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Council & local affairs, 1950

1,340 stories in Riverina's papers · page 44 of 67

Town Council Plans to Improve Bad Street Crossings

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 2

Aid. P. Dickson (Mayor), R. Cohen, D. Stration. M. Mutch, H. Schotfield, C. William, and A. Hutton attended the ordinary…

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New Books at Wagga Municipal Library Fiction

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 September 1950 · page 4

ACHBROOK, Harriette: "The Purple Onion Mystery." This is only the seventh book of this not-so-well-known mystery…

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Shire Councillors Opposed to Alteration to Shire Boundaries

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

AT this week’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council it was unanimously resolved that no good purpose would be served by the…

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Swimming—shire Will Place Swimming Reserve in Order

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 12

The Gundagai Shire Councillors, at this week’s meeting, decided to place the swimming reserve in order prior to he commencement of the season…

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£7,500 Grant for Road Works Many Country Thoroughfares Will Receive Benefit Points of Interest From Meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 9

A GRANT of £7,500 has been made from the Commonwealth Road Aid Grant to the Gundagai Shire Council for work on various roads in the district. At last Tuesday’s meeting, it was decided to give the benefits of this grant to roads which have received little or no…

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Buildings, Saleyards, Licenses Inspector’s Summary For Shire Councillors

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 6

In his summary of activities within the Gundagai district, the Health and Building Inspector (Mr H. N. Agnew) reported to last to last Tuesday’s…

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Overhaul of Gundagai’s Electricity System Engineer Reports to Council

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 7

AN overhaul of Gundagai’s electrical reticulation system has been commenced by the Electrical Engineer (Mr J. W. Roebuck) and his staff. This is to remedy any defects in the wiring and transmission plan, some sections of which have not been renewed for over twenty…

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The Cowra-coolac Proposed Highway Gundagai Council Will Give Proposition Every Support

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 6

THE Gundagai Shire Council will give every support to the proposition to Have the road from Cowra to Coolac declared a State…

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Influx of Street Stall Applications Council Allocates Permission By Draw From Hat

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 4

A record number of applications for street stalls was received at this week’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council. Many of these…

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Coolamon Shire Council Correspondence

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 6

The following correspondence was read and dealt with at the last meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council:…

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Tribute From the Shire COUNCIL(Contributed)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 4

Due to reasons we can guess at, a most interesting event, which took place at the close of the Shire Council meeting on 8th…

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Coolamon Shire Council Monthly Meeting Interesting Discussions

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council was held a week earlier than usual, on Tuesday of last week, and much of interest to ratepayers was discussed. An apology for absence…

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Proposed Swimming Pools Letters Discussed by Shire Council

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 2

At the Coolamon Shire Council meeting last week, several letters concerning Swimming Pools were read…

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Rural Electricity N.R.C.C. CHAIRMAN Visits Coolamon Shire Council

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 6

On Tuesday of last week, Cr. D. W. Edis, as President of the Narraburra Shire Council, brought his Engineer to Coolamon to…

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£800 Subsidy to Eastern Riverina County Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 2

The State Government has again authorised the payment of a subsidy of £800 for the current financial year to [?] Eastern…

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Shire to Build Homes for Men Pre-Fabs Cost Almost £2,000

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 3

Goodradigbee Shire Council, at a special meeting, decided to get a loan of £6,000 for the purpose of erecting three cottages for…

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Dangerous holes in Yanco Road Progress Association's Request to Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 2

Among the requests forwarded to the Shire Council from last Tuesday night's meeting of the Leeton and District Progress…

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Grahame Park progressing slowly South East Progress Committee Need Greater Support From Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 4

The chairman of the South East Progress Committee, Mr. R. Poole, reported at the monthly meeting of the…

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Northern Riverina County Council Proposed Visit of Electricity Authority County & Consulting Engineers at Variance Council’s Previous Decision Reaffirmed

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 3

Prior to the meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council on 28th August, lengthy consideration was given by the council as a whole, sitting in committee as the works Committee, to the differing opinions of the County and Consulting Engineers on various…

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Tributes From Wagga Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1950 · page 1

At the meeting of the Wagga City Council last night the Mayor of Wagga (Alderman H. E. Gissing) referred to the recent…

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