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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

1,315 stories in Riverina's papers · page 48 of 66

New Plant for Mitchell Shire Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 5

The Mitchell Shire Council yesterday approved of the purchase of a Caterpiller 12 grader to cost £1850 and two new tipping trucks…

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Mitche Shire Council Expects Deficit of £1360

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 5

At the meeting of the Mitchell Shire Council yesterday the [?]re clerk submitted a financial statement showing an estimate debit balance at December 31 of £13/7/5…

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Electricity In Gundagai Shire Riding

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 6

The Northern Riverina County Council has advised the Gundagai Shire Council that it cannot construct transmission lines for the…

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Kyeamba Shire Council to Ask for Army Machinery Engineer Tells of Huge Surplus in Depots

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 7

The Kyeamba Shire Council engineer (Mr. E. Cameron) informed the meeting of the council yesterday that during his trip to secure road-making plant for the council he had seen sufficient suitable…

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County Council Suggested

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 2

The Kyeamba Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, decided to co-operate with the Gundagai Shire council in calling a meeting to…

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Action on Weeds in Mitchell Shire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 5

Mitchell Shire Councillors are concerned at the failure of some landholders to combat the spread of Patterson's Curse and Horehound…

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Council to Consider Baby Health Centre for Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 6

The Gundagai Shire Council will consider the erection of a baby health centre at Gundagai at its next meeting. At the last meeting the council received advice…

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Kyeamba Council to Test Local Gravel on Road

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 5

The Kyeamba Shire Council decided yesterday to test a length of road in the shire with gravel from Sandy Creek…

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Saturday Half-holiday Referendum Kyeamba Council Seeks Wider Pall

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 2

Following a statement by Cr. McEachern that many country people were unable to vote on the Saturday half-holiday question, the…

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Minister Advises Gundagai Council on Housing

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 4

The Minister for Hearing (Mr. Lazzarini) who attended the last meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council at the invitation of the…

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[?]SHIRE [?]Urana" Mean?

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

[?]meeting of the Ur[?] was held on Tues[?] those present being [?]R. Townsend…

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Lockhart Shire Sewerage to be Investigated

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 6

Following a report submitted by the Shire Clerk (Mr. R. B. Selleck), the Lockhart Shire Council, at the September meeting, decided to ask…

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TOWN COUNCIl Housing Plans

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. Stratton presided over the usual fortnightly meeting of the cootamundra Town Council last night…

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Straying Stock Council to Consider Prosecutions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 6

When the Shire Clerk reported at the Council meeting on Thursday night, that a resident of Yanco had interviewed him and pointed out that…

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Primary Producers' Union District Council Meeting

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the District Council of the P.P. Union was held at the Commercial Hotel, Tumut, on September 4…

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Junee Council's Attitude on Noxious Weed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 5

The Junee Municipal Council decided at its meeting last night to inform the Gundagai Shire Council that it was not in favor of a county council controlling Paterson's Curse…

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County Council Discusses Power and Water For Wagga District

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1946 · page 5

Much of the time of the meeting of the Southern Riverina County Council at Wagga yesterday was taken up with water and electricity extensions. After hearing several recommon…

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Tumbarumba Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 1

All councillors were present at the monthly meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council held on Tuesday. Cr. K. B. Hammond presided…

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Leeton Council Decisions

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 5

The Leeton Shire Council at its recent meeting received a long circular from the Bush Fires Advisory committee on the prevention…

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Leeton Council To Review Stock Impounding

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 5

Leeton Shire Council decided at its last meeting not to proceed against people whose stock was impounded until the matter had been…

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