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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

1,489 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 75

O'meally to Appeal to Privy Council

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday William John O'Meally will most likely seek financial aid from the State for an appeal…

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Shire Staff Congratulated at Council Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Leeton Shire Council the President (Cr. O. J. Washington) drew attention to the excellent…

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Council "Unfair"

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

The Wagga Rugby League patron, Mr. Leo Packham, said yesterday be thought the Wagga City Council was…

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Building Applications Approved by Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

The following building applications were approved at the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on the recommendation of the Health and Building…

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Coolamon Shire Finances Purchase of New Plant General Rate, 4½d

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 3

At the last Coolamon Shire Council meeting, the general rate was made at 4½d. in the £…

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Improving Junee's Swimming Pool Council to Try Out New Ideas

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 4

A thirteen paragraph report containing observations and recommendations concerning the Olympic Swimming…

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County Council Chairman Cr. Edis Re-elected for 16th TERM

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council on Wednesday in Temora Cr. D. W. Edis was re-elected Chairman for the 16th…

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Municipal Market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 2

SIR—With the present glut of tomatoes and beans and other vegetables, that are procurable at a reasonable price…

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Opinions Differ on Value of Municipal Markets

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

While housewives and organisations advocate the establishment of a municipal fruit and vegetable market in Wagga, district market gardeners are divided on their opinions. Scores of housewives I…

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Junee Municipal Council Estimates Provide for Same Rates During 1953 as Those Imposed in 1952

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

ESTIMATES OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (ADOPTED BY ALDERMEN AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON FRIDAY NIGHT LAST MEAN THAT THE JUNES MUNICIPAL COUNCIL RATES WILL…

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Carrathool Shire Protests Against Drastic Reduction in Road Grants

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

The acting engineer, Mr. J. T. Currie, in his report to the Carrathool Shire Council on 19th January, stated that it had been intended to…

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Synthetic Fibres Chairman of Wool Growers' Council's Warning

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

The Chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, Mr. R. D. Bakewell, says: "The steady flow, of propagandafor so-called wool substitutes which has been rirculaUng throughout Aus-tralia during recent years has swol-len into a flood over the past month, particularly in the Sydney press…

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County, Council Elects Officers Chairman Back For Fifteenth Term

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 2

CT. D. W. Edis has been reelected chairman of the Northern Riverina County Council for the fifteenth…

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Time Not Ripe to Waive Rates. Council and Charges Against Pensioners

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 7

At the "estimates meeting" of the Municipal Council aldermen decided not to waive or reduce rates on properties…

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Lockhart Shire Notes

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 3

Lockhart Shire Councillors noted with satisfaction at their last meeting that a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II…

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County Council Elects Officers Chairman Back for Fifteenth Term

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 1

Cr. D. W. Edis has been re-elected chairman of the Northern Riverina County Council for the 15th successive term…

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Municipal Council Tri-WeeWy Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 4

The tri-weekly meeting of the Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last when there were present…

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Dumping Refuse on Shire Road

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 3

George Edward Clarke, authorised on behalf of the Yanko Shire Council, v. Roy S. Chitty, littering a road with rabbit refuse…

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County Council Elects Officers Chairman Back For Fifteenth Term

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 1

Cr. D W. Edis has been re-elected chairman of the Northern Riverina County Council for the 15th successive term…

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Road Safety Council Notes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Cootamundra Road Safety Council at the Town Hall on Wednesday night, it was…

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