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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

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Wagga Council By-Election Today

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1948 · page 1

The returning officer for the Wagga City Council by-election, to be held today (Mr. F. H. Burns) has made an appeal to…

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City Council Rate on Farmlands

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1948 · page 2

Commenting yesterday on recent correspondence in "The Daily Advertiser" on the Wagga City Council's rate on Urban…

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W.c.i.c. Not. Democratic, Says Leeton Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1948 · page 1

LEETON, Friday: Leeton Shire Council is urging an alteration of the administrative setup of the Water Conservation…

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Mr. Ivan J. Jack Elected to City Council

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1948 · page 2

Wagga farmer and grazier Mr. Ivan John Jack, was elected as an alderman to the Wagga City Council at a by-election on Saturday. He defeated the only other candidate, Mr. Robert…

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Road Problems Shire Council's Forward Move

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 3

LEETON Shire Council has at last made a bold forward move in an effort to grapple in, practical fashion with the problem…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Council Monthly Meeting at Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 4

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Darlington Point, on 1st October, when…

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The Berlin Crisis Negotiations Before Council Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Tuesday.—Dr. Bramuglia, Acting President of the UNO Security Council, yesterday conferred for more than an…

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Proposed Cycling Track at Cricket Ground Deputation to Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 2

AT the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night a deputation was received from the Leeton Cycle Club with a…

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Wagga and Shire Rates

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1948 · page 2

Sir,—I beg space in jour paper to make the following comparison of rates between the Wagga City Council and the…

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S.R County Council's New Move in Fight for Gratuities Reimbursement

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1948 · page 1

The Southern Riverina County Council will ask the Shires' Association to approach the Minister for Local Government in support of its request for reimbursement of gratuities. The gratuities, which total £9517/12/6, were paid to former members of…

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Municipal Library Jottings Book of the Week

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1948 · page 4

MORESBY, Isabelle: "Australia Makes Music," Lond., Longmans, Green, 1948. With the echoes of the Wagga…

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Shire of Tumbarumba

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 2

RENDERS, endorsed as such are invited, and will be received up to 4 p. m. on Tuesday 2nd November, 1948, for the…

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Gundagai Shire President Clamps Down on Street Stalls Position to be Reviewed by Council

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 6

The Gundagai Shire President (Cr F. R. McHugh) has clamped ed down on granting permission to conduct street stalls in Gundagai Some applications made to Council this month have been refused…

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Coolamon Shire Council Narraburra Shire Roads

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 1

At the Shire Council meeting held on Tuesday, 12th October, the following were present: Councillor N. R. Dyason (President);…

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Shire Council Correspondence T.B. Tests for Cows Progress Association Requests. School Signs for Murrami

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 4

The question of establishing T.B. tests for cows, requests for town improvements from Leeton and District Yanco, and South East Leeton…

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Testing of Cows for T.b. Request to Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 3

When a letter from the Leeton and District Progress Association was received at the Council mooting on Thursday night suggesting that the…

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Mayor Opens Wagga's First Beer Garden

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 2

Ideal conditions for mixed drinking, particularly in hot weather, are provided by the new beer garden at the Exchange Hotel, Wagga. The garden was officially opened on Saturday…

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Shire Employees Picnic Held at Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 2

Members of the Gundagai and Tumut Shire Council Employees Union held their first combined picnic on Anzac Park on Friday last, 22nd…

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Fireworks Expected at To-morrow's Council Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 1

There is sure to he some lively debates at to-morrow's meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council. In fact, fireworks are expected. Following the suspension of two of council's employees during the past week there is certain to be a grand inquisition into the whys…

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Yanko Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Yanko Shire Council was held on Thursday, 14th October, there being present Crs. W. Bicket (President), W. R…

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