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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1932

1,236 stories in Riverina's papers · page 59 of 62

Municipal Rating

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 4

At the fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council last night, it was agreed to ive notice of the council's intention to strike a general…

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Alderman Hagon Elected Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 1

When the City Council met at noon Alderman Hagon was nominated for the Lord Mayeralty by Alderman Parks. Labor aldermen objected…

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Municipal Council New Garbage Contract

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 16

The fortnightly meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was held on Thursday night, the Mayor (Ald. E. E. Collins, M. L. C.)) presiding…

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Lord Mayoralty. Alderman [?]Agon Reform Candidate Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 1

The Reform Party sidemen of the City Council decided to-day to nominate Alderman R.C. Hagan as Lord Mayo for 1933. A meeting of the…

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Municipal Rating General Rate of 5d Agreed to by Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 2

At the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council on Thursday night, the Mayor (Alderman E. E. Collins, M.L.C.) moved that the necessary…

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Ald, Collins, Mayor Thirteenth Term of Office Ald. Condon Regretfully Declines Council Adopts Estimate and Budgets on Rates Similar To Last Year

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 12

For his thirteenth term, the last [?]ve being successive, Ald. E. E. Collins, M. L. A., was on Thursday [?]ight elected Mayor of Wagga, with…

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Kyeamba Shire Cr. Kiddle President the Rates Unaltered

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 13

At a special meeting preceding the December meeting yesterday or Kyeamba Shire Council, Cr. R. G. Kiddle was re-elected President for…

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Kyeamba Shire Unemployed Relief Works Estimates for 1938

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 6

At a special meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council yesterday, Councillor R. G. Kiddle was re-elected president for 1933 on the nomination of…

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Proposed Total Rate of 10d. Is Council Budgeting for a Deficit ?

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 12

The Council entered upon discussion of a rate suitable to the estimates which had been adopted on Monday, and the Mayor moved that…

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Gundagai Shire Council

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 3

At the December meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council, there were present—Crs. H. P. Carberry (chair) F. MCHugh, E. A. Tout, G. Luff, D…

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Shire Dinner

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 2

Cr. J. McClintock, the retiring president of the Jindalee Shire, tendered his fellow councillors, officers, and the press a dinner at the Globe hotel…

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Shire President Cr. W. Smirl Elected

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Jindalee Shire Council on Friday morning Cr. W. G. Smiri was elected president for the ensuing twelve months. There…

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A Council's "Gold Mine"

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 2

The electricity undertaking at Murrunburrah-Harden has shown a good profit on the year. The clerk reports: "Leaving out the money that is owing…

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Relief Loans Forbes Mayor's Attack "Leading Councils Into Debt" Forbes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 1

The Forbes Municipal Council, at a special meeting, refused to accept an offer of £320 for sewerage connections as a loan at 3 per cent, interest over…

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Jindalee Shire l 1/2d Rate Struck Values Reduced

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 4

Crs. McClintock (president), Eliwood, Manwaring, O'Connor, Donaldson, and Smiri attended the ordinary monthly meeting on Friday morning…

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Shire Talks Economy Dut Do Not Agree ? Can the Clerk Comment

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 2

The estimates for the forthcoming financial year were placed before the councillors at last Friday’s meeting. and although everything met…

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Cost of Our Sanitary Service What Junee Thinks Shire to Call Tenders

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 2

And so it will—the next contract for our sanitary service will be submitted to tender. The Shire decided that this was to be, at its last…

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Shire Preset Cr. H. P. Carberry Re-elected Now In His Nineteenth Term

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 December 1932 · page 2

Cr. H. P. Carberry was re-elected unopposed for President of the Shire Coundily at last Friday’s meeting thus bringing, him into his nineteenth therm…

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Lockhart Shire Council. Cr. J. J. Nolan Re-elected President

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 2

At eight o'clock on Tuesday evening, a apodal meeting of Lockhart Shire Council was held for the purpose of (a) fixing the presidential…

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Shire Engineer's Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 2

The Shire Engineer (Mr. W. L. Hurd, B.E.) reported inspection of Trunk and Main Roads by two of the Main Roads Board engineers,…

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