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Central Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

180 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 4 of 9

Cost Of Footpath Construction To Be Borne By Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 4

Tar surfacing of footpaths throughout the Municipality is to cost £612. There will be no call on ratepayers to provide…

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Scarlet Fever Case Reported In The Municipality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 1

The Health Inspector (Mr Evans) informed the Municipal Council on Tuesday night that there had been one case of scarlet fever reported in…

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Claim For Rates Shire Council In Legal Tangle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 1

Erina Shire Council was involved in a complicated legal tangle in connection with the collection of rates in the Gosford Small Debts Court on…

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Wyee Road Work Shire's Share £1300

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 6

A deputation of four members of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council waited on Erina Shire Council on Monday with a request that Council…

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Council Decisions Tuesday Night's Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 6

The following decisions were made at Tuesday night's meeting of the Gosford Municipal Council:— Plans and specifications for the…

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Building Plans Approved By Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 4

The following building plans were approved by Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council:— Mr A. Schwartz, laundry building in…

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Tourist Facilities How Council Will Expend Money

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 2

The Department of Works and Local Government has asked Erina Shire Council for details of how it intends to spend a proposed grant of…

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Quotations for Gravel Wanted by Council Reconstruction Of Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 6

The Municipal Council's engineer (Mr T. M. Wilson) last Tuesday night was given authority to invite quotations for gravel on a yardage basis…

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Ambulance Committee's Request to Council Opening Of New Station

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 6

Erina Shire Council on Monday adopted the same attitude as the Municipal Council did with regard to the Gosford District Ambulance…

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More Pay for Men of 2nd A.I.F. Council Will Not Support

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 2

On Monday, Erina Shire Council decided to refuse to co-operate with the Municipality of Marrickville in seeking more pay for members of…

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Shire Works Engineer's Reports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 7

The Engineer (Mr. A. Colin Morris) reported as follows on works when Council met on Monday: (1) Construction work on the road from…

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Woy Shire Investigator Urges Economy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 7

Mr. B. C. Hughes, the inspector of local government accounts, who investigated the financial position of the Woy Woy…

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Safer Electricity Shire Electrical Engineer's Report

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 6

Mr. A. J. Cresswell, Erina Shire's Electrical Engineer, reported to Monday's meeting of Council that he had had…

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Protecting Wild Flowers Council Decision

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 6

The Killara Community Service Club has asked Erina Shire Council to support an application for the renewal of the Wild Flowers'…

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Request to Council Removal Of Shelter Shed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 6

The Erina Parents and Citizens' Association had a letter before Monday's meeting of Erina Shire Council asking that the shelter shed at…

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Recovery of Rates Council Goes to Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1940 · page 6

The recovery of rates on a property jointly owned by two women was the subject of a Court report in the "Gosford Times" a fortnight ago…

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£10 Donation to Health Centre Municipal Council Gift

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 7

Gosford Municipal Council decided on Tuesday night to donate £10 to the Gosford branch of the Country Women's Association for the Baby…

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Amalgamation of Municipal Works Shrewd Move by Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

The Municipal Council has decided to make application for the amalgamation of grants in connection with the Waterfront Road,…

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Municipal Council Correspondence A Mixed Collection Conference of Councils

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 6

Correspondence dealth with at Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council contained an invitation from Mr. Howard James,…

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Building Plans Approved By Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 3

Building applications approved by Gosford Municipal Council on Tuesday night were:— Mr. A. Best for Mr. F. Richardson,…

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