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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

1,259 stories in Riverina's papers · page 49 of 63

Works Programme for Tumut Shire Only Urgent Works To Be Carried Out By Council

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

In submitting the following programme of works to Monday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council, the Engineer…

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Shire of Tumut Tenders--Gravel

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 2

TENDERS lodged in Tender Box by mail will be received up till 2 p.m. on 24th October next for the following Contract in…

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Building Operations in Tumut Shire Building Permits

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

The undermentioned have applied for and been granted building permits:--B. Boyd, timber frame and fibro cottage, Tumut…

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Mayor and Deputy Rode Impounding Officer's Horse Agree that Animal Wat Satisfactory Type

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

Hie Mayor (Aid. C. Leslie) and the deputy-Mayor (Aid. J. Goldsworthy) made several test tides on the Impounding officer's horse…

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Main Roads Programme for Tumut Shire £44,725 Estimates May Be Cut

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

Discussing the Main Road programme submitted by the Engineer, Mr. G. C. Page, to Monday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council. councillors were considering deleting some of the Items as they considered the amount of work set down for one year was too great…

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Council Wants to Stabilise Costs Conference in Coota Electricity

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

A conference of over 20 electricity distributing authorities at Cootamundra on Wednesday last decided to ask the Commission to…

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Excess Water Used Council To Inspect Cisterns In Town

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

Mr. L. Sutton, who is in charge of the Shire Council's Sewerage Treatment works, was present at Monday's meeting of…

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Dirt From Dump to Level Sportsground 'Wonderful Opportunity" For Junee Council

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

Dirt being removed from the large dump at the end of Broad way near the mill crossing will he used to make the new…

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Civic Association's Frotest Over Coolac Muttama Road Council Adhe[?] to Original Decision

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 2

The Gundagai Civic Association protest against conferencement of the sealing, of the Coolac-Muttama road from the…

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Council Declined to j i Offer Protest Recent "Hard lack" Ballot Under Fire

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 3

The majority of aldermen of the Junee Municipal Council on Tuesday night last refused to support a move by Aid. J. T…

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Batlow and Adelong Sewerage Schemes Favored By Progress Associations Shirk Council Seeks Approval of Public Works Department

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

Reporting to Monday's meeting of the Tumut Shire Council, Mr. J. Loekeridge (the Health Officer) said he understood that…

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Municipal Library

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

Among this week's fourteen new books we have chosen these four for special mention: Christopher Morley's "He Haunted Bookshop," "The World of Cotton," by Edmund Vale, "Zane…

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Mitchell Shire Council To Hold Special Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 2

The president of the Mitchell Shire Council, (Councillor H. D. Poile), yesterday ordered a special meeting of the council to be held on October 22…

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Council Employees' Annual Picnic

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 2

Parks and Gardens [?]tor of the Wagga City [?]cil (Mr. Tom Woods, [?] attended his last M[?]…

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Kyeamba Council Will Prosecute Sand Thieves

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 2

Kyeamba Shire Council, which held its monthly meeting in Wagga yesterday, decided that any persons found removing sand from the side of the road from Alfred Town to the river…

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Latest Award May Make Use of New Caravans Uneconomical for Illabo Shire Council Staff

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 7

A NEW AWARD FOR SHIRE EMPLOYEES GOES W" THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS, ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ILLABO SHIRE COUNCIL (CR. H L. ROBERTSON ALL THE MONTHLY MEETING IN…

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Electrical Engineer Reports to the Shire Electricity

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 6

The Electrical and Water-work Engineer (Mr L. G. Bid mead) in his report to last week’s Council meeting stated…

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Around the Shire Roads Work on the Coolac-Muttama Trunk Road

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 7

IN his report to last wee shire Engineer (Mr Bernard that nearly two miles of he Coolac-Muttama road has…

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Shires Protest on Charges for Electrical Power Sixty delegates from 20 shires and municipalities within the Southern Electricity Supply Area attended a conference at Cootamundra last week to discuss electricity charges

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 4

The meeting on a motion from Goulburn City Council and the Cootamundra Council decided to form a plan of…

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Building Applications Approved by Shire Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 2

The following building applications were approved at the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night last on the…

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