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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

1,245 stories in Riverina's papers · page 21 of 63

Narrandera Council Fortnightly Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 4

At the fortnightly meeting of the Narrandera Municipal Council there were present the Mayor (Alderman Blamey), Aldermen Baird, Barker, Gammage, Gordon,…

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Disposing of Wagga Relief Council Funds

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 2

A public meeting has been called by the Mayor (Ald. H. Z. Gluing) to be held at the Town Hall on Friday, May 8, at 8.30 pm. for the purpose of deciding the…

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Junee Council Fortnightly Meeting Revision of Electricity Prices

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 6

The Mayor (Ald. W. J. Hobbin) presided at the fortnightly meeting of the Junee Municipal Council on Tuesday night. The only absentee was Ald…

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Wade Council Plant Sold to Main Roads Department

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 4

A letter was received from the Department of Main Roads at the monthly meeting of the Wade Shire Council at Griffith, asking whether the council would be…

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Hospital Zone Council Wants Concessions to Home Service Men

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 5

THE N.S.W. Hospitals Commis sion will be asked by the Riverina Zone Council of the H.BA., which met in Junee on Sunday, to extend concessions to men on home servic e and their dependents similar to those afforded other branches of the forces…

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Pacific Council Good Meeting, Says Dr. Evatt Supply Situation Satisfactory

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The Pacific War Council meeting occupied an hour and a half to-day, after which the British Ambassador (Lord Halifax)…

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Gundagai Repatriation Committee Suggestion That R.S.S.I.L.A. Have Control Interesting Discussion at Shire Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 2

THE FORMATION OF A LOCAL REPATRIATION COMMITTEE WAS DISCUSSED AT THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE MEETING LAST WEEK. AFTER THE SUBJECT HAD BEEN FULLY EXPLAINED. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE RETURNED SOLDIERS LEAGUE…

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Gundagai Shire Councillors Not Consistent, According To O.I. Bell the Menace of Enemy Aliens (To the Editor)

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 1

Dear Sir,—In your report of the last Gundagai Shire Council meeting I noticed that Councillor Knox moved a resolution and had it carried,…

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Council in a Quandary No Decision On Road To Local Charcoal Kilns Castrission Bros’ Application to Be Tabled Later

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 April 1942 · page 3

AT the Shire meeting last week the Councillors failed to arrive at a decision in regard to the application by Castrission Bros, who asked that the road leading to their charcoal kilns some few miles from Gundagai be converted int oan all-weather road…

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Carrathool Shire Council Ordinary Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 6

The Council of the above-mentioned Shire met on Monday of last week, when there were present: Crs. Westrup (President), Killen, Varcoe,…

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Two Aldermen Retired, Another Offered

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 4

One aldermen offered to leave the table and two others did retire during Tuesday night's meeting of the Junee Municipal…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 3

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

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Hospital Benefits Association Zone Council Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 6

The Zone Council of the Hospital Benefits Association, comprising a delegate from each of the eighteen constituent hospitals in this Zone,…

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Numbering of Houses Council Negotiating with City Firm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 2

At the meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council last night the works committee reported having received advice from the municipal engineer (Mr. H. J. Chaston) that…

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Wagga Council Staff to Be Issued with Identity Cards

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 2

At the meeting of the Wagga Council which was held last night the staff committee reported that it considered that it would be an advantage to the council in…

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Commonwealth Ot Australia. Allied Works Council. Earth-moving Plant Census

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 1

The Hon. E. G. Theodore, Director General of Allied Works, has issued an Order under Regulation 57 of the National Security (General)…

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Municipal Matters Points of Interest From Last Night's Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 4

Those preterit at the meeting were the Mayor (Ald. H. E. Gissing), who presided; Aldermen J. N. Small. E. S Le Lievre. J. Halloran, John Graham. V. E. Lawrence…

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Gosford Council Leads the Way

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 April 1942 · page 3

By their generous and publicspirited action in voluntarily offering to place the entire machinery of their administration at the…

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Work at Tocumwal Criticised at Shire Council Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 1

Cr. White referred at the Berrigan Shire Council meeting to the position of a number of landholders at Tocumwal, which he described as…

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To Control All Food New Council Formed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday. - An Australian Food Council, under the chairmanship of the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) has been set up to control the production and…

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