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Council & local affairs, 1949

1,508 stories in Riverina's papers · page 49 of 76

New Books at Municipal Free Library Carpentry

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1949 · page 4

LLOYD, C: "The Australian Carpenter." Here Is a book for the handyman to consult for the hundred and one jobs that…

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Forbes Aldermen Appointed a Consulting Engineer Now Want To Cancel Costly Contract

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 5

At a late meeting of the Forbes Municipal Council some time ago, aldermen were half asleep. They passed a motion appointing a…

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Council of Europe Germany's Admission

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 1

STRASBOURG, Thursday.—The suggestion that an extraordinary session of the European Consultative Assembly be called…

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Local Council Approves Buildings New Justin Street Cottage

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 2

The Cootamundra Town Council has approved the construction within the municipality of buildings costing £2229…

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Maragle Soldier's Settlement Council to Investigate Possibility of Road

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 1

A letter from the Chamber of Commerce to Tuesday's Shire Council meeting asked that Council take steps to…

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Maragle Soldier's Settlement Council to Investigate Possibility of Road

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 1

A letter from the Chamber of Commerce to Tuesday' Shire Council meeting asked that Council take steps to…

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Shire Council Correspondence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 4

Amongst the correspondence dealt with at the last meeting of the Leeton Shire Council were the following letters: From National Fitness…

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Building Operations In Tumut Shire

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 5

Mr. J. Lockeridge Shire Building Officer reported as follows to Wednesday's Shire Council meeting:-- The following have applied for…

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Town Bus Service Recommended by Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 5

When an application was received from Mr. G. M. Parks at the Council meeting last week seeking sanction and support for the establishment of…

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W. Ross Chosen C.P. CANDIDATE To go Before Electoral Council

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

At a well-attended meeting of the branch of the Australian Country Party at Harden last night, Mr. W. M. Ross was…

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125th Anniversary Celebrations Abandoned Committee Recommends Cancellation and Another Public Meeting "Public Meeting Not Necessary," Says Shire President

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2

The committee recently appointed as a nucleus of the organising body for the proposed 251th Anniversary Celebrations which were to be held in Tumut…

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Cootamundra Municipal Library This Week's New Books Cry My Beloved Country, by Alan Paton

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2

The beloved country is South Africa, and this is one of the most impressive novels it has ever produced: It is the story of…

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Cr. Claims Shire Will Lose £1500 Income Annually Objection to Increase in Wagga Boundaries

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1949 · page 2

Kyeamba Shire Council "will lose more, than £1500 yearly in income if Wagga City Council is granted an extension of boundaries to include 12,400 acres belonging to Kyeamba Shire." Arthur Alan O'Brien, Kyeamba Shire president, said this yesterday at the…

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Tumut Shire Council August Meeting

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 6

The August meeting of the Tumut Shire Council was held in the Shire Chambers on Wednesday last, those present being Councillors L. E. Quarmby (chair), A. N. Fuller, J. Oliver, W. P. Nicholas, L. F. Roche, F. Murphy, W. Hassett, G. Keenan and the…

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Extra Riding for Tumut Shire Council Approves Of New Subdivision

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

"C" Riding To Comprise Batlow, Windewie and Wondalga; New Riding To Include Half Gilmore, Tumut Plains and Blowering. At Wednesday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council a letter was…

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Messages From Mayor, Show President

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

The Mayor of Wagga (Ald. L. Barrand), and the president of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association (Mr. J. R. Macrae) have issued the following messages on the Wagga Show:…

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Shire and Urban Area Rolls

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 4

A reminder has been given to those who are entitled to enroll as electors of Shires or Urban Areas that supplementary lists are being…

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Local and General Shire House Removalists

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 4

Shire employees have been very busy during the past couple of weeks removing the house from Bullenbong South for replacement oh a block in…

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C.w.a. Group Council

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 3

Delegates from the Lockhart and Galore district branches appear to have shared a good deal of pleasure from the social contacts made at the…

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Privy Council Wheat Case Appeal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 4

The appeal to the Privy Council in the Nelungaloo wheat case, for a just price, is expected to be heard in October or November at the latest…

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