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Council & local affairs, 1941

1,400 stories in Riverina's papers · page 66 of 70

A.l.p. Murrumbidgee Electorate Council Visit by Assistant Minister

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 8

A meeting of the Murrumbidgee Electorate Council was held in the Griffith Lyceum supper room on Sunday, the occasion being the visit of Mr. W. E…

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Appreciation of Services to Junee Council Ald. F. Shephard Thanked

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 7

Prior to the closing of the Junee Council meeting on Tuesday night, the Mayor (Ald. R. G. Weaver) called on Ald. W. J. Hiscock, "the father of the house," to…

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Junee Municipality Mr. A. J. MYERS

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Myers, of Junee, is seeking the support of electors to the Junee Municipal elections. If he is elected, he states that he will do his…

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Municipal Matters Points of Interest From Last Night's Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 6

The final meeting of the retiring council Tas held last night. The Mayor (Ald. H. E. Gissing) presided and others present were: Aldermen J…

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Kyeamba Shire Cr. A. H. Smith

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1941 · page 8

Cr. Allan Howard Smith, of Kyeamba station, one of the retiring councillors of C riding of the Kyeamba Shire, is again offering his services…

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Local Government Triennial Elections Wagga Municipal Council Retiring Aldermen Returned New Aldermen: Messrs, Graham, Lawrence, Stillman, Le Lievre a Quiet and Uneventful Poll

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 4

All retiring aldermen of the Wagga Municipal Council who nominated were returned at the poll on Saturday, and the new aldermen are Messrs. John Graham, V. E. Lawrence, W. H. Stillman, and E. S. Le Lievre…

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Junee Aldermen Refused to Accept Apology

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 2

Action was taken by aldermen at the Junee Municipal Council in Wednesday night involving a procedure probably…

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Municipal Elections Small Poll Ald. Moore and V. Simpson New Aldermen

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 3

The municipal election which was held on Saturday was one of the quietest that has been held in Narandera for a long time…

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Half Old Council Deposed: New Faces For Shire Table Remarkable Interest In Poll Declaration

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 2

AMIDST the keenest election scenes ever witnessed here, and by means of the largest number of votes ever polled for a Shire election, four former members of the Willimbong Shire Council were unseated on Saturday. Symptomatic of the interest which this local…

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Shire Council Elections Two New Councillors Elected Replace Retired Councillors All Old Councillors Returned

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 3

Excepting in "D" Riding, due no doubt to the fact that electors had not to go far to record their votes, apathy was shown in the Tumut Shire election…

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Kyeamba Shire Poll Declared Yesterday

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 6

The returning officer for Kyeamba Shire (Mr. C. L. Daley) yesterday declared the result of the poll for A and C Ridings. Cr. T. V. Brunskill and…

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Shire President Welcomes Diggers From Malaya

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 3

AN enthusiastic gathering of relatives and friends was present at the Patriotic Hut on Saturday night, when the Shire President,…

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Correspondence a Shire Election Repercussion (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 1

Sir.—The election manifesto published in your issue of Friday, November 28, on behalf of Mr. F. C. Mountford, must come as an…

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Cyclists Are Getting Wild (Issued by the Road Safely Council of New South Wales)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 2

Cyclists injured in road accidents, during October increased in number so that they almost equalled the number of pedestrians who were…

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Summer's Toll Has Begun (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 1

IN the last eight days of November nine persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales. How many were injured can only be…

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Horses in Road Accidents (Issued by the Read Safety Council of New south Wales)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 3

Six persons have been killed and 25 others injured in road accidents caused by horses during the last three months in New South Wales…

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Mayor Op Albury

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1941 · page 4

At the first meeting of the newly elected Albury Municipal Council last night Alderman D. G. Padman was re-elected Mayor for the fourth…

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Willimbong Shire Elections Original Councillors Returned

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1941 · page 7

Councillors R. A. Struck and J. S. Dooley. who were returned to the Willimbong Shire Council at last Saturday's election, are the only two members of the retiring…

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Heavy Poll At Shire Elections One Retiring Councillor Defeated Retiring Urban Committee Returned

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 11 December 1941 · page 1

More than ordinary interest was taken in the Shire elections held on Saturday, when in the Tumbarumba Shire the heaviest poll on record was…

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Summer's Toll has Begun ([?] by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 11 December 1941 · page 2

In the last eight days of November nine persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales. How many were injured can only be imagined but already 75 persons have…

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