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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

1,340 stories in Riverina's papers · page 25 of 67

Carrathool Shire Council Monthly Meeting FINANCES

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 2

The financial statement showed that the estimated general fund overdraft at the end of the year was £5469. compared with £4072 at…

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Tumbarumba Shire Council Wants to Buy Electricity

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 8

AT ITS MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY EVENING, ALBURY CITY COUNCIL HAD BEFORE IT AN INQUIRY ON THE POSSIBILITY OF TUMBARUMBA SHIRE COUNCIL PURCHASING ELECTRICITY IN BULK FROM ALBURY FOR…

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Shire Clerk's Report

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 4

At last week's meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council the clerk (Mr. K. Holm) reported that during April the moneys…

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Young P.p. Board Summonses Director Action Also Taken Against Bland Shire Council for Non-destruction of Rabbits

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 1

Prosecuted by Young PP Board for failure to take required steps to destroy rabbits, the Bland Shire Council was fined £10 at Court of…

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New Books at Wagga Municipal Library

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 6

The following particulars of new books at the Wagga Municipal Library have been supplied by the City Librarian (Mr. Robert Jackson). Non-Fiction…

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Coolamon Shire Council. Correspondence

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 6

The following correspondence was read and dealt with at last week’s Council meeting:-FROM Wagga District Ambulance…

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Coolamon Shire Council Interesting Discussions

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council was held on Tuesday last. Those present were: Crs. N. R. Dyason…

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Yanko Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 4

The regular meeting of the Yanco Shire Council was held on Tuesday, 11th May, when there were present Crs. J. L. Bull (President), W.R…

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Municipal Council Special Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

A special meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last for the purpose of receiving a report of the death of the Town Clerk…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Council Monthly Meeting at Darlington Point Two Service Certificates Presented

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Darlington Point, on Friday, 12th May, there…

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Northern Riverina County Council County Engineer’s Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 3

Appended are extracts from the lengthy County Engineer’s reports:-WATER SUPPLY…

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Criticism of the Illabo Shire Ratepayer Thinks in Strong Terms (To the Editor)

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

Sir: Through the columns of your paper I would like to express my utter disgust and contempt for that run down organisation…

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Junee Council Comes Under Fire. Town's Biggest Attraction Wants More Support

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 3

"It is hard to realise that we give the Council weeks and weeks' notice and have been unable to secure adequate sanitary…

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Council Chambers Good Appearance. Work Will Cost Not Much Over £3,000

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 4

The work of renovating the Junee Municipal Council Chambers and offices is nearing completion…

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County Council to Get Post-hole Digger

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

The Northern Riverina County Council seems likely to get an earth-boring machine manufactured in Australia, delivered in approx…

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Epidemic Hits B.M.A. Council During Talks

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: An epidemic similar to influence has hit the B.M.A. Federal Council during its discussions on the…

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Camels, Donkeys, Goats and Horses. Chamber of Commerce to Protest to Council

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 6

The presence of camels in Junee all last week is going to be the subject of a protest from the Chamber of Commerce to the…

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Leeton Shire Council Correspondence at Regular Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 6

At the regular meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thurs-day night, the following correspondence was dealt with:…

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Carrathool Shire Council Less Stale Road Money

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

Carrathool Shire Council, continuing to secure a plain statement of the reason for the recent cut in main roads grants, will place before Mr…

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Municipal. Muddling!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 2

How would it be for the Town Council to ask the retired works overseer to come back and, with the old shovel, relieve the…

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