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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1943

1,235 stories in Riverina's papers · page 20 of 62

Riverina U.C.P. Council Messrs. Scilley and M'ivor Endorsed Candidates

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

Then was very large attendance at the meeting of the Riverina Electorate Council at Narandera on Saturday last for the purpose of…

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Shire Clerk Home After Two Months' Holiday "Good to See Leeton Again" Says Mr. T. H. Webster

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

MR. T. H. Webster (Shire Clerk) is back in harness after two months leave, which he spent in Sydney, his place of residence…

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Riverina U.C.P. Electoral Council Messrs. W. R. Scilley and L. Melver Nominated MR. H. K. Nock’s Position

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 1

At Saturday’s meeting of Narrandera, nine candidates were nominated; Messrs G. N. Dixco, F. C. Carner W. M. Hammond J. P. Law[?] L. Melvor, J…

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Wagga Gas "Modern Tariff" Approved At Special Council Meeting Small Consumer Pays More

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 6

A special meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council was held on Thursday night when a modern gas tariff was adopted, following the report…

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Remove Showground To Anzac Park and A. Society In Favor of Shire’s PostWar Reconstruction Scheme

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

As one of several items in the Gundagai Shire's post-war reconstruct scheme is the removal of the local showground to Anzac Park, the Shire's plan received the endorsement of the annual meeting of P. and A. Society on Friday when a motion was carried that the…

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Shire Ridings Division

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

Cr. Barry said at the last meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council that he had been requested to ask if the Council could divide the Ridings…

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Tumut Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund Auxiliary

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

Forty-nine parcels were made up and dispatched to Tumut boys in the fighting forces overseas, New Guinea and Darwin on 16th April, 1943,…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 4

Ald. F. Dickson (Mayor, S. Moorhouse, D. Stratton, T. Nicholson, A. Hutton, L. Conkey attended last night's council meeting…

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H.M.A.S. COOTAMUNDRA Mayor and Deputy to Inspect

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

At last nights council meeting the Mayor (Ald. F. R. Dickson) and the Deputy Mayor (Ald. T. Nicholson) were appointed to visit "somewhere in…

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Narandera Council Items of Interest

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 4

One cue or diphtheria was reported within the municipality at the fortnightly meeting of the Naranders Municipal Council, held on Monday…

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Correspondence Bridge in Carrathool Shire Needs Repairing (To the Editor)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 3

Sir: I am hoping that this letter will be read by some, if not all, of, the Carrathool shire councillars. If so, and action is liken to repair the…

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GAS v. ELECTRICITY Argument at Council Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

There was much discussion at last night's council meeting on the question of the gasworks, which, as usual, showed a loss in the auditors' report…

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Wagga F. and S.A. Council Resolutions Replies by Minister

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 3

Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., has advised Mr. W. W. Vonarx, secretary of the Wagga District Council of the Farmers and…

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Fire at Tumut Shire Office a Timely Save Was It the Work of a Fire-bug or Accidentally Set Ablaze?

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

There was quite some excitement in Tumut on Saturday night last at 6.30 p.m. when the alarm sounded to…

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Was Thief Responsible for Fire at Shire Office?

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 May 1943 · page 1

There was some excitement in Tumut on Saturday night last, when the alarm sounded to advise the fire brigade that the Shire…

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Attempt to Burn Tumut Shire Office? Timely Discovery Prevents Conflagration

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

A fire occurred in the Tumut Shire Office at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday last. No great damage was caused by the blaze, which was confined to shelves and a cabinet of drawers containing maps and levels in one of the rear rooms before the fire was extinguished. Although it’s…

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Shire Employee Given Leave to Join Services Promotion For Mr. H. Heydon

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

Mr Harold Heydon, who joined the Council as junior clerk about seven or eight years ago, and who passed the final examination of the…

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The Council Preference to Unionists Government Defeated on Issue

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—-"Many men who were unionists before joining the AIF will not want to rejoin their unions when they return to civil…

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Dehydration Plant for Gundagai? Shire Proposal For Large Scale Vegetable Growing Departmental Expert Asked to Make Inspection

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 1

The growing of vegetables on a big scale along the rich Murrumbidgee river flats and the establishment of plants for dehydrating them was referred to at the April meeting of the council as part of the postwar programme on which they are engaged. The more extensive…

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Tumut Shire Council May Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 1

The May- meeting of the Tumut Shire Council was held on Wednesday. Those present were Crs, C. F. Armstrong (chair), A. N. Fuller, G…

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