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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

1,038 stories in Riverina's papers · page 14 of 52

Municipal Manners

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 4

A member of the Macleay River [?] the other right at a meeting. The speaker was Mr. Clancy, who had been…

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Day Labor City Council’s Decision. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 1

The proposed £500,000 contract for renewing city streets, which was intended to relieve unemployment in Sydney, will not be gone on with as…

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Station Manager and Shire President. Death of Mr. M. E. Maher. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. M. E. Maher, general manager of Collargy station for 34 years died after a short illness at St. Vincent's Hospital to-day. Earlier in his career…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. I. Cullen) presided over the fortnightly meetnig of the Wagga Municipal Council last night and there were also present…

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Noxious Weeds. Prevalence in Culcairn Shire. Culcairn

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 4

At the March meeting this week of the Culcairn Shire Council the engineer referred to the seriousness of the menace of noxious weeds to the shire…

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Municipal Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 4

The ordinary fortnightly meat inn of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, there being present His Worship the Mayor…

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Pay for Aldermen More Opposition. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 1

The L[?]bhardt Council is asking co-operation of the Councils in protesting against the proposed payment of sidemen. The Mayor says that…

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Hillston Municipal Council Special Meeting

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 3

A special meeting of above Council was held on Saturday night for the purpose of protesting against the stoppage of work on the railway line…

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Wagga Council. Fortnightly Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 1

At the fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Council held at the Town Hall on Wednesday night there were present the Mayor (Ald. J. Cullen) and…

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Silver or Sincerity The Aldermen’s Why Did He Do It?

The Daily Express · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 2

Why is on alderman ? That, of course, is one of those con[?] which have no logical answer, like “Why is a piece of s[?]”…

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Shire or Municipality

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

At the meeting of Hillston Municipal Council on Saturday last, Ald. Ranken submitted the following motion, as coming from the local…

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Hillston Municipal Council

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 6

The usual monthly meeting of above council was held in the Chambers on Saturday evening last. There were present Alds…

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Items of News. Lapsed Council Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 2

The Junee Municipal Council meeting set down for Wednesday night lapsed for the want of a quorum. There were present at the appointed…

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Mitchell Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Daily Express · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the Mitchell Shire was held yesterday, when there were present Crs. G, Lindon (President), Cox, McNickle,…

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Mitchell Shire Finances

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

The fact that councillors of the Mitchell Shire have been during the past couple of months voting expenditure rather heavily, was intimated…

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An “Ouster” a Municipal Episode Invoking the Law

The Daily Express · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 6

It is not often that a by election to fill a casual vacancy in municipal council can arouse so much Interest as that which took place in Junee…

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Town Council Stoker Paterson Offered Reinstatement Strong Remarks Made Water Restrictions Relaxed

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 4

The regular fortnightly meeting was held last Tuesday night, Present, Ald. E. C. Bartley (Mayor), J. T. Rinkin, S. H. Dickson, J. Brady, and F. Legge…

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Tumut Municipal Council

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. A. E. Wilkinson), Ald. Clouston, Bradney, Baker and Gordon were presens at the meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday…

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Jindalee Shire Council To-day's Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

Present: Crs. A. N. Ward, (in the chair, in the absence of President G. Thompson) A. E. McClintock, O. Webb, A. Gilmour and T. Ellwood…

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Municipal

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 2

Mayor Stribley, and Ald. Petrich, Wood, Gibbons and Tout attended Tuesday evening's meeting of Gundagai Municipal…

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