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Central Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

180 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 5 of 9

Council Economy Residents Must Wait For Electricity

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

Mrs. J. Sheppard, asked the Municipal Council on Tuesday night to extend the electricity supply to Brady's Gully. She intimated that…

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Straying Stock Causes Accidents Road Safety Council Report

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

Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…

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Tourist Bureau Council Receives Only One Tender For Rental

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1

Only one tender has been received by the Municipal Council for the lease of the recently constructed tourist bureau building in Burns'…

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Point Glare Road Repairs to Be Carried Out by Council

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

Alderman A. A. Schwartz moved at Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council that the road grader be put on the Point Clare…

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£10,000 Swimming Pool for Gosford Council to Borrow Money

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1

The Municipal Council is to construct a £10,000 tiled swimming pool on the reclaimed area below the Gosford Memorial Park. The pool will be illuminated for night swimming with…

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Sewerage Extensions to Cost £4,150 Council Asks for Government Subsidy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 1

Total cost of extensions to the Gosford sewerage scheme to serve an additional 66 houses is £4,150. The Municipal Council on Tuesday…

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Municipal Matters Questions Asked At Tuesday's Meeting

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

The following .questions were asked and answered at Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council: Alderman A. A. Schwartz: When…

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Shire Electricity Undertaking Healthy Condition

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 6

Figures tabled by the Electrical Engineer (Mr. A. J. Cresswell) at yesterday's meeting of the Erina Shire Council showed the particularly healthy condition of the electricity supply undertaking…

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Shire Works New Petrol Grader Has Arrived

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 6

Mr. A. Colin Morris (Engineer) informed yesterday's meeting of Erina Shire Council that the following completion; (2) the grader is…

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Shire Building Applications Activity At Saratoga And The Entrance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 4

The following plans were approved by yesterday's meeting of Erina Shire Council: Mr. J. Hardy for Mrs. Hardy,…

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£19,000 Shire Loan Minister's Request

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. L. O. Martin), asked Erina Shire Council on Monday, in connection with the council's…

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Land for Reserve Council Decision Deferred

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 8

The Entrance and Long Jetty Progress Association asked Council on Monday to acquire an acre of land adjacent to the new Surf House at…

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Australian Motor Manufacture No Action By Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 4

The Municipality of Lithgow asked Erina Shire Council's co-operation on Monday to urge the Federal Government to take steps for the…

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Bush Fire Brigade Council Has No Funds For Support

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 May 1940 · page 1

Erina Shire Council on Monday had to refuse to make a donation to the Kincumber Bush Fire Brigade as there were no funds available…

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Concert and Dance at Narara Shire Welfare Committee Effort

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1940 · page 1

The committee of the Narara branch of the Erina Shire Soldiers' and Trainees' Welfare Association has finalized arrangements for a…

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Dismissal of Ganger and Clerk Mayor Refuses To Answer Questions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 2

The Mayor, Aid. W. C. Grahame, refused to answer, three questions asked by Aid W. H. Pike at Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal…

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Communist Party Council In Favour of Declaring It Illegal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 6

The Municipality of Katoomba had a letter before Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council asking that Council support its efforts to…

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Tar Surfacing of Mann Street M.R.B. Replies to Council Criticism

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 7

Criticism of the unsatisfactory work of tar surfacing Mann St., Gosford, was recently levelled at the Department of Main Roads by the…

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Planting Street with Palms Municipal Gardener Suggests Brohea Type

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 3

Brohea Palms, which have never been known to grow more than 40 feet in height even in 90 years under ideal conditions, are to be…

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Municipal Matters Questions Asked And Answered

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 May 1940 · page 7

The following questions were asked and answered at Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council: Have the plans for the Koolewong…

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