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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

1,400 stories in Riverina's papers · page 21 of 70

Wagga for Lord Mayor's Comforts Fund

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 8

The Wagga Greyhound Racing Club will hold a meeting on Thursday next, April 24, in aid of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund…

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Wagga Eisteddfod Meeting of Council Arrangements for Festival

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 2

Further important arrangements for the Wagga Eisteddfod were made on Friday night at a meeting of the Wagga Eisteddfod Council, held in the…

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Yass Electoral Council Meeting of the A.L.P.

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 3

A meeting of the Yass Electorate Council of the A.L.P. as held at Gundagai on Sunday 20th April 1941. A full attendance of delegates from…

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Sending of Beer to A.I.F. Condemned by Council of Churches Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 2

The Victorian Council of Churches yesterday condemned sending beer to the A.I.F. overseas. The council expressed concern at a letter from the…

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State Elections Wagga Electorate United Country Party Meeting of Electorate Council Importance of Organisation Stressed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 2

At a meeting of the Wagga Electorate Council of the United Country Party held in the Commercial Hotel, Wagga, on Saturday night, the great…

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Yanko Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Yanko s[?] Council was held on Thursday, April 10, when there were present Crs. W. R. Scilley (President), H. H…

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Salvage Collection Coolamon Shire's Efforts Exceed Those of Any Other

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 4

The Coolamon Shire Council has received a letter from Mr. R. W. Weaver, State Controller of Salvage, in which he states that his records furnish…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 3

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

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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (Continued from Page 3) Wade Shire Monthly Council Meeting Straying Stock Nuisance LEETON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Wade Shire Council at Griffith was attended by Councillors W. D. Bull (shire president) J. H. Reilly, F. C. Delaney…

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Wade Shire Civic Fund Challenge to Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 7

At a meeting of the committee administering the Wade Shire Civic Fund it was decided that the townspeople of Leeton should be challenged to raise…

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Australian War Council Meets Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 5

The War Council met in Sydney again to-day to overhaul the supply position of Australia’s production of munitions and…

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Junee Council Fortnightly Meeting Score Board for Park One Case of Diphtheria

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 7

The Mayor (Ald. R. G. Weaver) presided over the fortnightly meeting of the Junee Municipal Council on Tuesday night. Absentees were Aldermen Worthington and…

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Disturbing News Position in Mediter­ranean Declared to Be Bad Australian Advisory War Council Meets SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

Explanations by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) as to why the Advisory War Council was not consulted before…

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Kyeamba Shire Council Vacancy

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

The vacancy caused in the Kyeamba Shire Council through the death of Councillor H. Crichton is required to be filled within two months to…

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Municipal Council Ordinary Fortnightly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 April 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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Rural Reconstruction Adjustment of Shire Hates

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 6

The Director of the Rural Reconstruction Board Mr. C.R. Lambert stated that there appears to be a misconception in the minds of some…

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New Accounting Machine for Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 4

Some time ago the Wagga Munici­pal Council called tenders for the supply of a Remington front feed ac­counting machine, and at the meeting…

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Mr. Curtin Replies References to Absence Prom War Council Perth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 2

The leader of the Federal Opposi­tion (Mr. Curtin) said to-day that propagandists and controversialists were "dragging him over to the…

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Municipal Matters Point of interest From Last Night's Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1941 · page 2

Aldermen of the Wagga Municipal Council dealt with no fewer than 22 letters at the council meeting last night, as well as much other routine…

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Holbrook Shire Monthly Council Meeting Straying Stock Nuisance at Woomargama

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1941 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Holbrook Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Holbrook, on Tuesday last, when there were present Councillors John Ross…

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