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Council & local affairs, 1953

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Tumut Shire Council March Meeting

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 3

A very limited amount of maintenance work has been earned out in the Shire during the last month, and practically the whole of the plant and staff have been concentrated on completing the construction work in the Yaven Creek and…

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Infectious Diseases Shire Council Defers Diphtheria Immunisation Campaign

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 3

Two suspect cases, one diphtheria and one poliomyelitis, were admitted to the isolation section of the Tumut District…

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Straying Stock Menace Fir[?] Action to be Taken by Shire Council

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

The [?] Shire Council at its meeting on Monday last decided to take the fullest possible action against straying stock…

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Jindalee Shire Correspondence

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

A letter from the Chamber of Commerce had asked council to receive a deputation to discuss shire reads at the meeting…

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Council night changed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

The Wagga City Council last night altered the date of its meeting nights from Fridays to Thursdays to…

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City Council Favors Parking Limit

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

The Wagga City Council will inform the Wagga police that it favors a two-hour parking limit in Baylis…

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Threat to council by ratepayers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 3

A Lake Albert resident (Mr. D. F. Wise) told the City Council in a letter before last night's meeting…

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Burrinjuck Country Party Electorate Council

The Gundagai Independent · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Burrinjuck Electorate Council was held at Cootamundra recently…

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City Council By-election Tomorrow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

Three Wagga citizens will contest the Wagga City Council by-election tomorrow. Of the three candidates, only one will be elected…

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Items of interest from Wagga Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 5

A request from South Wagga Progress Association for portion of Turner Street, extending from Lindsay Street…

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"Impertinent, Stupid" Assn's. letters to council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. W. F. Dunne) and the Deputy Mayor (Ald. L. Barrand) at last night's Council meeting criticised letters from the South Wagga Progress Association as "stupid and…

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League Only a Political Stunt Waugoola Shire Won't Pay Contributions

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 8

Waugoola Shire Council will make no further contributions towards the administration of the Lachlan Valley Develop…

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HUME A.L.P. Electorate Council Annual Meeting At Jugiong

The Gundagai Independent · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Hume Electorate Councill of the Australian Labor Party was held at Jugiong on Sunday…

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Two Engineers Resign at Young Dissatisfied With Council’s Methods

The Gundagai Independent · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

Without any comment what-soever, the Young Municipal Council has accepted the resignations of the Electrical…

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C.W.A. Group Council Meeting Held At Tumut On

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

It is many years since so important a function as the Hume Group Council meeting has been held at Tumut. This…

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Rubble Drains for Merrivale Street Council Considers Box Culvert in Reasonable Order Cr. Henrick Urges Worth-while Bitumen Surfacing Deplores Costly Patchwork System

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

At the Tumut Shire Council meeting on Monday, Cr. Henrick considered the continuous patching of the bitumen surface…

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Mayor inspects battalion at Kapooka

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 2

The Mayor of Wagga (Aid. W. F. Donne) yesterday inspected the First Recruit Training Battalion, A.R.A. on the main parade ground at Kapooka Camp…

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Junior Farmers to Form District Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Wagga Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee last night, it was decided that a District Council would be formed, including the centres of Wagga, Junee, Downside, and possibly Humula and Collingullie…

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Three Candidates for Council By-election Today

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 2

Today's Wagga City Council by-election promises to be one of the quietest on record…

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Suggestion to Aid City. Council's Finances Wagga idea

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 1

A correspondent who signs himself "Ratepayer" has suggested a Budget Advisory Committee for Wagga City Council…

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