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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

1,340 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 67

Coolamon Shire Council Unauthorised Buildings Heavy Penalties Provided

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

At the last Shire Council meeting, the Health and Building Inspector, Mr. C. J. Bell, reported:— All food premises have been…

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Annual Meeting of Riverina District Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Riverina District Council of the R.S.S. and A.I. League was held in the Soldiers Hall, Narrandera, on Saturday…

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Primary Producers' Union Tumut District Council Annual Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 2

The annual District Council meeting of the Primary Producers' Union was held on Wednesday night last at the Commercial Hotel, when the…

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Injured in Petrol Explosion Coolamon County Council Employee

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 2

Ron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Iverach, junr., of Coolamon, employed by the Northern Riverina County Council, was seriously…

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Illabo Shire Councillors Oppose Redisribution of Boundaries Proposed by Local Government Department

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

THE ILLABO SHIRE COUNCIL IS OPPOSED TO ANY DEPARTMENTAL MOVE TO REDISTRIBUTE THE SHIRE BOUNDARIES BEFORE THIS YEAR'S TRIENNIAL GENERAL ELECTION…

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A. D. Malcolm president R.S.L. Riverina Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

Mr. A. D. Malcolm, president of the Leeton sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, was on Saturday last, elected…

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Northern Riverina County Council Rising Costs of Electricity Transmission Inadequate Subsidy

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

The over-riding atmosphere at the meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council, at Temora, on Monday of last week, was the rising costs of electricity construction work, and the…

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Burrinjuck State Electorate Council Of A.L.P. Re-Formed At Jugiong

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fuller, of Tumut, were elected delegates to the Annual A.L.P. Conference to be held in Sydney in June. At a special…

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Paid Council Excess of Rates Due But Cannot Get Refund of About £50

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 3

Because of a mistake by the Molong Municipal Counciu, Mr. G. Gavin, of Molong, paid about £50 more in rates than he should have…

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Mitchell Shire to Urge County Council to Alter Power Rates

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 4

Mitchell Shire Council will make representations to the Southern Riverina County Council concerning what are considered to be excessive electricity charges being made outside the "industrial area."…

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New Building Regulations in Kyeamba Shire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 2

New homes to be erected in the Kyeamba Shire must have a greater front garden space than was previously required. The new minimum building line is to be 20 feet…

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Council Grants Request by Rugby Union

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 10

Recently a representative of Wagga Rugby Onion (Mr. Cornell) in a conference with the Wagga City Council Parks…

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Wagga Council and "Black Hole of Calcutta"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 2

Alderman W. B. Cheeseman said at last night's meeting of the Wagga City Council that recent remarks made by the…

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Items of Interest From Wagga Council Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 4

WAGGA and District Horticultural Society advised that the Society had abandoned its activities as from February 22,…

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Gundagai Shire Accepts Grant for Water Filtration Scheme

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

At to-day’s committee meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council, the offer of the Minister for Public Works, to subsidise the proposed augmentation…

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Reduction in Grant Forces Mitchell Shire to Cut Roadworks

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

Mitchell Shire Council was told at its meeting on Friday that a shortage of Main Roads Department funds would cause the deletion of all improvement items budgeted…

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Burrinjuck State Electorate Council of A.L.P. Re-Formed at Jungiong

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fuller, of Tumut, were elected delegates to the annual A.L.P. Conference, in Sydney, in June…

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Forty Years Service To Gundagai District COUNCILLOR H. P. Carberry Honored by Colleagues and Citizens Portrait Unveiled At Shire Chambers

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

TO-DAY, CITIZENS OF THE DISTRICT JOINED WITH THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE COUNCILLORS IN…

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Leeton Shire Council Correspondence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

The following correspondence was dealt with at the last meeting of the Leeton Shire Council: Claude Neon Ltd., making…

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Shire Presidents Minute to Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 4

The Shire President (Cr. O..J. Washington), presented the following minute at the Council meeting on Thursday night…

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