Dominions May Abolish Appeals to Privy Council
LONDON, Tuesday: Any Dominion which wishes to do so may abolish the system of appeals to the Privy Council. This appears to be the effect of an important decision just…
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Council & local affairs, 1947
1,356 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 68
Burrangong Shire Council Wants Water
Acting on a suggestion by Cr. H. Phillips, Burrangong shire councillors decided, at their meeting on Monday, to make arrangements to conduct a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dave Bowditch Leads with His Left "Public Likes To Know Shire . Facts" Says Council Employee(TO the Editor)
Dear Sir, The letter, that Mr Hargreaves wrote to the Shire meeting is interesting ,and especially funny to those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundagai Council Query on Revenue Spending
At the monthly meeting of Gundagai Shire Council, councillors questioned the spending of shire revenue on capital works, while "electricity rates were higher than in neighboring towns."…
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It will be remembered that last year the Gundagai Hospital Board requested the local Shire. Council to plant trees along the Hume…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Council Tri-weekly Meeting
The tri-weekly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, there being present the Mayor (Aid. J. A. Lorimer) and Aid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carrathool Shire By-election
Mr. D. Blyth, Groongal, has been elected a councillor of B riding. Carrathool Shire, in place of ex-Cr. G. Chapman resigned. The voting at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Council Reports Parks and Gardens' Committee's Report
The Parks and Gardens' Committee reported aa follows: "A delegation representing the Narandera Cricket Association andsss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narraburra Shire Councillors Discuss Plant Requirements
When the item of £700 for repairs to plant appeared on the estimates of the Narraburra Shire for this year, it aroused considerable discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Councillors' Requests to Council
WHEN the chairman called for any general business, each councillor In turn stood up and placed a request…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pleasing Gallop by Silent Pointer to Lord Mayor's Cup
SYDNEY, Thursday: Dutchman, a candidate in Saturday's Flying, was impressive when he covered three in 36¼ at Rand wick this morning. Working 45 feet out on the course proper at Canterbury, Right…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Turf Summer Racing Season Ending Shire Stakes
With the end of the summer racing season approaching, the only big event remaining is the shire St[?] to be run over the C. Riding [?] on 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dominions May Abolish Appeals to Privy Council
Any Dominion which wishes to do so may abolish the system of appeals to the Privy Council. This appears to be the effect of an important decision just…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disabled Soldiers' Appeal Council Prepared To Support Returned Soldiers
LAST month Shire Council received a letter from the Disabled Soldiers' Association requesting the Shire to launch an appeal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Straying Horses on Road Cost Council £25 to Bury Dead 'Uns
In connection with the recent decision of the Council to prosecute owners of straying stock, the following item has a financial bearing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wade Shire Opposes County Council
Wade Shire has again refused to join a county council for the control of district electricity supplies. It is not considered that a County Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.s.l. Action Against Shire Councils Likely
SYDNEY, Sunday: The New South Wales branch of the R.S.L. will endeavor to have two cases of alleged nonobservance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S. African Move to Abolish Appeals to Privy Council
CAPETOWN, Sunday: The leader of the Nationalist Party and the Orange Free State (Mr. C. R. Swart) has given notice of motion…
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In the absence of the Mayor (Ald. Stratton), the deptity-mayor (Ald. Hutton) occupied the chair at the fortnightly meeting of Cootamundra…
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