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Council & local affairs, 1949
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Council Decides to Speed Up Tumblong Rural Electricity Extension Consulting Engineer to be Appointed Monthly Meeting of Gundagai Shire Council
The Gundagai Shire Council has been advised that the transformers needed for the rural electricity extension to Tumblong will be available about seven months hence, and at the meeting of the Council held last Tuesday it was decided to speed up preliminary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Purchase of Road Making EQUlPMENT Shire Engineer Gives Facts and Figures to Council
Some time was spent by the Gundagai Shire Councillors at their meeting last Tuesday, discussing the purchase of road making plant and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire to Purchase Newtown Clock
At this week’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council, Cr Carberry had carried a motion that quotations be obtained for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Pasture Sowings in Leeton Shire
LEETON Wednesday: in his April report, the District Veronomist (Mr. W. R. Watkins) stated that this autumn had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Will Eradicate Rabbits From Roads
The Gundagai Shire Council will endeavour, as far a possible, to rid roads in the Shire from rabbits, especially near places where the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Will Protest at Closing of Darbalara School
It was learned during the week that the Department of Education proposes to close the Darbalara School, and the local Shire Council has decided to enter an emphatic protest against this decision. It was stated at last Tuesday’s Shire meeting that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Around the Shire Roads Many Requests From Ratepayers
Many requests for road maintenance work were received at last Tuesday’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council. Among them were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Harden Council Has Many “Bees”
When Harden Municipal Council received a complaint from a ratepayer that bees were eating his grapes with a query as to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lands to Be Sold for Rates Shire Takes Action
Lands within the Gundagai Shire on which rates are overdue will shortly come under the auctioneer’s hammer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Name Plates for Gundagai Streets “A Necessity”, States Shire President
On the recommendation of the Shire President (Cr Stan Glasscock) there will shortly be erected in North and South Gundagai,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →High Consumption of Water Aw Electricity Engineer Reports To Shire
High consumption of water and electricity were recorded in Gundagai last month. The number of electric units used was 118,,560 for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Meeting of Shire to Consider Electricity Matters Fund At Very Low Ebb
A special committee meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council will be held next Tuesday for the purpose of going into all matters pertaining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Garbage Depot at South Gundagai to Be Fenced Health Inspector Reports To Shire
In his report to this week’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council, the newly appointed Health Inspector (Mr H. N. Agnew) reported…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CR. J. A. Chandler Welcomed Back to Shire “Many Problems Facing C Riding Councillors
Before last Tuesday’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council commenced, the President (Cr Stan Glasscock) extended a welcome to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ratepayers to Be Asked to Explain 300 Fail To Vote at Recent Shire Election
Over 300 ratepayers failed to vote at the recent Shire elections and those who did not exercise their franchise are now to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Business People Object to Location of Street Stalls Council To Allot Four Stands
A petition signed by E. C. Young, R. E. Jones, Maurice Lovelock, Geo. Young, Bounader Bros J. Wilson and Mrs E. A. Bourse,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yanko Shire Council Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Yenko Shire Council was held on 14th April, when there were present Crs. J. L. Bull (Chairman), W. R. Scillcy, W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fish Stand in Tumut Streets Chamber Of Commerce To Protest To Shire Council
At the Tumut Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday night a letter was received from several members of the Chamber asking…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →County Council PLAYiNG at Politics Acting Minister Makes a Services Allegation
"Anyone who used the question of coal for political purposes and is prepared to inflict hardship on any section of the community is…
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