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Central Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

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Letters Shire Health Inspections

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 8

I would like to address certain questions to those responsible for the protection of the…

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Query On Shire Engineer's Payment

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 3

K[?]lnura APPU branch has decided to write to the Gosford Shire Council expressing strong disapproval of paying £1250 to Mr T…

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Council To See Chief Engineer. Applicants

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 1

Applicants for the position of Chief Engineer will be interviewed by Gosford Shire Council at a special meeting on Thursday at 2…

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APPU May Run Candidates At Council Elections

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 1

Gosford District Council of the APPU will consider shortly a request to run APPU candidates at the Shire Council elections at the end of this year…

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Chief Engineer Appointed To Gosford Shire Three Vote Against £150,000 Loan

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 1

Mr E. N. Wilson, at present engineer to the Macleay Shire Council, which surrounds the flood-ravaged town of Kempsey on the North Coast, was yesterday appointed Chief Engineer to the Gosford Shire Council…

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Engineer Declines Gosford Appointment Shock For Shire Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 1

Shocked Gosford Shire councillors learned this week that Mr Egbert Norman Wilson, at present engineer to the Macleay Shire Council, would not take up the post he had accepted last Thursday as chief engineer at Gosford…

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Subsidies Granted For Rest Rooms And Pensioners Rates Council News In Brief

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1950 · page 1

Gosford Shire Council yesterday received letters from the Minister for Local Government which stated that the department would subsidise construction of women's rest rooms "in selected…

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23 Applications For Shire Engineer's Job

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 1

Gosford Shire Council yesterday considered 23 applications for the position of chief engineer at a salary of £1250 per annum. It was decided to interview five of the…

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Bigger Electricity Subsidy Sought By Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 1

Brisbane Water County Council has applied to the Department of Public Works and Local Government for an increase in the…

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Shire Council Is Still Without Chief Engineer Four Interviewed Yesterday But No One Appointed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1950 · page 1

Gosford Shire councillors spent yesterday afternoon interviewing applicants for the position of chief engineer but when the meeting closed they still had not made an appointment…

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Shire Election Nominations Close On November 1 Present Council For Re-Election?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 1

Thirteen days remain for nomination of candidates for election to the Gosford Shire Council at the triennial elections to be held on December 2. Three candidates are to be elected for each…

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Shire Briefs

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 5

"What chance have we to borrow money at 3½ per cent?" asked Cr Brown when council was informed that this was…

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New Shire Engineer Has Impressive War Record Single Man Aged 43

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 1

Mr G. C. Cliff, shire engineer af Coolah, winner of the George Medal (with bar), MBE and OBE (Military Division) in World War II, was appointed Chief Engineer of the Shire of Gosford…

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County Council Building Plan Approved

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 1

Members of the Gosford District Chamber of Commerce last night expressed approval of the proposal to erect a…

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Survey Reveals At Least 17 Candidates Will Seek Election To Shire Council Nominations To Close At 5 pm Tomorrow

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 1

A survey, made by the "Gosford Times", reveals there will be at least 17 candidates for the Gosford Shire Council elections when nominations close at 5 pm tomorrow. They will nominate for 9 vacant seats and the elections will be held on…

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Deputy Shire President

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

Deputy Shire President W. (Bill) Tarrant, who is seeking re-election…

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Gosford Shire President

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

Shire President, G. Dowries, who will seek re-election on December 2…

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Nineteen Candidates Seek Election To Gosford Shire Council On December 2 Names Announced At Noon Today

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

Nineteen candidates will contest the Gosford Shire Council elections on December 2. The names of the candidates were announced by Shire Cleric N. G. Howes (Returning Officer) from the steps of the Council Chambers at noon today…

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County Council Sues Warehouse Owner In Court

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

The Brisbane Water County Council proceeded against William Rogers, warehouseman, of East Gosford, at Gosford on…

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APPU Ruling On Shire Council Elections

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 1

Pour A Riding candidates for the Gosford Shire Council elections addressed the Gosford APPU branch last Monday night…

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