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Council & local affairs, 1951

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1951 Works in Lockhart Shire As Approved by Council

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 3

Herewith readers have reproduced list of works for 1951, as submitted by the engineer and approved by the council. It is…

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Urana Shire 1951 Works Programme £13,248

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 8

Urana Shire Council has given its approval to the appended works' programme as recommended by the engineer,…

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Council Staff Entertained at Narrandera

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

The Mayor of Narrandera (Ald. R. H. Hankinson) entertained members of the indoor and outdoor staffs of the…

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Use Less Water, Council Asks

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

An urgent appeal has been made to Wagga water consumers to restrict use of water by one half of their usual…

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Sturt Expedition At Gundagai Shire President Greets Visitors at Pioneers’ Monument Crew Driven Through Streets On Old Table-Top Waggon

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 3

AT THE PIONEERS’ MEMORIAL FIVE MILES FROM GUNDAGAI, WHERE STANDS THE FAMOUS DOG AND TUCKER BOX MONUMENT, THE PRESIDENT OF THIS SHIRE (CR F. R. E. McHUGH) MET…

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New Books at Wagga Municipal Library

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 3

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

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Shire Council County Council Representation

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

At last month’s Shire Council meeting only three nominations were received for the three representatives of the council on the…

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Special Scroll for Wade Shire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

Wade Shire Council has received a scroll of honour, which was presented to Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.L.A.. who acted on Council's…

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Death of Dr. R. G. WEAVER. Once Mayor and Public Spirited Junee Citizen

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 7

Junee residents were appalled to learn of the sudden passing in Geelong (Vic.) on Wednesday afternoon last of Dr. Rupert Gordon…

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Coolamon Shire Increased Valuations Will Add £5,000 to Revenue

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

The new valuation of shire lands, details of which have previously been published in the “Review” were briefly discussed at…

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Coolamon Shire Staff Annual Christmas Party Tributes to Administrative and Constructional Ability

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

The Coolamon Shire Staff held its annual Christmas party on the Friday night before Christmas, when the guests of honor were Cr. W. H. Aitken, Deputy Shire President and Crs. R. H. Freer and H. L. Eastick…

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Big Credit Balance Has Now Gone. Council Bays Transformers, Will Pay Later

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

Once upon a time the electricity trading fund of the Junee Municipal Council possessed so much money that aldermen were worried…

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Importance of Breakfast the Day’s Chief Meal (From the Health Council of Australia)

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 4

Inefficiency and accidents on the job, listlessness at play, misbehaviour at school, ill health, bad manners and even over weight can…

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Presentation Made at Council Offices

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

Miss June Lyford, prior to severing her connections with the office staff of the Wagga City Council, was yesterday…

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Councillors Tour the Shire Tarrabandra Ramp Sites Inspected

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 4

Last week the Gundagai Shire Councillors went touring, Their navigator took them over the whole Shire…

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Junee Council Buys House at an Auction

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

The Junee Municipal Council successfully bid £1600 at an auction sale of a concrete house in Junee…

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Jindalee Shire Shire Clerk's Report

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

Mr. G. H. Porter reported: Limit of Rates: In accordance with Ordinance 5, I submit hereunder limits placed by law on…

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Lockhart Shire

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 5

The January meeting of Lockhart Shire Council embraced the attendance of Councillors W. K. Day (president),…

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Lockhart Shire Engineer's Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

Mr. F. A. Prichard, engineer, reported at yesterday's meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council, as follows:—…

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Council Accedes to Request

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

When Messrs. R. M. Chambers and G. Cowin waited upon the council on Monday in support of the Urban Committee's letter,…

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