Check Count in Lockhart Shire Elections
A check count by Mr. B. Sekkectk, returning officer of the votes from outside centres, revealed that in Criding of Lockhart Shire, A.D…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riverina · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1947
1,356 stories in Riverina's papers · page 64 of 68
District News Darlington Point The Shire Election
Voting at the Murrumbidgee Shire election on Saturday last proceeded smoothly, and never at any time was there any overcrowding at the booth…
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As there was no President of the Council and no Deputy President, to the shire cleric (Mr. A. Thompson) fell the duty of welcoming the new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Election Cost Wagga City Council £200
Saturday's elections cost the Wagga City Council more than £200, said the Town Clerk and returning officer (Mr. F. H. Burns), when declaring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Hankinson Elected to Narandera Council
Mr. R. H. Hankinson topped the poll at the Municipal elections held in Narandera on Saturday last, after being out of the council for 16 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour Expects Majority in Council by 1949
The Government's defeat in the Legislative Council on its Building Control Bill has caused speculation in Government circles on the earliest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Elections for "D" Riding Mr. Fuller's Groundless Accusations Against Opponents and the Press
ON MONDAY NIGHT last Mr. Arthur Fuller M.H.R. for Hume, sought the limelight through the "Wagga Daily Advertiser" to express his juhilation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eastern Riverina County Council The Control of St. John's Wort
The Eastern Riverimt Country Council guring the last three years shows that steady progress has been made in Councils work. It can be said that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For the Man on the Land Wool Council Again Refutes Reports of Wool Slump
The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia observes with regret and disapproval the publication of further misleading, reports concerning the wool industry, which are based upon continued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alderman Barrand Re-elected Mayor of Wagga
The Mayor (Alderman L. Barrand) was unanimously re-elected at a special meeting of the newly elected council at the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon. ALDERMAN V.E. Lawrence was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leeton Shire Rate
LEETON, Friday: At the first reading of the estimates for the coming year at last night's meeting of the Leeton Council e decision…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mitchell Shire President's Annual Report
The Mitchell Shire Council has applied for its allo-cation of the petrol tax-£3000-to be spent on works on the Weir Road, the Narrandera Road west of Currawarna, and the Wantabadgery Road east of Oura…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amalgamation Threat Worries Mitchell Shire
A threat was hanging over the Mitchell and Kyeamba Shire Councils that the Department of Local Government would amalgamate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cr. O'brien Elected President of Kyeamba Shire
At a special meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council yesterday Councillor A. A. O'Brien was elected President of the Council and delegate to the Eastern Riverina County Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accommodation Sought for Leeton Council Officers
LEETON, Friday: "You can't expect a man to come here, board at a hotel and live out of a suitcase while his family is some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cr. McCormick Elected Mitchell Shire President; Move to Raise Rates
The Mitchell Shire Council yesterday elected Councillor R. McCormick President and Councillor H. G. Poile deputy president. The president's allowance was fixed at £50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Town Topics Shire meeting on
Main interest rests in the election the Shire President. The Convent School Fete concludes to-night. Big attraction is the , school…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pity the Press ! Accused By Both Sides In Municipal Elections
This editorial written by the editor of the Molong Express could apply to other towns besides Molong. We do not know whether to laugh…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Council Annual Presidential Dinner
The Jindalee Shire council deliberated from 10 till 1 yesterday, then adjourned for the annual presidential lunch, catered splendidly at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cr. Hamilton New President of Wade Shire Council
At a special meeting of the Wade Shire Council on Saturday night Councillor Hamilton was elected president. Nominations were: Councillor Hamilton and Councillor W. D. Bull, but Councillor Bull declined the office…
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