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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

1,340 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 67

A.P.P.U. District Council Formed Mr. W. McGillivray Elected President

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 2

Last week at Tumut a meeting of delegates from branches of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union met and formed a District…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Council Monthly Meeting at Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers at Darlington Point on Friday, 14th July, there being…

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Russia's Dramatic Announcement Will Attend Security Council Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday— Russia last night dramatically announced that her representatives will attend a meeting of the…

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Bitumen surface and kerbing around School Request From High School Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Leeton High School Council, held last Tuesday night in the school library, decided to press…

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Nangus Joins in New Council of A.P.P.U. Proposed Wool Marketing Scheme Under Review

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 28 July 1950 · page 6

A meeting of delegates at Tum- ut decided to form the Tumut District Council of the Australian Primary Producers' Union…

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Tumut District Council of A.P.P.U. Formed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

At a meeting of delegates from the Australian Primary Producers' Union breaches at Tumut, Batlow, Tumbarumba, Gundagai,…

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Tumut District Council A.p.p.u. Formed Embracing Tumut. Gundagai, Batlow, Tumbarumba, and Nangus

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 2

At Tumut, a meeting of delegates from branches at the Australian Primary Producers' Union met at the Hotel Tumut,…

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Town Council Alderman's Outburst About Stalls

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 3

Aid. F. Dickson (Mayor), R. Cohen, M. Mutch, H. Schofield, C. Williams, K. Oldfield, and A. Hutton attendance the ordinary…

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Local and General Accident to Shire Employee

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 4

A well-known Lockhart man, Mr. Selwyn Parrott, met with a very nasty accident last week. As an employee of Lockhart Shire…

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Nelungaloo Wheat Case Dismissed Privy Council Finds in Favour of Government

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 1

The appeal by the Nelungaloo Pty. Ltd., New South Wales, against the decision of the High Court of Australia over payment from the…

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Junee Programme for Governor's Visit. Aldermen Finalise All but Luncheon Arrangements

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 4

Aldermen of the Junee Municipal Council last night approved of the programme for the Governor's visit to Junee on Friday…

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Vanheems Crossing May Be Closed Discussion at Last Night's Council Meeting

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 2

"Vanheem's Crossing" over the south-west line in lower Broadway will disappear if the site for the huge sub-terminal wheat silo…

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Tumut District Council A. P. P. U. Formed Embracing Tumut, Gundagai, Batlow, Tumbarumba and Nangus

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 3

On Friday, July 21, at Tumut as meeting of delegates from branches of the Australian Primary Producers' Union…

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Leeton Shire Council Correspondence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 1

The following letters were amongst the correspondence dealt with at the last meeting of the Leeton Shire Council…

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Illabo Shire Council Monthly Meeting Decides on Measures to bid Contentious Junee Reefs Question

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 5

THE ILLABO SHIRE COUNCIL DECIDED THIS MORNING ON MEASURES WHICH IT IS HOPED WILL RELIEVE HALF A MILE OF ROAD OPPOSITE "NOORLA" FROM FLOODING AND WHICH HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS…

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District Council of P. and C.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Leeton District P. and C. Associations, was held at the Leeton High School, on Saturday…

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County Council Electricity Dullah Loop Extensions Held Up

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 2

At the meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council, in Temora last week, the County engineer, reported as follows, with…

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No Discussion on Council Prayers "Citizen" Airs His Views on Subject

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 6

Aldermen of the June Municipal Council did not discuss the question of prayers to be said before meetings when the forth…

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Aldermen Say Report of Rats at Wagga Tip "Grossly Exaggerated"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 1

"As an Alderman concerned a good deal with the health of this city, I spent a half-hour at the rubbish tip this evening, and in that time I saw only a small number of rats."…

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City Council Move on Flood Control

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 2

The Wagga City Council wants the Murrumbidgee River "snagged" between Gundagai and Narrandera to aid in flood prevention. THE council considered the…

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