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Central Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

119 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 5 of 6

Shire Matters and That £10. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 12

Dear Sir,—I have read the evidence appearing in your last issue, given at the Inquiry re the suspension of the Shire Engineer, and that portion…

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Advance Erina Shire! To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 6

Sir,—Your wide-awake and up-to-date correspondent, R.H.C., should have seen at a glance that the figures quoted by me in my last letter were…

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Erina Shire Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 10

At an informal meeting of Erina Shire Council, held last Monday prior to the ordinary fortnightly meeting, the present position of affairs, in view…

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The Shire Council Report

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 8

Doesn't it smell nasty—not odoriferous by any means—and to put it into common language—the more you stir it the bigger the stink. Has any Shire…

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Erina Shire Council Pleases the King

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 3

The following letter speaks for itself:—Commonwealth of Australia.—Governor-General's Office, Melbourne,…

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Erina Shire Council. Monday, October 11

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1920 · page 5

Present: President Archbold and Councilors Pemberton, Bourke, Palmer, Chapman and Baker. OVERTIME PENALTIES…

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Erina Shire Council. Monday, October 18

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 10

Present: Councillors Archbold (President), Pemberton, Bourke, Chapman, and Palmer. Councillor Baker tendered his resignation prior to the meeting…

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Erina Shire Council. Indignation Meeting at Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 3

A largely attended meeting of ratepayers from all parts of the Shire took [?] at the School of Arts, Gosford, on Friday evening last. The meeting…

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Erina Shire Council. Ratepayers' Meeting at Erina

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 18

A well attended meeting of ratepayers of D Riding, at which all parts of the Riding were represented, was held in the Erina Public School on…

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Erina Shire Council Election. To the Electors of D Riding

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 11

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,— You will shortly be called upon to vote at an Extraordinary Election for the return of a Councillor for D Riding. Having been requested, by a number of ratepayers in all parts of the Riding to allow myself to be…

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Indignation Meeting Re Shire Matters. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 20

Sir,—Any reasonable person who happened to be present at the above could not be otherwise than conscious that the meeting was being…

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Erina Shire. Petition to the Minister To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1920 · page 7

Sir—Would you kindly publish the enclosed Petition to the Minister for Local Government, which is now being sent round for signatures in this…

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MANIFESTO. Erina Shire.—"D" Riding. to the Ratepayers,—

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 11

In the past so many rumors, false in the main, but perverted to represent truth, have been circulated by my opponents that I welcome this opportunity of placing my point of view before many of you that have not the opportunity of personal contact. To those who know me this is not…

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Fruitgrowers' Association of N.S. Wales. District Council Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1920 · page 9

A meeting of the Gosford District Council was held in the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon last. The President, Mr. W. Cowlishaw, occupied the…

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Preference to Returned Soldiers. a Shire Council Fined

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 8

At Bathurst Police Court Stephen Henry Coleman proceeded against the Oberon Shire Council before Mr. Crane, S.M., for failing to give preference to…

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Shire Matters

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 2

Erina Shire Council has received letters from the Public Works Department stating:— In reply to your letter of 15th…

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Shire Appeal Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 4

Appeals lodged by the Commissioners of New South Wales Government Railways, which assessments had been arranged with the Shire Council, were…

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Shire Election. D Riding Campaign

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 3

Mr. John Bourke's Committee send a report along that his campaign has opened on splendidly. His intention is to meet the ratepayers, and explain…

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Shire Election Notes. D. RIDING

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 4

Mr. C. J. Staples, of Woy Woy, who is contesting the D Biding seat on the Shire Council, was the first candidate to commence his campaign, and is…

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Shire Election Notes. C Riding

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1920 · page 10

Mr. F. D. Burns, of Ourimbah, one of the best known business men in Brisbane Water district, has been out among the electors and addressed a…

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