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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

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City Council and 48 Hours

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1922 · page 3

Labor conditions under the City Council will remain unaltered until January, when a 48 hour week will commence. No application to the…

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Gordon Road Inquiry. a Council Contract. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 November 1922 · page 1

The Gordon Road inquiry was continued to-day. J. Burke, alderman of South Brisbane, stated in an affidavit that he…

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Municipal Elections

The Daily Express · Friday 24 November 1922 · page 2

Usually the nomination of many candidates for public office may be accepted as a healthy sign of good public spirit in a community. This…

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Desperate Robbers a Bank Sensation Mayor and Marshal Shot New York, November 23

The Daily Express · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 1

At Gallatin (Missouri) it sensational bank robbery resulted in the shpot[?] of the Mayor of the town, the Marshal and another citizen who…

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CORRESPONDENCE. (We do not necessarily endorse the views of our Correspondent.) Wagga Council Finance. (To the Editor, "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 2

Sir,—May I ask if you would be good enough to allow me space for the letter herewith in regard to the above matter? From 1919 to 1922 the Wagga…

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Municipal Elections. Wagga's Twenty-six Candidates. Speeches of the Nominees

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1922 · page 3

At noon yesterday the nominations for the triennial municipal elections were declared officially by the town clerk (Mr. R. Emblen) at the Wagga…

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The Municipal Election

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 2

It has been felt for a long time by many ratepayers in Wagga that the affairs of the council had got beyond and become too unwieldy for some of…

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Municipal Elections. Every Elector Should Vote

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 2

In the Wagga municipal elections all ratepayers who desire the greatest possible progress for the town should vote. The main qualification for a…

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Municipal Rating

The Daily Express · Monday 27 November 1922 · page 2

So dar as can be ascertained in the developments of the last two or three days, the Issue in the Wagga Municipal election, which has caused,…

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Shire Council Elections

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2

For the triennial shire council elections, which are being carried out by postal ballot, any eligible person who has not received a ballot paper, or whose…

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Municipality of Tumut. Triennial Election of Aldermen

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act of 1919, and Ordinances thereunder, that the…

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Shire Elections

The Daily Express · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2
Also in The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser

In connection with the Shire election to be held on Friday the Shire Clerks of Mitchell and Kyeamba— Messrs F. W. Cooper and C. L. W…

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Local and General. Points from the Mayor's Speech

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2

The Town Hall has never been a paying proposition. Cootamundra is a clean town, compared with many others…

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Municipal Elections to the Ratepayers

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2

Sir,—The wild talk of borrowing £5000 or £6000, and of putting up the rates up as high as possible, is not the sort of policy that is any…

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The Municipal Elections. Candidates' Night Out

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2

Last night Cootamundra was filled with talk—Municipal talk. As advertised, a number of old Aldermen and the prospective councillors…

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Matters Municipal

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 November 1922 · page 2

Of course, it is a free country! But it is regrettable that an open-air stunt should have been started last night as a sort of counter attraction to the…

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Local and General Council MEETlNG

The Daily Express · Wednesday 29 November 1922 · page 2

The last meeting of the present Wagga Municipal Council will be held at the Town Hall to-morrow night, commencing at 7 o’clock instead of…

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Municipal Elections

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1922 · page 2

To-morrow night the retiring aldermen of the Wagga Municipal Council will address the electors in Little Gurwood-street at 8.15. Because of the…

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Municipal Election

The Daily Express · Wednesday 29 November 1922 · page 1

Interest in the election of Aldermen for Wagga Council, which is to take place on Saturday, is becoming [?]een…

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