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Council & local affairs, 1946

1,315 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 66

Town Council Last Monday Nights Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 6

Ald. D. Stratton (Mayor). S. Moorhouse. F. Dickson. B. Ward. T. Nicholson. A. Hutton. G. Bruderlin. and J. Leonard. attended the ordinary…

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Ald. Blamey Farewelled Resignation from Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 1

At the close of the meeting of the Municipal Council on Monday evening last, the Mayor invited the aldermen and officers of the Council to partake…

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Junee Council Meeting Order to Demolish Unlawful Building

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 5

Junee Council has ordered a North Junee resident to refrain from continuing with the erection of a building, and to immediately…

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Chamber of Commerce Monthly Council Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

The council of Wagga Chamber of Commerce, at last meeting, considered a letter from a member requesting support for his protest against the…

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Swimming Pool For Gundagai? Holbrook Council Favors One As War Memorial Junee Pool a Revelation to Gundagai Visitors

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

The people of Gundagai must fight for the erection of a modern swimming pool. On Saturday last a party of local men visited Junee for the purpose of gathering information in regard to establishment of a pool at Gundagai as a war memorial. The Junee pool was a…

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Lockhart Shire Council

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

The monthly meeting of Lockhart Shire Council was held on Monday. Councillor A. D. Finlayson (president) presided and other Councillors…

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5-Mile Dam to be Repaired by Shire Council

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

Threatened with the loss of a wide and useful expanse of water if repair work was not carried out, a conference of Urana P.P. Directors, two…

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Travelling Permits at Saleyards Another Deputation To Wait on Shire Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

A large attendance of stock owners and all the local agents, including Dalgety's Narandera, and Young-husband's Griffith, were present at a…

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The Shire & Noxious Weeds

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

Realising the unhealthy spread of camel melon, bindi-i and other noxious weeds, the Lockhart Shire Council decided, on Monday, to put on…

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The Ice Position Reports to Municipal Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 3

At the meeting of the Municipal council on Monday evening last. The Mayor said that Aid. Lorimer, Hepburn and himself recently held a…

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C.W.A. Group Council State President Speaks to Meeting at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

The Riverina Group Council of the C.W.A. met in the Wagga Town Hall yesterday, the outstanding feature being the splendid address…

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Around the Shire Roads

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 8

In his report to last Tuesday's Shire meeting, the Engineer (Mr E. A. Johns) reported as follows:— No 1 power grader has been…

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Buildings Approved of by the Shire

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

The Health Inspector (Mr F. Mcr Fee) submitted the following report to last Tuesday's Shire meeting. Applications were received and…

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Shire to Pay £2,300 for Dalgety & CO's YARDS

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

At the Gundagai Shire meeting Tuesday it -was unanimously decided to purchase the saleyards owned by Dalgety & Co. Ltd, at a…

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Financing Electricity Extensions Shire President Reports On Visit To Harden

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

. Shire President T. G. Lindley submitted the following report to Tuesday's Council meeting: “On the 27th ult, in company with…

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Shire to Seek Government Grant To Assist In Financing Proposed Big works

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

On the suggestion of Cr it was decided at Tuesday's Shire meeting that the Council prepare a list of proposed works, such as…

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Control of Noxious Weeds lN the Gundagai Shire Difference of Opinion Among Councillors

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 5

Animated and lengthy discussion took place at Tuesday's meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council over the control of noxious weeds with in the Shire. There was a vast disparagement of opinion among the councillors on the question, and when it was decided not to take any…

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Community Hotel Suggested for Junee Liquor Laws Policed By Local Council

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

Fresh from a holiday in Sydney Ald A. R. C. Brown, at the meeting of Junee Council fostered a proposal postal that a community hotel for…

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The Bongongqlong Road Tangle a Long, Long Lane Without A Turning Council Considers Not Answering Letter

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 5

A letter received by the Shire Councillors at their meeting last Tuesday was couched in such cynical terms that the question was…

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Gundagai's Chances For An Aerodrome Fade “Not Impressed With Willie Ploma Site” Happenings at February Council Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 6

Gundagai's hopes for the establishment of an aerodrome are slowly fading. At this week's meeting of the Shire Council a letter was received from a well known commercial airways company stating that they are not impressed at all with the Willie Ploma site, and that in…

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