Shire Officers Should “Give and Take Electrical Engineer Questioned Regarding Overtime
Stating that the Shire Electrical Engineer (Mr L. F. Cooper), was his own boss, and Councillors did not supervise hi work Cr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Riverina · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1949
1,508 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 76
Improvements to Pioneers’ Memorial Site Council and Hospital Agree On Beautification Scheme
At long last a scheme has been devised for the beautification of the Dog and the Tucker Box Memorial site. The Gundagai Hospital Board, in whose care the control of the memorial is vested, is working in with the local Shire Council, and a sub-committee…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gundagai Shire Will Assist in Scheme to Eradicate Rabbits To Clean Up Roads Where Landholders Co-operate
The Gundagai Shire Council will carry out rabbit destruction work on Shire roads where the landholders are co-operating in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Will Negotiate for Purchase of Site of Present Tennis Courts “Should Not Dabble in These Things at All”, Says Cr. Carberry
In view of the fact that the land on which the present town tennis courts are erected is to be submitted for sale, the Gundagai Shire Council at its meeting yesterday decided to negotiate for the purchase of the block…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tumut Shire Council February Meeting
The February meeting of the Tumut Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers on Monday last, those present being Councillor's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolamon Shire Council Monthly Meeting
The following attended the monthly meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council on Tuesday, 15th February: Councillor N. R. Dyason, president;…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Council Tri-weekly Meeting Another Late Sitting
The ordinary tri-weekly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, there being present the Mayor (Aid. F. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Out to Buy Lorry, Tractor Needed if Shire is to Cope With Heavy Programme
The Illabo Shire Council has decided to invest £2,163 in the purchase of a Comet Leyland lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pensioners and Municipal Rates Cowra Council Will Treat Each Case on Merits
Cowra old age pensioners who want their rates either reduced or completely waived on the grounds of hardship win have to make…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rates Getting Near Saturation Point? Former Alderman Reviews 1949 Estimates (TO the Editor)
Sir: The estimates of the Junee Municipal Council, as published in your issue of Friday, 18th inst., show increases. No invitation is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Appointed "A" Grade Cleric to Gundagai Shire
At a meeting of Gundagai Shire. Council, Mr. Bob Hourn, of the Young Municipal Council, was appointed, "A" grade Clerk. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Intention of Slighting Paper Statement by Mayor ea "Misconstrued" Reports
Just in ease some people may have come away from a function in Junee on Wednesday afternoon last with the wrong impression,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civic Receptions Rot and Ballyhoo Mayor Speaks Against Honoring Minister I
The Mayor of Molong considers that all civic receptions are just "rot and ballyhoo," and thinks that a community should not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Long Service to Illabo Shire Presentation of Association Certificates in Jnnee
Certificates recognising the work in local government of Cr. J. W. C. Beveridge and the late Cr. H. H. Hannon were presented at a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three to Contest Vacancy on Wagga City Council
Three Wagga citizens will contest an extraordinary election to fill a vacancy on the Wagga City Council caused by the death of Alderman V. E. Lawrence. They are Messrs. William Clyde Fife, master baker and produce merchant; Trevor Gerald Flynn, Clerk of Petty Sessions, and Charles James Nest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eradicating Rabbits Gundagai Shire Will Assist Will Clean up Roads Where Landholders Co-operate
The Gundagai shire Council will curry out rabbit destruction work on shire roads where the landholders are co-operating in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Oldest Councillors in Illabo Shire Plan to Retire at End of the Current Term
The President (Cr. H. L Robwtsoa) and Or. J. W. C. Reveridge announced in Junee en Wednesday afternoon last that they intend to retire from the mate Shire Council after the present term has expired…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ANGLE - Parking Lanes for Tumut Council to Try Out New Scheme
At Monday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council the Graziers' Association wrote asking that angle-parking lines be painted in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fairer C.P. Council Meets
LOCKHART, Friday: More than 70 delegates attended the first Country Party Farrer Electorate Council meeting here…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Council Aids Move for Pasteurised Milk
LEETON, Friday: The shire council last night promised full support to a move to provide Leeton with a supply of…
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