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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1929

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Shire Council Continued From Last Issue

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 2

Correspondence from Main Roads Board, forwarding copy of notification of! Rosewood-Taradale as…

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Tumut Shire Council (Continued from last issue)

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 3

N. B. Mackenzie applied, on behalf of F. Purcell, for permission to enclose and purchase road separating portions 76, 74 And 75 from the S.E…

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Shire Values Delegation Advise Appeal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 1

At the Leeton School of Arts on Wednesday afternoon, a large deputation of settlers waited on Mr. M. M. Flannery and the visiting…

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Narandera Council Chambers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 3

Considerable interest was taken in the tenders for the erection of municipal chambers and offices for the Narandera Council. 13 tenders…

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P.d.s. Column Australian Dairy Council

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 8

The above held its usaul meeting in Melbourne last week, find after deal­ing with a full business paper, mem­bers discussed the following…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Culcairn District Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Culcairn District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held at Culcairn on September 2. It will…

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A Nasty Jolt for Sutherland Council Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 1

When the members of Sutherland shire Council voted themselves free passes over the George's River bridge they little realised that they…

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Canterbury Council Dissolution Refused Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government, Mr. Bruxner, announced today that he could not recommend the granting of a petition from Canterbury residents…

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Legislative Council Seduction of Members No Life Tenure Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 5

The State Cabinet to-day discussed the reform of the Legislative Council. Although no official information was given, it is believed that a scheme was…

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Historic Occasion Mayor's Hope For The Future

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 3

The Mayor of Wagga, Alderman Collins, said, after the conclusion of the ceremonies yesterday, that it had been an historic occasion. The new college was going to be a great asset to the town and the district,…

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Legislative Council Bill to Reform Government Proposals. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 4

It is likely that the State Cabinet at its next meeting will complete the legislation necessary for the reform of the Legislative Council. Only one…

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Legislative Council Bill to Reform Government Proposals SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 2

It is likely that the State Cabinet, at its next meeting, will complete the legislation necessary for the reform of the Legislative Council. Only one…

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Yesterday's Historic Ceremony in Wagga Teachers' Training College Beautification Scheme Begun Mayor's Appeal to Future Mayors Rising Generation Plants Avenue of Trees

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 3

About a thousand residents of Wagga, many more than half of them school children, participated yesterday in one of the most historic ceremonies in Wagga's history. Wagga is to have a teachers' training college erected on…

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Municipal Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 6

The ordinary fortnightly meeting at the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, there being present Ald. T. H. Mancy…

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Wagga Post Office Visit by Aldermen

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 6

The Mayor, Alderman E. E. Collins, stated at the council meeting last night that Messrs. A. G. M. Burns, M. E. Bevan and A. Hunter, members of…

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Lord Mayor's Congratulations London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Kynaston Studd, to-day cabled his congratulations to Mr. Snowden on the success of his splendid exertions at The…

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Wagga Council Sewerage Reticulation Alternations Suggested

The Daily Express · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 3

The Mayor, Ald. E. E. Collins, pre[?]ded at the Municipal Council meeting last night, others present being Ald. H. L. Condon, E. F. McLean, F. S…

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Timber Strike Labor Council Conciliatory Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

At a meeting of the Sydney Trades and Labor Council to-night it was decided to inform the Premier, Mr. Bavin, that in the event of his…

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Electricity Loan Rate Must Continue Department's Letter to Wagga Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 4

Some time ago the Wagga Municipal Council wrote to the Department of Local Government asking for permission to refrain from levying loan rates…

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Wagga Post Office Visited by Aldermen Increased Efficiency The Aim of the Department

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 2

On the walls of the Wagga Post Office is posted the following: "Our Motto: Courtesy to all, prompt attention, efficient service."…

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