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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

1,275 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 64

Petrol Tax and Council Road Works

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

An allocation or £160,000 had been made to councils from the proceeds of petrol tax this year for the first time, the Minister for Local…

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Items of News Municipal Rates Payable

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 2

Wagga ratepayers are reminded that rates for the current year will become due and payable on Wednesday next,…

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Ryde Council's Housing Scheme

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 3

The response to my very earnest appeal to all Local Governing bodies last year to lend practical aid to the State's home-building…

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Municipal Council Tri-weekly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 4

The tri-weekly meeting of the Municipal Council-was held on Tuesday evening last, there being present the Mayor (Ald. F. C. Gamer) and Ald…

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The Royal Visit Public Meeting Supports Council's Invitation

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 4

THAT the imagination of the populace has been stirred by the possibility of such a glamorous and epoch marking event…

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Yanko Shire Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 4

the formation in one. Temporary repairs have been effected by packing stone in the scours and have with stood heavy flooding. Stone has to be…

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Yanko Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 4

The regular meeting of the Yanko Shire Council was held on Thursday, 18th March. There were present Crs. W. Bicket (President), W. R. Scilley…

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Leeton Shire's Anti-Diphtheria Campaign

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

IEETON, Thursday: The response to the Leeton Shin Council's free minimisation campaign against diphtheria to…

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Kyeamba Shire Employee Granted Compensation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

An employee of the Kyeamba Shire Council was awarded £5/5/ a week compensation for a period of six weeks and three days by His Honor Judge Perdriau, at the Wagga Sitting of the Workers…

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Australian Country Party Riverina Electorate Council Five Candidates Endorses

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

The largest meeting of the Riverina Electorate Council of the Country Party to take place in Narrandera for many years was held in the Criterion…

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Mitchell Shire Council Warns Motorists

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

The Mitchell Shire Council yesterday warned motorists to be particularly careful when approaching the railway bridge on the Uranquinty Road, about six miles from Wagga…

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Kyeamba Council to Consider Home Building

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

Kyeamba Shire Council will investigate the advisability of embarking on a home-building programme within the shire. At yesterday's meeting it was decided to obtain…

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Council Farewell to Mr. Harry Hutton

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 2

Mr. Harry Hutton, who passes from the employ of the Cootamundra Municipal Council to become "A" grade clerk to the…

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Lockhart Shire Council

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 4

Lockhart Shire monthly meeting was held on Monday. Councillors present were Messrs. W. K. Day (president), J. W. Gooden, A. Finlayson,…

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Three Seek Illabo Shire Honors

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Three nominated for the by-election for "A", riding, on the 24th: Mr. John Hill, "Millbank", Old Junee; Mr. Gordon L…

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Hume C.p. Council

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

The meeting at Wagga which selected Mr. John Mackay to stand for the Hume was claimed to be the largest ever convened…

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Jindalee Shire School Bus Services Presidential Minute Submitted

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 3

Councillors A. Donaldson, C. Morrow, L. Bennett, R. Ward, C. Manwaring, S. Dillon, J. Hicks, and G. Davidson attended…

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Zionist Council Proclaims Provisional Govt

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Tuesday: The General Zionist Council meeting in Tel Aviv last night proclaimed the creation of a 37-member…

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C.w.a. Hume Group Council

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

Mrs. Davidson, newly-elected president of Hume Group, will chair the council meeting at West Wyalong tomorrow, and looks…

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Council Correspondence Visit of The King

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

THE SALE OF MEAT PIES; BROBENAH ROAD PROBLEM; RESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT HEALTH OFFICER…

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