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Council & local affairs, 1946

1,315 stories in Riverina's papers · page 60 of 66

Tumbarumba Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday, when Or. K. B. Hammond presided…

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Council Chambers

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 6

It was in 1912 that application were called for a competitive degl[?] for a shire ball and council chambers Mr. Lavers, of Cootamundra was the…

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Wagga's Mayor in Robes for First Time

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 2

For probably the first time this century, a Mayor of Wagga wore mayoral robes on Tuesday. His Worship (Ald. J. V. Doyle) wore ermine-trimmed…

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Trunk Road No. 80 Carrathool Council's View

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 2

The Wade Shire Council, in a letter to the meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council last Friday, asked whether it was in agreement with the proposition…

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Electrical Appliances to Be Sold by County Council

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 3

At lat week’s meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council at Gundagi the chairman, Cr. D. W. Edis, in the coarse of his minute reported:—…

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United Country Party Meeting of Murrumbidgee Electorate Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

A meeting of the Murrumbidgee Electorate Council was held at the Returned Soldiers' Rooms, Griffith, on 16th November, 1946. The…

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Gold Cup for Garden Competition Suggested at Council Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 4

AN annual garden competition for the rate payers of Leeton with a gold or silver cup worth anything from £10 to £15 was…

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Electricity Rate Loan to Be Struck County Council Discussion

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 3

A discussion on the proposed electricity loan rate was Initiated by Cr. West (Burrangong) at last week’s County Council meeting at Gundagai…

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Northern Riverina County Council Meeting at Gundagai Long Discussion on Water Failure (“Review” Special)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

This month’s meeting of the Northern [?] County Council was held at the Council. Chambers, [?] on Wednesday of last week. There president [?] Cr. D. W. Edis (Chairman), Crs. Dyason, Hawthorne and [?]…

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Correspondence [We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents.] City Council By-election (To the editor, "The Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 2

Sir—The City Council by-election last Saturday was the most vigorous ever held in this city, and was some indication that Wagga people are…

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Sydney Council Engineer's Town Planning Tour

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1946 · page 3

TORONTO, Friday: M. A. H Garnsey, Sydney City Engineer, has reached Canada after a tour of Europe, studying town planning…

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Leeton Council Discusses Miscellaneous Matters

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 3

A letter from the Housing Commission of New South Wales, enclosing plans for the proposed additional ten cottages at Leeton, was received at the recent meeting of the Leeton Shire Council…

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Beetles to Control St. John’s Wort Good Results Reported To County Council

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 6

Chrysolini hyperlci beetles, liberated in the Mannus area to combat John’s Wort are showing up again this year in increased…

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Food for Britain Shire Council's Contributions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

The sympathy of the people of Leeton for the Food for Britain Movement, and their active cooperation in supplying funds for that worthy…

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Shire Council Meeting Items Dealt with in Correspondence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

THE problem of retaining accommodation for school teachers while on holidays, the need for commencing the new technical college, parking space for lorries, eradication of caltrops or bindii, Housing Commission cottages, rubbish on roads, hideous radio plays, trees for Maiden Avenue were among the matters touched upon at the…

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Hydro Hotel Not for Sale Reply to Shire Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

MESSRS Tooth and Co. Ltd., have no intention of selling their palatial property Known as the Hydro Hotel in order that it may…

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Narandera Mayor Elected

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

Ald. J. A. Lorimer was elected Mayor of Narandera last night. The Deputy Mayor to Ald. F. G. Garner…

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Former Mayor C.p. Candidate for Albury

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

Ald. D. G. Padman, of Albury, will contest the next State election in Country Party interests. He was endorsed at a meeting of…

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Correspondence "The Forbidding Shire Hall" (To the Editor.)

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

Sir,—Reading the report of the Lockhart Red Cross meeting last week I notice that we, as members, are requested to carry on the good…

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Suggestions For Regular Secret Sessions Not Accepted by Shire Councillors

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

AT the fortnightly meeting of the, Leeton Shire Council Cr. D. Hughes declared that there were things going on in Leeton about…

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