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Council & local affairs, 1941

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Kyeamba Shire Offices

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 4

Cr. C. C. Donohoe. at the meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council yesterday, gave notice of his intention to move at next meeting that the decision of council to…

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Kyeamba Shire Queen

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 7

Tarcutta business people met in [?]ice on Tuesday night and decided to conduct a ball on August 27, the proceeds to go to the Kyeamba Shire…

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Mitchell Shire Queen Committee Formed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 7

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Mitchell Shire Council yesterday a meeting was held to discuss the candidature of the Shire queen (Mrs. R…

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Items of News Kyeamba Shire Inspector

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 4

Mr. Lance F. Potts, of Penshurst, Sydney, was yesterday appointed inspector to the Kyeamba Shire Council in succession to Mr. M. B. Gibb, who has been…

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Wagga War Effort Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund Committee Meets Queen Competition Popular

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 7

The public of Wagga and district was entering wholeheartedly into the queen competition and excellent results were being achieved, said the…

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Road Safety Council Public Meeting at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 7

The Stale Secretary of the Road Safety Council, Mr. V. de P. O'Gorman. will visit Wagga on Wednesday and Thursday, July 16 and 17 and will address a public…

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Shire Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 2

The president of the Jindalee Shire Council (Cr. Smirl) gave a report to last Thursday's meeting of his attendance at the conference, in Sydney…

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Yanko Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Yanko Shire Council was held on Thursday last, when there were present Crs. W. R. Scilley (President), E. J. V. Martin…

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Kyeamba Shire Queen

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 5

A meeting will be held in the Ladysmith Hall to-morrow at 4.30 p.m., immediately following the conclusion of the home nursing examination,…

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Shire Employees' Dance

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 6

The employees of the Kyeamba Shire Council will hold a dance and euchre party at the North Wagga Hall on Friday night in aid of the Kyeamba Shire Queen (Miss…

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Mitchell Shire Queen

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 5

A meeting will be held at Collin-gullie next Saturday at 8 p.m. to form a committee to raise funds in aid of the Mitchell Shire queen (Mrs. R…

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Dangerous If Internees Put to Roadwork Illabo Shire Council Refuses Co-operation

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

Because insufficient supervision over internees utilised on roadworks might create position fraught with danger,…

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Dispense With J.P. to Simplify Shire Enrolments Leeton Councillors Support Change

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 1

ALL the local councillors were desirous that reform should be instituted in the method of enrolment for Shire elections, it…

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Parents and Citizens' Association Wagga & District Council Quarterly Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Wagga District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations was held at the Town Hall on Saturday morning, the…

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Pedestrians Who Are Jay Walkers (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

About 700 pedestrians have been prosecuted in Sydney in the lst two weeks for traffic offences, the principal being jay-walking. This figure…

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Charcoal Monopoly Charge Denied Transport Department Will Handle Yanco Fuel Forestry Officer Answers Council Statements

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 4

AN allocation that charcoal produced at the just-completed Yanco kiln, together with that from other kilns which are to be established in the red-gum forests along the Murrumbidgee River, was to become the monopoly of a Wagga firm, was refuted by the district forestry officer…

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Tumbarumba Shire Monthly Council Meeting Rosewood Deviation

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Tumbarumha Shire Council, held on Wednesday at last week, was attended by Crs. C. J Woodhouse (deputy president, presiding),…

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Coolamon Shire Monthly Council Meeting Rate Collections and Valuation

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council was held yesterday. Those present were: Councillors L. M. Redgrave (president), N…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 4

Ald. F. Dickson (Mayor), D. Stratton, F. Legge, T. Nicholson, R. Gibson, and B. Ward attended the ordinary fortnightly meeting on Monday night…

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Road Safety Council

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 2

A meeting of membeers and others interested in the wagga branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales will be held in the Town Hall…

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