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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

1,275 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 64

Wagga Labor Council to Probe Prices, Rents and Meat Deliveries

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 2

The Wagga Trades and Labor Council has decided to take steps to have a prices committee set up under its auspices to investigate prices, rents and meat deliveries in Wagga…

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Lockhart Shire Council Hears Report of Tour

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

LOCKHART, Monday: Present today at the Lockhart Shire Council meeting were Councillors Walter Day (president)…

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Lockhart Shire

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

Cr. W. K. Day (president) was in the chair for Monday's meeting of Lockhart Shire Council. Other councillors present were: Messrs. C…

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Shire Engineer Resigns

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of the Jindalee Shire Council, Mr. L. St. K. Donaldson tendered his resignation to council and…

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Jindalee Shire Yesterday's Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

Present at yesterday's shire council meeting were Crs. A. Donaldson, S. Dillon, C. Manwaring, R. Word, G. Davidson,…

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School Bus Routes Decided Jindalee Shire Accepts Four Tenders

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

The Jindalee Shire Council yesterday accepted tenders for bus routes which are planned to bring children into the…

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"The Coldest Ever" Saturday's Council Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

When the clock struck five at Council meeting on Saturday afternoon, Cr. D. Langham asked to be excused as he wanted to get away. He also…

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Leeton Shire Asked to Construct Sheep Dip; Trouble at Saleyards

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 4

LEETON, Monday: Stock owners in the Leeton district have asked the Leeton Shire Council to construct a sheep dig at the Leeton saleyards at a cost of £200…

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Shire Clerk's Report Interference With Pumps Reward Increased to £100

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 4

AT the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Saturday afternoon the shire clerk (Mr. A. Thompson) submitted a…

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Sheep Dip Wanted for Sale Yards Deputation to Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

A DEPUTATION representing sheep farmers on the irrigation area waited on the Leeton Shire Council on Saturday afternoon…

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Do Street Stalls Compete With Shops? Discussion at Council Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

THE question of whether street stalls compete unfairly with shops was debated at the Council meeting on Saturday…

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"Like a Pack of Wolves" Road Problems Discussed at Council Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

Considerable time was devoted at the meeting of Leeton Shire Council on Saturday afternoon to a discussion on…

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Correspondence Council and Destruction of Trees and Hedges (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 4

Sir—In a report of the Council meeting contained in your paper recently some councillors were concerned about boys ringbarking trees with…

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Wagga Municipal Library Jottings Book of the Week

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Baity, Elizabeth Chesley: "Man is a Weaver" (Lond., Harrap, 1947). Located:…

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Request to Council

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1

Members of the Tumbarumba sub-branch of the R. S. L. decided at the monthly meeting on Saturday night to ask the Shire…

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Cootamundra Wants Aerodrome Member for Hume To Be Asked to Meet Council

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 7

"This Council must take some notice of the way we are being by passed as far as the aerodrome is concerned, Cootamundra is…

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Coolamon Shire Council Correspondence

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 4

The following correspondence was dealt with at Tuesday’s council meeting:-From District Forester, Forbes…

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Culcairn Shire Council Accepts Offer of Land For Playground

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 2

The Culcairn Progress Association informed the recent meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council that it had decided to purchase a block of land in Balfour Street East, and to offer to vest it in the council, if the…

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Coolamon Shire Council Record Rate Collections Main and Trunk Roads Recommended

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

The following attended the monthly meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council on Tuesday last:-Crs. N. R. Dyason (President), J. W…

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Municipal Council Tri-weekly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 4

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

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