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Council & local affairs, 1949

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Shire Council Asks Minister To Hurry Up Decision On Woy Woy Separation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

Further support came from Gosford Shire Council yesterday for the projected reconstitution of Woy Woy as a separate shire. This is the third occasion on which the council has approved this project— unanimously. Cr Chambers (Woy Woy) was…

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£1,186 Equipment Purchased For Shire Works

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

Gosford Shire Council yesterday accepted a tender from Richardson Motors, Mann Street. Gosford, for a loader and delver at a cost…

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No Council Cash Was Spent On Court Case

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

In answer to a question at yesterday's meeting of Gosford Shire Council, Shire President W. B. Grahame said he could assure…

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Shire Maintenance Men To Work In Woy Woy Area For Two More Weeks At Least Drainage Of Flood Areas Not Yet Complete Minister Has Not Replied To Month Old Request For £24,000 Grant Engineer Gives Details Of Damage To District Main Roads

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

Because drainage of flooded areas af Woy Woy has not yet been completed, all Gosford Shire Council maintenance employees will spend at least another two weeks in that area before they return…

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Shire Inquiry Was Deferred For Two Months On Wednesday "Work Together" Says Proposer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

With Crs Dennett, Downes and Lloyd dissenting, Gosford Shire Council decided last Wednesday to defer for two months consideration of the proposal that an inquiry be held into the affairs of…

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Vote Of Confidence In Assistant Shire Engineer Cr Dennett Dissents And Cr Downes Walks Out

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

Gosford Shire Council at the adjourned meet-last Wednesday afternoon carried a motion of confidence in the Assistant Shire Engineer (Mr C. W. Smith)…

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Shire-Wide Support For Pilot Poll On World Government Many Organisations Will Co-operate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 4

"Ten years ago the movement for world federal government started, but the intervention of war halted progress. Three months ago the common people of the world commenced to register their…

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Progress Officials To Go Before Council Fire - Fighting Equipment Is Available

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2

Three officials of the Grand Council of Progress Associations and Kindred Organisations will accept Gosford Shire Council's invitation to attend its next meeting, reports the publicity officer…

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Getting Things Done Is Enormous Shire Problem Says Councillor Only Took Him Few Days To Realise Difficulties

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 1

Speaking at a meeting of Gosford Shire Council yesterday, Cr C. W. P. Parsons said, "From the outside looking in I had certain ideas of my own as to what was taking place here and those ideas were…

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Gosford Shire Aids World Government Movement Will Co-operate To Hold Pilot Poll

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 2

Support for the proposal to conduct a pilot poll in this district to express the people's opinion on the question of World Federal Government, was promised by resolutions carried at last Monday's…

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Citrus Growers' Council Conference Case Prices Reduced In Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

A meeting of the Management Committee of the NSW Citrus Growers' Council was held in Sydney on Wednesday, August 17. The president (Mr M. B. Yarnall) in opening the conference…

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RSL Sub-District Council Applies For Horse Race License At Gosford A & C Association Will Apply For Dog Race License Only Amended Legislation Will Not Permit One Body To Hold More Than One License

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 1

The Brisbane Water Sub-district Council of the RSS&AILA has applied under the provisions of the amended Gaming and Betting Act for a license to conduct horse racing at Gosford after January 1…

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Electricity Charges May Be Increased Council To Consider Rise At Meeting On October 5

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 September 1949 · page 1

Electricity consumers throughout the entire reticulated area of the Brisbane Water County Council may expect an increase in tariff for electricity after a special meeting of the council on…

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Another £1,000,000 For Shire Roads More Petrol Tax Is Released

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1949 · page 5

The president of the Shires' Association of NSW (Cr J. M. Caldwell) and the president of the Local Government Association of NSW (Ald R. T. C. Storey), in a joint statement issued today,…

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Council Decides Against Contract Work For £30,000 Loan Scheme

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1949 · page 1

"I feel that we will be forced to retrench some of the labourers and others employed by council if we have all this work carried out by contract", said the President, Cr W. B. Grahame, at a meeting of the Gosford Shire Council yesterday…

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Swimming Baths In Shire To Be Surveyed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

Setting up of a Baths Committee to prepare a report on a permanent scheme for the 1950 Christmas season was suggested…

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Electricity Charges Increased By County Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

Brisbane Water County Council decided this morning to increase charges for the supply of electricity…

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County Council Employee Is Injured

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 1

Jack Rerson. a Brisbane Water County Council employee, of Gosford. was taken by the District Ambulance to the District Hospital…

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Council Rejects Free Park Land Offer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 1

Gosford Shire Council has turned down an offer to pay the cost of acquiring nearly two acres of land at…

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Shortage Of Homes In Gosford Shire 291 Completed In First 9 Months Of Year

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1949 · page 1

During the first nine months of this year, 291 dwellings and 15 flats were completed in the Gosford shire. There was, However, still a shortage of…

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