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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1931

1,421 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 72

Yanko Shire Elections

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 4

Messrs. W. R. Scilley and J. L. Bull (A Riding), and W. Bicket and A. A. Kook (C Riding) were to-day declared elected unopposed for Yanko…

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Municipal Welfare

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 9

Recent announcements from the Lang A.L.P. forces that a determined effort is to be made to capture the control of municipalities…

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Civic Spirit Kyeamba Shire Ratepayers Self Help Appreciated

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1931 · page 3

Coreinbob Creek road until recently was in a very had state, having been scoured by heavy rains. Much work was required to restore the road to a…

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Farmers and Settlers Wagga District Council Address By Mr. Kilpatrick Dangers of Communism

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1931 · page 3

A meeting of the Wagga district council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the School of Arts building on Saturday…

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Carrathool Shire Council Nomination of Candidates

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 2

There will be contests in A and C ridings of the Carrathool Shire Council. Crs. N. Mills and G. Chapman have been re-elected unopposed…

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Municipal and Shire Elections

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 2

The town clerk of Wagga (Mr. R. Emblen) has received a circular from the Local Government Department which states that the ordinance has…

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Coolamon Shire Stock Drive

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council, the President (Mr. W. H. Doubleday) announced that the stock drive which he…

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City Council Assessments Reduction of 10 Per Cent. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 1

An all-round reduction of at least 10 Per cent, is expected in the new City Council's assessments for next year…

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Correspondence the Municipal Elections (To the Editor.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 4

Sir,—I very earnestly ask my fellow citizens to see that they do not fail to register their votes at the coming municipal elections as we are…

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Tobacco an Address Delivered by DR. B. T. DICKSON, Chief, Division of Plant Industry, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Acting Director of Tobacco Investigations. (Continued)

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 6

Towards the end of the seventeenth century, however, smoking began to wane as a fashionable practice and snuffing became de riguer, although…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 4

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

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"Old Gibson" "Undignified Statement" Council Fireworks

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 4

At Monday night's council meeting Ald. Legge referred to Sir Robert Gibson, chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board…

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Municipal Administration. (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 3

Sir.—The time has arrived, when sane and responsible men in our community should consider their public duty. Citizens who have proved, in…

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F. & S. Association District Council Meeting

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 6

A meeting of the North Western Riverina District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Hillston on October 15 the…

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Shire Works. Assistance of Ratepayers

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

Interviewed on Thursday of last week, relative to the Bullock [?] deviation on the Marrar-Mimosa, road, the Shire Engineer (Mr. Bright)…

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Junee Council Elections

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

The Junee municipal electors' roil is now available. The noll contras 1,833 names of persons eligible to vote at the tr[?]nial elections to be…

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Claim for Compensation. Pollard v. Lyndhurst Shire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

In this case, which was stated by the Workers' Compensation Commission, application bad been made by Ellen Mary Josephine Pollard…

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Shire Nominations Close on Thursday, 12th November at 5 p.m

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 3

Nominations for councillors of Wilimbong Shire close at the Shire Office, Leeton, at 5 p.m. on Thursday the 12th of November. The…

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Junee Council Fortnightly Meeting Valuer-general's Valuations Three-yearly Period

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 6

The Mayor (Alderman R. Cuttle), who presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Junee Council on Tuesday night, in a minute, stated that on…

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The River Water Scheme Ratepayers Agree to Sign Subject to Council's Approval of Arrangements

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 4

At a packed meeting of the Cootamundra ratepayers at the Town all, last night, it was decided, by a large majority, to accept the south-west water scheme, subject to an agreement embodying the whole of the…

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