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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 65

Building Dams on District Farms Shire Clerk Recalls Incident of Old

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

Cr Eric Booth asked at the Illabo Sh're Council meeting on Friday last whether ft' was necessary for landhold…

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Monthly Meeting of Illabo Shire Gives Clue that By-election Non-Voters Won't Be Prosecuted

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS IN A SIDING OF THE ILLABO SHIRE AREA WILL BE CALLED UPON TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY DID NOT VOTE AT THE RECENT BY-ELECTION, IT IS…

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Big Rise In Shire Rates General Fund Goes Up by 2d All Charges To Be Increased

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

THE GENERAL FUND RATE FOR THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE WILL RISE BY 2d IN THE £ ON THE UNIMPROVED CAPITAL VALUE. STEEP increases have also been struck for all other…

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Filtration Scheme To Be Scrapped Council to Secure Two New Water Pumps Plans For Reservoir

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

LAST FRIDAY, THE GUNDAGAI SHIRE COUNCIL LORS DECIDED TO ABANDON THE PLAN TO INSTAL A FILTRATION SCHEME AT GUNDAGAI, AND IN LIEU THEREOF TO AUGMENT THE PRESENT…

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Municipal By-election Voting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

Electors within the Municipality of Narrandera are reminded that a poll to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of Ald. P. C. Garner…

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In Gundagai’s First Maher Cup Team Mr George Dominick Retires From Council Service Councillors’ Tribute to Respected Citizen and Employee

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 8

RECENTLY Mr George Dominick of Coolac retired from the staff of the Gundagai Shire Council,…

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Jindalee Shire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

Present at yesterday's meeting were the President, Cr. A. S. Donaldson, and Crs. C. J. Morrow. L. F. Bennett, S. A. West…

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Leeton Shire Council By-election Mr. A. D. Benjamin Elected

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

Seventy-three per cent of the electors in A. riding voted at the bye-election at Leeton on Saturday for the election of…

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Campaign Against Rats and Rubbish Shire Council to Serve Notices

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 4

A latter was received from the Ricegrowers Co-operative Mills Ltd., at the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night in connection with the presence of rats in the company's mill, and suggesting that Council appoint an experienced…

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Shire Engineer's Report

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

In his report to the meeting of the Shire Council, on Thursday night, the Shire Engineer, Mr. A. H. Buckham referred the…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

Present at lost night's meeting were the Mayor (Ald. F. R. Dickson), and Aldermen A. Hutton, K. Oldfield, B. Ward, D…

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Urana and District News Urana Shire Councillors deal with correspondence

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 8

The first meeting of the year of the Urana Shire Council was held on Tuesday last. Councillors present included: J. M. Smith…

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Water Restrictions to be Imposed in Junee By Municipal Council in an Attempt to Improve Supply

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

THE JUNEE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL LAST NIGHT DECIDED TO IMPOSE WATER RESTRICTIONS BY BANNING THE WATERING OF GARDENS ON TWO DAYS OF THE WEEK…

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Gundagai Shire Rates Jump Up. No Extra Work Despite Higher Impost

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 8

The general fund for the Gundagal Shire will rise by 2d. in the £ on the unimproved capital value…

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Council to Seek Official Function When Royal Party Stops in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

Efforts will be made to have Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburg h include Junee in their official Itinerary. This was decided at last…

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Crossing at Silo Very Dangerous. Council Told of Near Accident at Week-end

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 7

"Particularly dangerous" is the way Aid. Wem C. Keast described to fellow aldermen at last night's Municipal…

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Municipal Council Tri-Weekly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 4

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

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Cowra Mayor Wants All Remarks Reported Taken to Task by Paper

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 4

Mayor Whitby in becoming tiresome with his continual cracks about the Cowra “Guardian”, deliberately…

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Local Landlords Wont Effect Repairs Until Forced Gundagai Shire To Enforce Building Laws Points of Interest From Last Week’s Council Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2

COMPLAINTS that local landlords refused to heed the requests of Council to effect repairs to premises ownby them, were made at last week s Shire meeting, and it was decided to rigidly enforce the building laws…

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Municipal By-election Voting Next

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

Electors within the Municipality of Narrandera are reminded that a poll to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of Ald. F. C. Garner,…

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