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Council & local affairs, 1936

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

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 1

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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Municipal Matters Points of Interest From Last Night's Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 4

The Kyeamba Shire Council advised that it would deal with the question of contributing to the cost of repair of the road from the Tarcutta-road to…

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Sporting Bodies Assistance from Council Municipal Engineer's Recommendation's

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 October 1936 · page 3

That it is just as necessary for the Council to provide facilities for sporting bodies is the opinion expressed by the Municipal Engineer…

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Mayor of Wagga Returns From Conference at Lismore Comparison of Towns

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1936 · page 6

After having attended the Local Government conference at Lismore, the Mayor of Wagga (Ald. H. M'Donough) has returned. Speaking to a…

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Riverina Council Annual Meeting To-night at Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1936 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Riverina Cricket Council will be held tonight at Narandera. The secretary (Mr. K. D. Barker, of Wagga) has…

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Water Filtration Council Warned Against Delay Mayors Visit to Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 October 1936 · page 2

[?] letter read at the Wagga council meeting on Thursday night, the Department of Works and Local Government Issued a warning…

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Wagga Council Meetings At Town Hall Proposal to Make a Charge

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 October 1936 · page 5

The regular meeting of the Wagga municipal Council was held on Thursday night, the mayor (Ald. H. McDoliongh) presiding. Others…

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Municipal Housing Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1936 · page 10

The proposal for municipal house building, introduced to the Young Municipal Council recently, by Alderman H. H. Bray, has been referred to…

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Jindalee Shire Election of Council Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 3

Following the resignation of seven out of the eight councillors of Jindalee Shire, and the official annulment of the council, an extraordinary election…

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Those Shire Buildings!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 2

Following its extraordinary election on Saturday last, the Jindalee Shire Council will sit next Thursday; and it remains to be seen whether the…

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Albury's Mayor As Rotary President

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 4

The Mayor of Albury (Ald. Alfred Waugh) was yesterday installed as president of the Albury Rotary Club. Rotarian Waugh, who was last year…

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Town Council Railway Expenditures Baths Delays Coursing Discussion

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 3

Ald. J. Rinkin (Mayor), F. R. Dickson, B. Ward, T. Nicholson, R. Gibson, D. I. McLean, L. donkey, F. Legge, and R. Barr attended the ordinary…

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Shire Revision Court

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 3

In the annual Revision Court of the supplementary rolls of electors of the Gundagai Shire Council, the magistrate advised the shire clerk…

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Cr. W. Smirl Elected Shire President

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 2

Cr. W. Smirl was this morning elected unopposed to the position of president of the Jindalee Shire for the remaining two months of…

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Town Council Report Continued Correspondence

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 3

Local Government Department: Advising that the department regretted that it cannot withdraw the claim for £20 for the removal of pipes from the…

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Labor on Defence Council Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 4

Suggestions that the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) and the deputy leader (Mr. Forde) might be invited by the Government to sit on…

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Lachlan Electorate Council Enthusiastic Meeting at Condobolin

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 2

On Sunday, 27th September, delegates from various branches assembled in the Royal Hall, with the object of reforming the Lachlan Electorate…

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Shire Clerk's Report

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 6

MR. T. H. Webster, the present Shire Clerk, reported on the auditor's report as follows:-…

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Shire Engineer's Report

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 6

In his monthly report the Shire Engineer, Mr. Hogan, states that work carried out from the relief grant of £300 and the Council's share…

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Startling Disclosures of Shire Council's Affairs in Auditor's Report for Year Ended December 31, 1935

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 1

IN 21 pages of closely-typewritten foolscap the new auditor, Mr. N. J. Warton, reported upon the Shire Council's accounts for the year ended December 31st, 1935, which was presented to the meeting held on Tuesday last. The councillors having had a…

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