Support For Red Cross Encouraging Response to Shire President's Appeal
THE public meeting called by the Shire President and held in The Council Chambers on Monday night was well attended by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riverina · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1940
1,508 stories in Riverina's papers · page 66 of 76
Coolamon Shire Patriotic Committee Assistance for Men on their Return National Emergency Activites
The monthly meeting of the Coolamon Shire Patriotic Fund was held prior to the Shire Council meeting on Tuesday last Councillor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protection of Shipping Inadequate, Says Maritime Workers' Council Melbourne
Mr. J. Beasley (Non-Com. Lab.), who is a member of the War Council, has been asked by the Maritime Workers' Council, of Sydney, to press for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Weakest Ever"—Soldiers' Insurance Scheme Council's Attack; "Rake-off for Companies"
DESCRIBED as a "racket" and "one of the best stunts the insurance companies ever thought of" the soldiers' life assurance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maritime Workers' Council's Request Watch for Raiders by Sea and Air Wanted MELBOURNE
Maritime Workers' Council of Sydney has asked Mr. Beasley (Non-Communist Labor member of the War Council), now sitting in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Planes, Motor-Boats, Professional Hunters, To Scare Ducks! Council Not Short Ideas: Opening Remaining Swamps
ALTHOUGH the suggestion was not actually made that the budding pilots from an air school near the irrigation area might be employed in zooming low over the swamps and rice-fields of the area to scare the reviled wild-duck flocks to other parts of the State, the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Vile Gestapo Methods—leeton People Sworn to Secrecy!" Allegations on Actions of Govt. Insurance Office Agent Council Calls For Open Inquiry Into Sacking of Fire Captain
"SUCH an action savours of the vilest and most despicable Gestapo methods," exclaimed Cr. F. C. Mountford at the Willimbeng Shire Council meeting on Tuesday evening, when he said he wished to "register an emphatic protest." against, the action of a man whom…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Legislative Council Vacancy SYDNEY
The State executive of the Federal tabor Party to-night endorsed Mr. A. S. M'Alpine. president of the executive as a candidate for the vacancy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundagai Shire Council
At the monthly meeting were Councillors H. P. Carberry (president), J. A. Chandler, E. A. Tout, J. F. McLaughlin, T. Lindley, F. McHugh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundagai Shire Monthly Council Meeting Discussion on Request From Cricketers
The monthly meeting of the Gundagai shire Council was held on Tuesday, those present being Crs. H. P. Carberry (president), J. A. Chandler…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saffron Thistle and Rabbits Work in Coolamon Shire
Coolamon is the only shire in the State where saffron thistle Is a proclaimed noxious weed. Thousands of pounds have been spent in recent years in cutting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund Meeting of Executive £2000 for Central Fund
By forwarding an additional £246/11/8. the Wagga Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund, the executive of which met on Friday night, brought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wagga Milk Supply Pasteurisation Proposal Dairy Co. Ready to Cooper Ate with Council
At we monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Murrumbidgee Co-op'. Dairy Co. Ltd. the question of pasteurisation of the town milk sup…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Urana Shire Council
At the November meeting of the Urana Shire Council, a letter was received from the Urana P.P. Board relative to the recent complaint re…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yanko Shire Council Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Yanko Shire Council was held on Tuesday last, when there were present Crs. J. L. Bull (President), W. Bicket, W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lockhart Shire Council Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council was held on Tuesday. Those present were Councillors J. J. Nolan (president), A. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gundagai Shire Monthly Council Meeting Tumblong-tarcutta Road
At the recent meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council a letter from the Department of Main Roads, Waggs, dated September 27 advising, that at the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Council's Finances a Slight Improvement Last Month Officers' Report the Shire Clerk's Report
The Shire Clerk (Mr. Moyle) reported on the following matters: On the 31st ult. the following rates and sanitary charges were…
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The Shire Engineer (Mr. W. L. Hurd) report is as follows: Ball's Crossing at Kubura—has a scour now 30 feet wide and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire's Ugly Duckling
NOW that the optomistic dream of the Shire Council of an ornate town hull and shops de luxe has dissolved itself into thin air for the…
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