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Council & local affairs, 1939

1,516 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 76

Kyeamba Shire Monthly Council Meeting Works Programme Adopted Total Expenditure £5417

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 9

The Kyeamba Shire Council, at its monthly meeting yesterday morning, adopted a works programme for this year, including an expenditure of…

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Eyeamba Shire Assists

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

The Kyeamba Shire Council at its meeting yesterday morning donated two guineas to the Bush Fire Fund inaugurated by The Daily…

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Burrinjuck Possible Flood Danger Shire Residents Meet

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

With only six ratepayers of the [?]yeamba Shire responding to the Council's invitation to a public meeting to discuss possible flood dangers…

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Old Hands Must Go Shire Employees at 65

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 7

After shelving the "question for some time the Illabo Shire Council at last meeting carried a motion fixing the retiring age for all shire…

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Wagga Council Meets Condition of Dam Better

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

A special meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was held on Thursday night to consider the position relative to the Burrinjuck Dam, and…

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County Council Stir Austrian Jew As Engineer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

A stir has been canted in the Sydney County council by the appointment of Dr. Walter Disecendors. aged 32 years, an Austrian Jew, as a third-class…

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Burrinjuck Dam Menace Emergency Plans Discussed Gundagai Organisation Formed Kyeamba Shire Ratepayers' Meeting Advised of Position

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 8

The serious position of the Burriniuck bam has been the subject of conferences and meetings all along the Murrumbidgee Valley, and plans in the event of an emergency have been formulated. The position was recently…

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Militia Recruiting Civilian Assistance Wanted Mayor's Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 5

An earnest endeavor is now being made for Wagga to place itself in the vanguard of those towns which nave responded to the call of the…

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Snagging of Rivers £3000 Grant for Tumut Shire Council TUMUT

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1
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The Government has made available a grant of £3000 for snugging the Tumut and Goobraganda rivers, on condition that the Tumut Shire council…

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Lockhart Shire Officers' Reports Shire Clerk's Report £3,600 Outstanding

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

The Shire Clerk (Mr. H. B. Moyle) reported that on the 31st ultimo the rates and sanitary charges outstanding amounted to £3,600. The cash…

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Lockhart Shire Council Speed Patrol Purchase Again Postponed Mr. Spooner Urges Restraint in Usage of Electricity

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

At its monthly meeting, on Monday, Lockhart Shire Council received a lengthy and important letter from Hon. E. W. Spooner, Minister for Local Government, regarding the bulk electricity supply from Burranjuck, urging restraint from wastage and stating…

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Council Meeting Lapses

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 7

Owing to the fact that there were not sufficient aldermen present to constitute a quorum, a recent meeting of the Goulburn City Council lapsed…

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Town Council Communist Speaker Refused Street Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

Ald. F. Dickson (Mayor), J. Rinkin, D. Stratton, G. Black, T. Nicholson, R. Gibson, B. Ward, L.Conkey, and J. Leonard attended the ordinary…

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Rural Ratepayers Want Valuations Reduced Large Meeting Bitterly Oppose Increase in Shire Rates

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

AS briefly reported in our last issue the Kurrajong Hall was not half large enough to accommodate the ratepayers of the rural ridings who assembled to show their strong opposition to the heavy increase shown on the rate notices issued by the Shire. With the…

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Deplorable Rock-henty Road Council Pressed to Take Action

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

Several public bodies at Henty, Yerong Creek and The Rock communicated with, the Council respecting the deplorable condition of Trunk…

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Correspondence Council and Government Apathy to Unemployment (To tho Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

Sir.—Herewith I wish to voice my disgust in regard to the Council's seeming apathy towards the unemployment problem which seems to…

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P. & C. Associations Wagga District Council Quarterly Meeting Held Library Boxes Circulated

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 7

After months of preparation the Central School Library, controlled by the Wagga District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations, has…

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Camping Site for Visiting Workers A.L.P. Will Send Request To Council and Commission

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 2

The Leeton branch of tho A.L.P, has taken up the principle advocated in Mr. Grant's letter, which appeared in Friday's "Irrigator" re…

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B.J. Electricity Mr. Fremlin Addresses Council Zero Hour on Feb. 28 Co-operation of People Sought

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 2

At last night's council meeting, in giving an address on Burrinjuck electricity, Mr. Fremlin electricity expert of…

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