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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

1,488 stories in Riverina's papers · page 57 of 75

English War Nurse Mayor of Dorchester Nursed Wounded "Diggers" London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 4

Miss Winifred Marsden, who at the Dorchester V.A.D. Hospital nursed scores of wounded Australian soldiers during the Great War,…

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Council Officers' Salaries Shall They Be Reduced?

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 1

It was reported to the meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council that following a recent decision of the Arbitration Court the Clerk and…

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Work of Federal Government Address by M.R. T. COLLINS, M.H.R. To Culcairn District Council F. & S. Association

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 4

At the quarterly meeting of the. Culcairn District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association yesterday, Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., gave an address…

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Sydney Council Proposal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1936 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The first official move in the direction of the introduction of a 40-hour week will be made at a meeting of the Sydney County Council on Thursday…

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Victorian Council Reform Bill Debate Division in U.A.P. Ranks Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1936 · page 3

The differences in policy between the leaders of the Parliamentary U.A.P. and the newly formed Country Liberal group among U.A.P. members was…

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Ex-Aldermen Entertained by Mayor of Junee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 6

The Mayor (Alderman C. J. O'Sullivan) gave an impromptn evening at the council chambers on Tuesday night to the ex-aldermen and staff of…

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Unemployment Relief Government's New Scheme Explained to Wagga Aldermen

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 3

For the purpose of giving any information desired on the Government's new scheme for absorbing unemployed, the deputy chairman of the Loans…

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New Lord Mayor of London London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 4

Sir George Broadbridge was to-day elected Lord Mayor of London. He will occupy the position during the coronation…

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Illabo Shire Schools Successful Annual Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 7

The Illabo Shire Public Schools' amateur Athletic Association held its annual carnival at Junee Reefs. The weather was delightful and the…

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F. and S. Association Culcairn District Council Resolutions Carried

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Culcairn District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at the Hotel Culcairn on Monday. Mr A…

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Sydney County Council Decides on 40-Hour Week SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 1

The Sydney County Council to-day, by three votes to two, decided on the immediate introduction of the 40-hour week for 2700 council employees…

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Holbrook Shire Monthly Council Meeting Main Roads Maintenance

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Holbrook Shire Council there were present Councillors J. R. Ross (president), John Ross, J. C. Bowler, F. W. Nolan,…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 3

It is very seldom that a meeting of the Municipal Council lapses, but it has narrowly escaped a lapsed meeting on one or two occasions owing to…

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U.s.a. Presidency Communist Candidate Gaoled Indiana Mayor's Order

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 8

TERREHAUT, (Indiania), Wednesday Mr. Browder, the Communist candidate for the presidency, was arrested here to-day and charged with…

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U.S.A. Presidency Communist Candidate Gaoled Indiana Mayor's Order Terrehaut. (Indiania)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 1

Mr. Browder, the Communist candidate for the presidency, was arrested here to-day and charged with vagrancy when he arrived by train…

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Sesqui Centenary Anniversary 1938 CELEBRATIONS Discussion at Council Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 5

Reference was made at the Wagga Municipal Council meeting last night to the 150th anniversary celebrations for New South Wales, which will take…

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Victorian Council Abolition Bill Government May Seek Mandate MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 4

Some supporters of the Upper House Reform Bill profess to believe that it may be possible to gain sufficient votes in the Upper House to pass the bill…

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Club Houses for Sports Organisations Should Council Find Finance? Report of Engineer

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 5

The Half Holiday Tennis Club desires to erect a clubhouse estimated to cost £400, and has applied to the council for finance…

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Forty-hour Week Sydney County Council in Favor 2700 Employees Involved Heated Discussion SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 5

The Sydney County Council to-day. by three votes to two, decided on the immediate Introduction of a 40-hour week for 2700 council employees…

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