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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

1,508 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 76

£500 Subsidy for Bland Shire Power

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Subsidies amounting to more than £52,000 for rural electricity extensions were announced by the Minister…

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Not Afraid of Work Wyalong Ratepayer Tells Shire Council

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 7

A ratepayer told Bland Shire Council that he was prepared to have a crack at road construction himself if it would assist Council…

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Local Items Mitchell Shire Road Grants

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 2

Grants totalling £2100 will be made available to the Mitchell Shire Council for the financial year 1948-49, under…

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A.P.P.U. Cootamundra District Council Formed

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 3

At a well-attended and enthusiastic meeting at Cootamundra last Saturday morning, the Cootamundra District Council of…

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Council Warned It would Have to Stop Spending Money

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 3

"The Councils finances were never in a worse condition. It is a desperate position, and the Council will have to do something…

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Junee Resolution Was Amended But Zone Council Will Seek. R.S.L. Policy Amendment

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 2

Recommended by a motion from the Junee sub-branch of the R.S.L. the Southern Districts zone council of the R.S.L. yesterday…

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Shire Grants

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 4

Mr. E. T. Kendell, M.L.A. for Corowa, has reason to be pleased with the allocations of grants to Shires made by Mr. Cahill, Minister for…

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Municipal Council Officers' Reports

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 4

The following reports were read at the last meeting of the Municipal Council: Finance and Electricity Committee's…

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Shire to Be Prosecuted

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 3

At the first meeting of the new term, the Jerilderie Pastures Protection Board decided to prosecute the Berrigan Shire Council for…

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Grant for Jindalee. Big Programme for Shire Roads

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

Jindalee Shire Council has been granted £1880 from Petrol Tax funds under the Common-wealth Aid Roads and Works…

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Town Council Public Telephone Lighting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 3

Present at last night's meeting were Aldermen P. Dickson (Mayor), A. cohen, M. Mutch, M. Meagher, C. Williams, K…

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Council's Big Order Materials for Rural Electricity Extensions

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

Ald. M. Meagher, vice-chairman of the Cootamundra Municipal Councils, electricity committee, said at last night's…

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Big Plans for Fisher Park Council Seeks Government Grant

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

In order to transform Fisher Park into "one of the best sporting arenas in the State," the Cootamundra Municipal…

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Council Hopeful About Housing Talk of Tenders for Flats

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 4

Amidst a general note of op[?]nism on the improvement of Cootamundra's housing position, the Mayor. (Ald…

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£6,800 for S.r. County Council's Power Extension

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Payment of a £6800 subsidy to the Southern Riverina County Council towards…

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Council Has Hopes for Highway Coolac-stockinbingal Trunk Road Rejected

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 4

After the Cootamundra Town Council had been informed last night that the Cowra-Coota-mundra Albury highway was…

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Alderman Threatens to Leave Council If Final Notice to Connect Sewerage Is Served

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 6

DESPITE THE RESTRICTIONS AND THE NEED TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY THERE WAS GREATER WASTE IN THE JUNEE RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN TH RIVERINA, ALD. J. T. GEESON TOLD…

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Invitation List for Governor's Dinner. Restriction of Number Sets Aldermen a Problem

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 8

Unsuccessful moves were made at last night's meeting of the Junee Municipal Council to extend the invitation list for the official…

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Wade Shire Inspector Absent When Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 1

GRIFFITH, Tuesday: At the continuation at Griffith Court House today of the inquiry into the suspension of the Wade Shire Health Inspector (Mr. Cecil Leape), Mr. Leape failed to appear…

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Rap on Knuckles for Picnic Race Club Council "Disapproves"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 2

The Southern Districts' Picnic Race Club ball is generally quite a hilarious affair for racegoers of a hundred miles…

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