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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

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CORRESPONDENCE (To the Editor.) The Council—and Taxation

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 3

Mr. Editor: I have just read the ratepayers' meeting in Cootamundra. It could not be termed an Indignation meeting; it was, in fact, a very…

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Shire Sues for Rates Case at Cootamundra

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 4

At the Cootamundra Police Court on Monday, before Mr. Grugeon P.M. The Jindalee Shire Council was granted a judgment order of £3/14…

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Electricity and Water Engineer Reports To Shire

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 1

The Electrical Engineer (Mr. R. E. Moore) submitted the following report to the last meeting of the Gundagai Shire:—…

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Mayor of Appollonia

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

"Not King for a day but Mayor for five days," a Wellington staff sergeant with the New Zealand forces in Libya, was the central figure of an…

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Says Beyond Powers of Shire Now Wade Council Modifies Bindweed Opinion

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

Wade Shire Council has modified its opinions on the importance of bindweed eradication from the M.I.A. it is apparent from discussion at its…

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Municipal Council Ordinary Fortnightly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 3

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, when there were present His Worship the Mayor…

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Road Construction Insuficient Money Available Alderman Melville's Complaint

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 5

At various meetings of the council matters of road construction were referred to the following year's estimates, but there never seemed to be sufficient money voted…

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Kyeamba Shire Relief Work

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 4

A call-up will be made at 10 o'clock this morning at the Wagga police station lor men for rationed relief work on the Albury road for the Kyeamba…

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Coolamon Shire patristic Committee

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Coolamon Shire Patriotic Committee the President Cr. L. M. [?] said, that In. Sydney recently he had visited…

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Wagga's Camping Area Should Be Improved Alderman Selff's Views

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 5

After having spent a holiday on a camping tour Alderman J. V. Doyle, at a meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council five weeks ago, and said that tourists at other…

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Council's Solicitor

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 4

The Wagga Municipal Council, at its meeting last night, considered applications for the position of solicitor to the council. such position having been rendered vacant…

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Water Main Charges Some Ratepayers Handicapped Alderman Halloran'r Comment

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 5

Speaking at the meeting of the wagga Municipal Council last night. Alderman J. Hailoran Bald that ratepayers on one side of a street were often placed at a…

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Northern Riverina County Council CORRESPONDENCE

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Northern Riverina County council, the following correspondence was read and dealt with…

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Bolton Park Vesting Control in Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 5

A letter was received from Mr. C E. L. Mortimer, of Heath and Mitchelmore, at the meeting of the Wagg Municipal Council last night, with…

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Junee Council Fortnightly Meeting Sewerage Works Suggested Extension of Electricity

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 7

The Mayor (Ald. R. G. Weaver) presided over the fortnightly meeting of the Junee Municipal Council this week. The absentees were Aid. Cuttle…

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Eastern Riverina County Council Control of Weeds Warning to Landholders

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 7

A meeting of the Eastern Riverina County Council was held in Tumbarumba on Monday. It was attended by Councillors C. J. Woodhouse…

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Wagga Council Staff Rearrangement of Duties Following Deputy Town Clerk's Resignation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 5

Consequent upon the resignation of Mr. C. R. Macdonald as deputy town clerk of the Wagga Municipal Council, the staff committee went into the question of filling…

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Town Council Fourth (And Last) Estimates Meeting Rates Same As Last Year

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

Another adjourned meeting on the estimates was held by the Municipal Council last night. Aid. F. R. Dickson (Mayor),G. B…

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St. John's Wort "Remedy" Departmental Statement Attacked by Eastern Riverina County Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 7

Eastern Riverina County Councillors expressed amazement when they had placed before them on Monday a paragraph, supplied by Die Department of Information,…

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'Council Only One Step Out of Supreme Court!' Filtration Plant Progress Payment Must Be Made "Appears Councillors Cannot Query Anything"

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 1

THAT the Willimbong Shire Council had been "only one step out of the Supreme Court" ever since the work of constructing Leeton's water filtration plant had been commenced was the startling statement made by President R. A. Struck during a stormy session of…

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