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Council & local affairs, 1954

1,224 stories in Riverina's papers · page 29 of 62

Former Braidwood Shire Clerk Committed for Trial

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 1

A former Shire Clerk was committed for trial in Goulburn Police Court this week on two charges of having…

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Four Cases of Polio in Tumut Shire

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 8

During the past month four cases of acute poliomyelitis have been notified from within the Tumut…

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Council to Auction Land in Parade St

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

Council decided at its meeting last Wednesday to sell by auction land with a 44-feet frontage to Parade…

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Council to Balance Budget for National Fitness Bcommittee

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 5

Before last week's Council meeting was a letter from the local Shire 'National Fitness Committee, forwarding a…

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Council Lets £19,239 Contract for Tumbarumba Ck. Bridge

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 8

Tumbarumba Shire Councillors at their meeting last week accepted a tender of £19,23966 for the construction of a concrete bridge over the Tumbarumba Creek in Albury Street…

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Inspector Intently Interrogated Local Resident Fight police Accusation Charge against Gundagai Council’s Health Inspector Further Adjpourned

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 3

IT WAS AN EPIDEMIC OF QUESTIONS AND A PLAGUE OF INTERROGATIONS FOR GUNDAGAI’S HEALTH INSPECTOR, HENRY NORMAN AGNEW, WHO IN THE GUNDAGAI COURT THIS WEEK…

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Coolamon Shire Council Correspondence

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 4

The following matters arising out of the correspondence were dealt with at the June meeting of the Coolamon Shire Council:—…

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Pensioners and Shire Rates Coolamon Shire Council Move

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

At Tuesdays (15th) Shire Council meeting a letter was read from Mr. J. Potts on behalf of Coolamon…

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Newspaper Proprietor Gets Verdict Against Shire Council for Trespass

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 6

The proprietor of the 'Gilgandra Weekly was awarded £10886 against the Gilgandra Shire Council in the Dubbo…

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Council Discusses Sick Pay

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

At the last Shire Council meeting, there was some discussion on the question of Council’s…

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Leeton High School Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

At the regular monthly meeting of the Leeton High School Council held on Tuesday evening last, members expressed…

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Tumut Man to Be Prosecuted By P.P. Board Alleged Permission of Shire Council to Graze Stock in Tumut Streets

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 3

At a meeting of the Gundagai P.P. Board last Friday it was decided to prosecute A. Hogan, of Tumut, for driving cattle through…

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Yanco Agricultural High School Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

A good attendance of members was present at the meeting of the Yanco Agricultural High School Council held on…

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Security Council to Meet for Guatemala Talks

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday — Although it was alleged that there was an anti-Communist threat to mass bomb Guatemalan…

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Demondrille Shire Has Ambitious Plan Huge Sum to Be Spent on Roads

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

The Demondrille Shire Council has embarked on an extensive, programme of district roads improvement which will cost more than a quarter million pounds, reports the "Harden Murrumburrah…

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District Council of Adults to Assist Junior Farmer Movement

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

The Leeton and District Junior Farmers' organisation, in appointing an adult council, to function similarly to those…

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Letters to the Editor "We do not necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents." Trades and Labor Council and strikes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 2

Sir.—Replying to "Unionist", we wish to inform him the Wagga and District Trades and Labor Council…

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'54 Has Been One of Worst Ever for Superphosphate F. and S. Council Wants Quota System

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

If it was not the worst year in history, 1954 approached being the worst for the delivery…

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Lockhart Shire Engineer's Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 2

The Lockhart Shire Engineer (Mr. F. A. Prichard) reported: Jack Montague's Lane: Reshaping and gravelling has been…

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Report on Lockhart Shire's June Meeting Much Correspondence

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Lockhart Shire Council, held on Monday week was presided over by Cr. W. K. Day. Other councillors…

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