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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

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Proposal to Move the Showground Council Will Permit P. and A. Society to Investigate Park Proposal

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 4

The Gundagai P & A Society this week sought the Shire Council’s blessing in its endeavour to move the site of the Gundagai Showgroun[?] No concrete proposals were put before the meeting,…

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Coolamon Shire Council

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

The Shire Council’s monthly meeting was held last week Those present were: Councillors N. R. Dyason (President), W. H…

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Leeton Shire Council Correspondence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

Amongst the correspondence dealt with at the Council meeting last week were the following items: Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations…

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Tumut Shire Council June Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 3

THOSE PRESENT AT THE JUNE MEETING OF THE TUMUT SHIRE COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY LAST WERE CRS. J. W. OLIVER (CHAIR), KEENAN, W. J. HASSETT, W. P. NICHOLAS, R. MORTON, AND THE SHIRE CLERK, MR. C. E…

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Tumut Shire Council Payment of Rates

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

Ratepayers are reminded that rates should, be paid before June 80th, 1951, after which date Interest at 5 per cent. is chargeable in…

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Coolamon Shire Council Ardlethan Matters Progress Association’s Debut

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

The newly formed Ardlethan Progress Association had a letter before last weeks Council meeting. Re following matters:- (1)…

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Wynyard Street Laneway Shire Engineer Presents Plan To Council

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 1

Reporting to Monday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council Mr. C. G. Page, Shire Engineer, said as requested, he had made a…

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Shire Correspondence

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

Appended are some of the letters dealt with at the last Council meeting. Portions of the Shire report are held over…

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Pensioners and the Municipal Rates Ex Alderman Wants to Accept Government Plan. (To the Editor)

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 3

Sir, -- May we ask how many old age pensioner ratepayers are interested in the Council rates and charges amounting to £587157…

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Shire of Tumut Tenders -- Gravelling

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

Tenders are invited and will be received up till 2 p.m. on Monday, 9th July next, for the following…

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Infectious Diseases in Tumut Shire

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

Reporting to Monday meeting of the Tumut Shire Council the Health Officer. Mr. J. [?] said hee was pleased to state that there have…

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Shire of Tumut Tenders -- Plant

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

Tenders are invited and will be received up til 2.0 p.m. on Monday, 9th July, for the following plant:-- (1) TIFFING TRUCK…

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Council Pays Compensation

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 3

Because cattle died after eating weeds poisoned two days earlier by employees of Goodradigbee (Yass) Shire Council, that body had to pay…

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Building Permits Granted To Tumut Shire Applicants

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 4

The following have made application for permits to secure building materials in short supply. W. A. Adams, wb cottage…

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Goulburn Council Defies Electricity Commission

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 1

Goulburn City Council, at its last meeting, gave its wholehearted support to the Mayor (Ald. J. B. Mullen) in what has…

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Would Community Hotel Pay? Scheme Challenged at Wade Shire Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 2

To show a profit, community hotel at Griffith costing £390,000, would have to be patronised by a thousand beer drinkers every…

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Straying Stock Blitz to be Carried Out in Tumut Shire

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 1

At Monday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council, several Councillors complained of the large number of stock straying on the roads…

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Tumut Camping Area Council Discusses Question of Caretaker

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 1

At Monday's meeting of the mut Shire Council the President. Cr. J. W. Oliver, said that both he and Mr. Lockeridge had…

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Sealing Coolacmuttama Road Gundagai Council to Give Priority to Job

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 3

Gundagai Shire Councillors have decided to give priority to the bitumen sealing of the Coolac-Muttama road. This work…

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Work On The Gundagai Shire Roads [?]Ngineer Reports to Council

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 7

Many matters were dealt with by the Gundagai Shire [?]gineer (Mr Bernard Smith) in his report to last week’s [?]eeting of the Gundagai Shire Council. The items includ[?] roads, bridges, crossing and town streets…

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