Women As Aldermen (To the Editor, "The Daily Advertiser")
Sir,—May we address this letter to the women of Wagga? In three weeks' time there will be a by-election to fill two JOYCE HOLMES, DOREEN GRIFFIN,…
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Council & local affairs, 1946
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Shire Removes Coursing Fence Prompt Action To Improve Playing Area
The Gundagai Shire Council acted promptly this week, and already has removed the coursing fence from inside the oval on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abattoirs Safe In Council Hands, Says Premier
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Local governing bodies would be competent to see that their rights were preserved when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Acts Promptly To Avoid Water Shortage Part of Town Without Supply When Pump Failed on Tuesday No Restrictions If People Do Not Exceed Reasonable Requirements
WHEN a pump driving the water to the Gundagai reservoir failed on Tuesday morning, disaster threatened the town reticulation system. Due to the exceedingly hot conditions the demand was heavy; and portion of the town was without water for a few hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Need for More Forests in Coolamon Shire
â It is very encouraging to meet people like yourselves who appreciate trees and want to have them .â said Mr. B. U. Ryks . of the Pores try commission, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leeton Technical College Advisory Council Meeting More Accommodation Required
THE meeting of the Advisory Council of Leeton Technical College was held at the School on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.S.S & A.I. League Meeting of Riverina District Council
A general meeting of the Riverina District Council of the R.S.S. and A.L. League was held in the club room, Narandera, on Wednesday last,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Support for Women As Aldermen
Yesterday we asked three men and three women whether they favored women aldermen on the Wagga City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Souveniring" on Mitchell Shire Roads
To put an end to "souveniring," it was suggested at the meeting of the Mitchell Shire Council yesterday that concrete guide posts be used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Englishwoman Asks Wagga Mayor to help find Brother
Mrs. T. Moxon, of 12 Garton Grow., East Sad Park, Leeds, England, has asked the Mayor of Wagga (Ald. J. T. Doyle) to assist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grasshoppers Located and Killed on Roads in Mitchell Shire
Fourteen patches of young grasshoppers had been located on Mitchell Shire roads and were sprayed, reported the health inspector (Mr. K. C. McEntyre at yesterday's meeting of the shire councl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Councils Differ on Scheme to Rent Town Hall
Kyeamba Shire Council will confer with the Wagga City Council on a proposal to rent part of the Town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kyeamba Shire in Doubt About Financing of £11,000 Road Works
A main roads programme for 1947, estimated to cost £11,811, submitted to yesterday's meeting of Kyeamba Shire Council by the engineer (Mr. E. F. Cameron) is to be submitted to the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kyeamba Council Loan of £5000 to Be Completed
The Bank of New South Wales forwarded to yesterday's meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council details of the council's proposed loan of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illabo Shire President To Visit Sydney to Ask For More Roads Money
The State Government should allot shire councils more money for bitumen work on main roads, and thus allow the councils to spend more of their own money on the back roads. Councillor H. L. Robertson…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Thronged For Lord Mayor's Show
LONDON, Sunday: Hundreds of thousands if happy Londoners packed the streets yesterday afternoon to witness the Lord Mayor's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge Planned in Lockhart Shire; Council Willing to Pay Half
The Kyeamba Shire Council is to pay half the cost of a bridge across Burke's Creek. The Rock, provided the roads approaching it in the Kyeamba Shire were made trafficable and gates on the road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lockhart Shire Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of Lockhart Shire Council was held on Monday, when councillors present were: Messrs. A. D. Finlayson (president),…
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Alderman D. Stratton (Mayor) presided over the meeting of the Town Council held in the council chambers last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council's Housing Scheme Further Details to Hand
The initial cost of the 20 huts to be converted into houses by Cootamundra Town Council will be £3740. The council at its meeting last night…
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