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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1930

1,428 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 72

Residential Areas Council's Powers

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 1

In a report to the council last night the Building Inspector, Mr. Morrison, outlined the Council's powers in regard to having any defined…

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City Council Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 1

Alderman Hagon announced today that he intended to vote with his Party on the proposal to increase Mr. Forbes Mackay's salary…

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Wagga Council. the Aerodrome Cars Bogged on Tarcutta Road

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 2

The regular meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council having fallen on the third night of the Wagga Show, it was adjurned until last…

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Relief Work Wagga's List Approved Additional List For Relief Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 3

The Department of Local Government, in a letter read at the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council held last night, advised the allotment of…

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Wagga Municipal Workers Rationing Proposal Rest One Week in Five

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 2

The finance committee recommended at last night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council that employees of the gasworks and electricity…

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Rationing Municipal Employes Trading Undertakings

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 1

For some time the Aldermen have been discussing the advisability [?] resorting to plationing of work among municipal employes, as a means of…

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Victorian Municipal Elections Labor Candidates Beaten. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 1

Of the 26 endorsed Labor candidates who stood for the Victorian metropolitan and country municipalities at yesterday's elections, all but…

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Wagga Valuations Council Decisis Against Reductions Ten Per Cent. Would Write Down £100,000 No Recent Sales to Indicate Any Fall in Town Values

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 1

The Municipal Council last night fully discussed a suggestion that the valuer should be asked to carry out a revaluation of property within the…

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Underground Engineering? a Mayoral Election Narandera Aldermen Stage a Farce

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 1

That "the best laid plans o mice and men oft gang agley" was amusingly portrayed at the last meeting of the Narandera Municipal Council,…

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Lord Mayor of London Visit to Sweden and Denmark London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 2

The Lord Mayor of London (Sir William Waterlow), accompanied by several Corporation officials, left London on Sunday night on a State visit…

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Mr. Theodore Loan Council Inquest "Sheer Fabrication" Says Mr. Moore Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 1

The Premier (Mr. Moore) to-day described as "a sheer fabrication' the public statement that at the recent meeting of the Loan Council it was…

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Labor Aldermen Again Leave Council Room SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 1

The Labor aldermen in the City Council yesterday again prevented the discussion on the proposed increase in salary of £1000 to Mr. Forbes…

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Labor Aldermen Again Leave Council Room Salary Increase Proposal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 5

The Labor aldermen in the City Council today again prevented the discussion on the proposed increase in salary of £1000 to Mr. Forbes…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 3

Ald. F. R. Dickson (Mayor), F. J. Brady, R. Barr, T. Nicholson, F. C. Legge, J. Mitchell, L. Conkey, and J. Rinkin attended the usual fortnightly…

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Council's Gate Percentage Cootamundra Club's Big Pay Roll Further Reduction Requested

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 September 1930 · page 4

Messrs. W. Flanigan and E. Williams attended the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night as a deputation from the…

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Municipal Council

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Hillston Municipal Council was held on Friday, last, there being present — Ald. J. R. Teague (Mayor), T…

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Shire Belief Grant

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 2

Mr. C. L. Daley, clerk of the Kyeamba Shire Council, has received word from Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., that the shire has been granted £1500 for…

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Distress in Concord Additional Funds Required Appeal to Council Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 1

At a meeting of the Concord Municipal Council last night the president of the local relief committee (Mr. J. Duncan) made an urgent appeal for…

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Australian Dairy Council

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 5

The election of the members of the State committee for New South Wales resulted as follows:— Mr. J. C. Allen (Manning River)…

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Unemployment Relief. Works Approved in Gundagai Shire. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 3

The following works have been declared unemployment relief works within the Gundagai Shire, by the Unemployment Council:—…

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