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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

1,289 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 65

Poor Electricity Supply Due to Fluctuating Voltage Shire Concerned With Problem

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 July 1952 · page 3

Concern was expressed at the last meeting of tht Gundaga Shire Council meeting at the poor voltage of the local…

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Shire Engineers Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 2

Mr. F. Prichard, Shire Engineer, reported: "Construction of kerbing and guttering at The Rock is…

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Municipal Council Tri-Weekly Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 4

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

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Leg. Council Presidency

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Minister for Secondary Industries and Building Materials (Mr. .W. E. Dickson, M.L.C.) has…

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Legislative Council Presidency

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Minister for Secondary Industries and Building Materials (Mr. W. Dickson. M.L.C)…

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Mayor of Goulburn Will Co-operate with Junee in Coherence on Blackouts

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 7

THE MAYOR OF GOULBURN, ALD. J. B. MULLEN SAYS THAT HE IS PREPARED TO CONVENE ANOTHER CONFERENCE OF ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTING AUTHORITIES IN THE SOUTH,…

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News From District Centres Special rate possible: Culcairn Shire road

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 4

Culcairn Shim Council will consider at its January meeting a motion that a special rate of 1d in the £ be struck on A Riding of the shire to pay for bitumen construction of a mile of the Henty-Pleasant Hills Road next year…

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Items from Wagga Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 2

The Under Secretary, Department of Local Government, advised that the Department agreed with the…

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Wagga Council Is Against Metering Notice to S.r.c.c

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 2

The Wagga City Council will notify the Southern Riverina County Council that it strongly opposes the installation of water meters in the…

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Murrumbidgee Shire Council Monthly Meeting at Darlington Point Work During the Flood Period Appreciated

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Murrumbidgee Shire Council held at Darlington Point on Friday, 18th July there were present Crs. J. C. Boyd…

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Council Employee Farewelled

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 2

There was almost a full attendance of both indoor and outdoor staffs of the Narrandera Municipal Council at a function arranged to farewell the…

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Menzies-fadden Policies Cp Federal Council Support

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 3

The NSW chairman of the Australian Country Party (Mr. J. M. Carter) said in Sydney last week that the Federal…

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Shire Council Correspondence

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 4

The following letters were among the correspondence dealt with at the last meeting of the Leeton Shire Council…

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Building Applications Approved by Shire Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

The following building applications were approved (on the recommendation of the Health and Building Inspector) Mr. H. E…

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Lockhart Shire Council Increasing list of works for 1952

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

At the July Council meeting Lockhart Shire Councillors, because of shortage of funds, placed additional works on to next year's List of Works for consideration. One of the councillors remarked that this list was…

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Town Council

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

present at last night's meeting were the Deputy Mayor, Ald. A. Hutton, and Aldermen B. Ward, D.L. Dickson, R. Richards, M…

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Council Staff Thanked

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

At Thursday's meeting of the Shire Council, Cr. Washington said he would like to move that Council express, its appreciation,…

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Engineer and health officer report to Lockhart Shire

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

The following resolutions were passed arising from the report of the engineer. Contract 52/3, J. T. Heaney…

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Bush Fire Control Shire correspondence from various sources

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 6

CONDENSED by Mr. R. B. Selleck, the Shire clerk, Lockhart Shire Councillors, at their last meeting, listened with interest to various communications relative to Bush Fire Control and the experience gained last year…

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Hitch over County Council proposal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

Because the Local Government Department would not agree to the inclusion in the proposed county…

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