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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 65

Shire Council Votes £50 to "Rec." Improvement Committee

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 3

Messrs. Geo. Cowin, chairman of Lockhart Urban Committeeman, and Mr. Warren Eruce, hon. secretary of the Lockhart…

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Champion and Wagga alderman at speedway

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 6

The world's champion speedcar driver, Bob Playford, will drive a midget car at the Speedway at North Wagga next Saturday. The Wagga Motor Cycle Club has been Very fortunate in obtaining…

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Mr. Graham Reviews A.a. Council Meeting

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 4

Tax relief for primary producers and Commonwealth financial aid to the States were essential in any plan to increase food…

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Mayor of Temora Leaves for Overseas

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Temora Council the Mayor, Ald. Peter Meagher, was granted three months' leave…

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Review of A.a. Council Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 4

Tax relief for primary producers and Commonwealth financial aid to the States were essential in any plan to increase…

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N.r. County Council Has Borrowed £751,200

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

In a recent report of the Northern Riverina County Council, the chairman, Cr. D. W. Edis (Narraburra), revealed that since…

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Municipal Library Book List

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 4

Quite the most admirable of this week's new books is "The Story of the World's Literature" by John Macy. It is an ambitious work, and may, in some academic quarters, be regarded as too…

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Alderman missing two months

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: All N.S.W. police have been alerted to watch for a Bankstown alder­man who has been missing…

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Council Men Object to Shire Clerk "Sneaking Around"

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 3

There had been no slur upon loyal hard-working members of Molong Shire staff by a resolution passed at the last council…

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Municipal Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

The Mayor said that the Council did not have nearly enough revenue to keep all the streets and footpaths in good order…

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Shire Clerk's Report

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 3

At last Thursday's meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council the Clerk (Mr. L. A. Wilson) reported:…

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Municipal Council Tri-weekly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

Correspondence was read From the Local Government Department, forwarding proclamation applying section 530A of the L.G…

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Vital two-day meeting of Loan Council

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Australian Loan Council will commence a vital two-day meeting tomorrow in an atmosphere in which the Common­wealth is prepared to approve only about half the loan borrowings the States want for works programmes in 1952-53…

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HOSPITAL'S £1,100 Debt to Council. Minister's Party Visits Aldermen

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 3

During a call on the Mayor (Aid. C. Leslie) and aldermen of the Junee Municipal Council, the Minister for Health…

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Carrathool shire electricity

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 4

Carrathool Shire Council has agreed to join Wade, leeton and Murrumbidgee Shires in the formation of a County…

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The Pitiable Loan Council Spectacle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 2

The contest between Commonwealth and States which characterises successive meetings of the Loan Council reveals on each…

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Shire Block Vote at Wantabadgert Indicates Area Is Not Satisfied

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

The solid block of votes cast in the Wantabadgery area for a "local man" indicated that these were…

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i Yanco Agric High School Council Students Must Not Exceed Holiday Term

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

Mr. R. Jane, Principal of Yanco Agricultural High School in reporting to the monthly meeting of the…

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On Way to Loan Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1952 · page 1

The Premier and Treasurer. Mr. Cahill (left), and the Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, Mr. Clive Evatt, about to enter the House of Rep­resentatives, where the Loan Council meeting…

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Requests to Council From Nth. Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1952 · page 2

In letters to Wagga City Council, the North Wagga Progress Association stated that there were a number of…

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