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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

1,508 stories in Riverina's papers · page 58 of 76

Rival Sideshows Banned by Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 6

The Leeton Shire Council is not going to permit any travelling sideshow men to pitch their tents in the vicinity of the showground on…

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Shire Road Plant Engineer’s Requests Heavy Plant Purchases

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

At last week’s shire council meeting, councillors were hastening the business along in order to be able to leave for their homes…

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Cootamundra Council's Appeal for Clean Footpaths

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

By advertisement in this issue the Cootamundra Municipal Council is appealing to residents in the town to clear long grass…

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Cootamundra Council's Search for Migrant Accommodation Appeal to District Residents

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

The Cootamundra Municipal Council is asking all district residents with available accommodation which might be…

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Uno Branch in Cootamundra? Town Council Asked to Co-operate

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

The Cootamundra Town Council has been asked by the United Nations' Association to co-operate with the Rotary…

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Cootamundra Municipal Library This Week's New Books. "The Other Side of the Record," by Charles O'Connell

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 2

Twenty years' as director of "Red Seal" records and more recently a similar pest with Columbia have given the author an…

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Younger Set Council to Meet at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 2

The Riverina C.W.A. Younger Set Group Council will meet at Wagga School of Arts today at 2.30 p.m…

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Next Monday Is Public Holiday for Gundagai Shire Six Hour Day Sports Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 October 1949 · page 1

Next Monday. October 10th, is a public holiday for the Shire of Gundagai. On that day the six hour day sports and gymkhana will…

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Shire Council Correspondence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 3

Among the correspondence dealt with at the Council meeting on Thursday night of last week were the the following matters:—…

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Local Council to Expend Depot

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

In order to accommodate, materials and equipment which are arriving for rural electricity extensions, the Cootamundra…

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Proposed County Council to Control Electricity Distribution

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 4

The Electricity Authority of New South Wales has forwarded to the Leeton Shire Council its report on the organisation of electricity distribution in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, along with an economic analysis of the proposal for local…

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Town Council Claims Reduction in Fees Strike Prevented Maximum Electricity Use

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 2

The Cootamundra Municipal Council is seeking from the Southern Electricity Supply a reduction in costs for power…

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Proposed County Council Conference at Leeton Question of Purchase Price of Electricity Undertaking

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 5

A conference of delegates of the Leeton, Wade, Carrathool, Murrumbidgee and Yanko Shire Councils, was held in the…

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Cootamundra Municipal Library This Week's New Books sudden," by Oliver Strange

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 4

"Sudden" is a saturnine, dryly-humorous and deadly accurate gunman who is sent by the Governor to wipe out one of the…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Council Special Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 4

A special meeting of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Darlington Point, on Wednesday, 28th September, there…

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Northern Riverina County Council Another Loan of £99,000 Large Scale Construction Work by Council

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

At the meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council, at Temora, on Monday of last week, the following attended: Councillor…

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Department of Lands Forces Illabo Shire to Forego Rates on Soldo Settlement

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 8

THE ILLABO SHIRE COUNCIL HAS LOST ANOTHER BATTLE IN THE GENERAL FIGHT AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF RATES ON PROPERTIES TAKEN OVER FOR SOLDIER…

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Proposed County Council Discussions At Conference Replies to Questions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 3

As reported in last issue a conference was held at the Shire Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon of last week,…

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Kyeamba Shire Blitz Against Patersons Curse

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 3

Heavy pressure will be brought to bear upon landholders in the Kyeamba Shire who do not co-operate with the council by keeping down Paterson's Curse…

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City Council Plan for More Taxi-Cabs

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 2

The Wagga City Council has approached the Albury City Council suggesting that both councils co-operate in asking…

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