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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

1,508 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 76

Council to Review Taxi Position Operators Press for Additional Licenses

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 2

The Cootamundra Municipal Council intends to undertake a general review of the taxi position in Cootamundra at its…

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Junee Council Meeting Junee-nangus-gundagai Road May Be Reclassed As Main Road

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 4

The Department of Main Roads advised the Junee Municipal Council at its meeting last night that it proposed to recommend the reclassification of the Gundagai-Junee Road, via Nangus and Eurongilly, as…

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Council Finances

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council last week the Shire Clerk (Mr. K. Holm) reported as follows:…

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Australian Primary Producers Union District Council Formed

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 7

Last Saturday delegates from the Gundagai and Cootamndra district sub branches of the Australian Primary Producers Union, met at Cootamundra, when a district Council was formed. Representatives of sub branches…

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Cootamundra Council Disapproves of Picnic Race Club

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 4

“The Southern Districts’ Picnic Race Club ball is generally quite a hilarious affair for racegoers of a hundred miles around, but the…

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Renovations to Honor Board Council to Take Action

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

Speaking during question time at last week's meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council Cr. A. E. Elliott said…

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Coota. Council Has Hopes for Highway Coolac-Stockinbingal Trunk Road Rejected

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

After the Cootamundra Town Council had been informed this week that the Cowra-Cootamundra Albury highway was still “under…

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Latest Books at Wagga Free Library Latest books at the Wagga Municipal Free library include: ABORIGINALS

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 2

BATES, Daisy: "The Passing of the Aboriginals." The account of a lifetime spent among the natives of Australia. An…

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Coolamon Shire Council Correspondence

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 1

The following correspondence was read and dealt with at last week’s Shire Council meeting, as follows:—…

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Not Thought Foolish by Some Sections. Alderman Gets Praise for Attitude in Council (To the Editor)

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 8

Sir: Would you kindly allow me the valued space in your columns to express a great appreciation of the work of Alderman T. Geeson…

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No More Donations Council Decides In "Camera" Discussion

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 6

Aid. Geeson asked that the Municipal Council on Tuesday night go into committee so that he could mention a matter…

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Northern Riverina County Council Brief Meeting Electricity Restrictions to Be Enforced

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 3

The meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council, at Temora, on Monday last, was the shortest on record, council concluding its deliberations shortly before the luncheon interval. The weather (frequent…

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Time Stands Still in Junee Council's Please Explain Has Slow Passage

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 2

What is a mere 20 days when you have 365 in a year? Time certainly marcnes on: The Junee Municipal Council has…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Council Monthly Meeting at Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Darlington Point, on 13th May, there being…

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Housing Discussed by Shire Councillors

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 7

When a letter was read from the Housing Commission, at the last meeting of the Shire Council, saying that an officer would visit Berrigan…

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Leeton High School Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 4

The meeting of the High School Council held on Tuesday night of last week was poorly attended. The fact that it was bonfire night…

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Council Thanks Electricity Staff for Assistance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 2

At the Council meeting on Thursday night last the shire engineer, Mr. A. H. Buckham, in the course of his report stated that the Council's…

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Officers Elected to Electoral Council Rural Economics Discussed by Federal Member

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 4

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Yass State Electoral Council, held in Gundagai on Sunday last. Mr. Fuller. M.H.R., Member…

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Local News Donation to Shire Library

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 6

The Tumbarumba Shire Free Library was officially opened on May 18, 1948, and since then donations of books' have been…

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YASS A.L.P. Electoral Council Annual Meeting Held at Gundagai Member for flume Declares Greatest Prosperity in Nation’s History

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 7

Speaking at the meeting of the Yass State Electorate council held in Gundagai last, Mr fuller, MHR, member for Hume, told delegates that the total value of Australian rural production in 1948-49 is likely to reach [?]500 million for the…

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