspecting, sites in Deniliquin and Tucumwal proposed for the establishment of a killing works. With them is a Sydney abattoir consultant brought…

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Muni. Council Joins F.I.D.O.

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 July 1961 · page 3

Aldermen at a recent meeting OF Deniliquin Municipal Council unanimously agreed council should become a…

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Council Members to Tour State

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 July 1961 · page 1

Members of the Central Murray County Council will carry out a fact-finding tour of N.S.W. abattoirs in the near future. Deniliquin’s delegate to the Campbell said that the tour…

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Council Orders Removal of Petrol Drums

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 July 1961 · page 2

Petrol drums stacked in a George St. yard were described by an alderman of the Deniliquin…

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Shire Galls Tenders for Bitumen

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 August 1961 · page 7

Tenders are to fee called by the Windouran Shire Council for the supply of 25,700 gallons of bitumen emulsion and…

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Council Urges Govt. Assistance for M.v.d.l

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 August 1961 · page 7

Deniliquin Municipal Council has agreed to press for Government financial assistance, through…

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Conargo Shire Coun[?] C.a.r. Grant

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 August 1961 · page 8

The Department of Main Roads has advised argo Shire Council that it has been allotted £28 for 1961/62 C.A.R. works. In a letter to council, the…

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Council Looks to Deni. for More Members

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 August 1961 · page 1

Tie continuation of the Deniliquin Arts Council branch depends entirely on the support of people anxious to bring to Deniliquin the best in music and drama, the president of the branch, Mr. Bruce Laing,…

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No Support From Council for New State Mtg. [But Aldermen Will Attend Tonight]

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 1

Although the Deniliquin Municipal Council will not be officially represented at the Riverina New State meeting here tonight, some councillors have signified their intention to attend…

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Shire Plans Road Sealing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 6

Tenders have been called by the Conargo Shire Council for the bituminous surfacing of six miles of district roads…

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Mayor, Deputy for L.G. Finance Conference

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 1

The Mayor, Ald. Campbell, and the Deputy Mayor, Ald. Holden, will attend a special…

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