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Riverina · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,224 stories in Riverina's papers · page 17 of 62

Tumut Swimming Pool Govt. Subsidy Only Available to Shire Council

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Works, Mr. J. M. McGrath, has advised Mr. W. F. Shehan, M.L.A., as follows in connection with his nersonal…

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Commonwealth Bank £180 to Shire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

The Commonwealth Savings Bank has made a voluntary contribution of £180 to the Leeton Shive Council in lieu of rates for…

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Kyeamba Council Items

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 4

The Lockhart Shire Council has called a conference for the Wagga City Council Chambers on April 14 to discuss the matter of a regional library…

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Death of Former Shire Clerk of Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

The death occurred suddenly at Young on Tuesday morning last of Mr. T. Webster, who was for several years shire clerk at…

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Finance Likely for Building Society Mayor's Move to Get Money

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

The Mayor, Aid. C. Leslie, never loses an opportunity of taking steps that may be of advantage to Junee, and…

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Fortnightly Junee Municipal Council Delegation Ascertains Petrol Tax Money May Be Available For Kerbing and Guttering in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

DURING THEIR RECENT VISIT TO SYDNEY, THE MAYOR (ALD. C. LESLIE) AND THE TOWN CLERK. (MR. M. A. BURNS) ASCERTAINED THAT THE PAVING OP FOOTATHS OR THE…

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Items of interest from, Wagga Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 4

The baths manager (Mr. H. Clark) reported that the attendance at the baths during the season was 273,150…

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Gumly Meeting No Censure on Kyeamba Council

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

"The meeting of Gumly ratepayers recently was not a meeting of censure on the council," Cr. T. V. Brunskill yesterday told the Kyeamba Shire Council…

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Arts Council Corroboree Roxy Theatre, Tuesday, April 27

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 2

Since the first performance of John Antill's Ballet "Corroboree" at the Tivoli Theatre before Her Majesty the Queen and…

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Northern River County Council Loan Application Of £350,898 High Cost of Water Schemes

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

At the lost meeting of the Northern Riverina County Council, the County Clerk (Mr. Ron Freer) submitted a list of electricity works for the 1954-55 programme,…

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Mitchell Shire Council items

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

The Mitchell Shire Council at yesterday's meeting did not favorably receive a letter from the Lockhart Shire Council suggesting a regional library in Wagga…

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Smoke Nuisances: Report to Council

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

The City Council on Thursday night refused to recognise that a city factory and Lewisham Hospital had done everything possible to eliminate their smoke nuisances…

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WILL GUNDAGAl Lose Highway Consternation In Local Council

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 7

The suggestion that the day could soon dawn when the highway will not pass through Gundagai caused consternat…

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Council Supports Clerk's Action Saved Read Material From Junee Land

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 5

For many years the Junee Municipal Council has been storing road making materials and dumping inoffensive…

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Shire president honored

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

LOCKHART, Monday: At the lockhart Shin Council meeting the president (Mr. Walter Day) was publicly…

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Mayor Seeks Talks on Plane Service Cancellation

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

The Mayor of Cootamundra (Ald. D.F.J. Stratton) has sent telegrams to Butler Air…

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Cost of Civic Receptions Shire Councillor's query

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

When the Shire President (Cr. O. J. Washington) reported at the Council meeting on Thursday night…

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Curtailment of Air Service Protest by Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

At the meeting of the Leeton Shire Council on Thursday night, the president Cr. O. J. Washington…

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N'dera Spastic Council to Hold Annual Appeal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 4

The Narrandera Spastic Council decided at its annual meeting to concentrate on one big appeal for funds, annually…

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C.p. Hume Council Annual Meeting Plans for Federal Campaign

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 2

Mr. Rex Merrin, Mr. Bill McColl, and Mr. C. R. Humby were elected to the main executive positions—president, treasurer, and secretary respectively—when the annual meeting of the Country…

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