Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Council & local affairs, all years

Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

1,259 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 63

City Council Appointments

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 2

Wagga City Council recently made two important appointments to its permanent staff. Mr. D. H. R. Wood was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Municipal Council Puts Off Decision Whether Dogs Can Race on Willow Park

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 7

THE JUNEE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL LAST NIGHT DECIDED TO DEFER TO A LATER MEETING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER GREYHOUND RACING SHOULD BE PERMITTED ON WILLOW PARK…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Government Subsidy at Municipal Cost Not a Solution to Pensioners' Rate Problems, Council Considers

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 1

OLD AGE PENSIONERS IN JUNEE WILL NOT BE GIVEN RATE CONCESSIONS BY THE JUNEE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL FOLLOWING A DECISION OF LAST NIGHT'S MEETING…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Shire Councils Plan Riverina University Priority for a Riverina Pastoral Congress

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 4

At the annual conference of the Shire Councils' Association, a special meeting of Riverina delegates was held under the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Council Discusses Wagga Abattoirs. Will Junee's Slaughtering Be Done Outside?

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 4

Information will be sought from the Department of Agriculture as to whether Junee is to be included in the Wagga abattoir…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Agricultural and Pastoral Trends Address to the Australian Agricultural Council

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 4

In his opening address to the Australian Agricultural Council, in Brisbane, on June 4, Mr. J. McEwen, Minister for Commerce…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

New Books At Wagga Municipal Library Fiction

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 5

CUSACK, Dymphna, and JAMES, Florence: "Come in Spinner." If someone wrote a book about Wagga and all its…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Municipal Council Ald. Gordon Elected Deputy Mayor

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 3

The ordinary tri-weekly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, there being present the Mayor (Ald, W. G…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Shire Shorts Points of Interest From Meeting of Shire Council

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 3

The June meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council was held last Tuesday. All Councillors attended the meeting. In…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Auditors' Report To Municipal Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

The Municipal Council's auditors (James F. J. Auswild and Co.) submitted the following report, which was read at the meeting on Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Municipal Council (Continued from other side)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 4

"All complaints regarding health and sanitation have been dealt with." Aid. Wall and Garner moved that the clause relating to the rural…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Local Taxi Issue Council to Call Conference of Proprietors and Drivers Heated Discussion At Shire Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 2

THE flags fell quickly and the verbal distances ran out at more than two shillings a mile at last Tuesday’s Gundagai Shire meeting, when Councillors once again [?]elved into the question of control of the local taxi cabs…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Goulburn Council Defies Electricity Commission

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

Goulburn City Council at it last meeting gave its wholehearted support to the Mayor, Ald. J. B. Mullen, in what has become a dispute with the NSW electricity au thorities over power restrictions in Goulburn…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Leeton Council Discusses Future of Park

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 2

LEETON, Wednesday: The recent decision of the Leeton Shire Council to grant two acres of Grahame Park to the Education…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Water Supply Problem Shire President Discusses Proposition With Departmental Officers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 7

A FURTHER STEP FORWARD IN THE PROPOSAL TO INSTAL A WATER FILTRATION SCHEME IN GUNDAGAI WAS MADE LAST WEEK, WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SHIRE (CR, F. R. McHUGH)…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Reply to Goulburn Council By Southern Electricity Supply

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

“The Goulburn City Council’s discussions on the question of power zoning and blackouts, as reported, do not disclose the actual position.” This statement is issued by the Southern Electricity…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Sporting Bodies Request to Shire. Reduction in Rent—Water Taps—Parking Space

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 3

The sporting bodies and the Shire Councillors “played bal’l’ at last Tuesday’s Council meeting, when the bowls,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

FARMERS & Settlers' Association Annual Meeting of Murrumbidgee District Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Murrumbidgee District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the supper room of the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Sealing Coolacmuttama Road Council To Give Priority To Job

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

GUNDAGAI SHIRE COUNCILLORS have decided to give priority to the bitumen sealing of the Coolac-Muttama road. This work, which will cost £30,000, is estimated to take two years to complete…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Gundagai Shire to Protest About Blackouts “Voice of the Country Must Be Heard”, Says Cr. J. Crowe

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

The Gundagai Shire Council has decided to co-operate with the Municipality of Young, in protesting to the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →