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Central Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

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Two Shire Council Employees Die MR L. F. CHAPMAN

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 5

Mr Leonard Frederick Chapman, a senior member of the Gosford Shire Council's office staff, died at his home at Terrigal yesterday…

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Public Holiday For Jubilee Proposed In Shire On April 5 Local Members On Committee

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

Mr Roger Dean, MHR for Robertson, and Mr H. E. Jackson, MLA for Gosford, have been appointed president and secretary respectively of the Gosford Shire Federal Jubilee Committee…

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Shire Hay Take Over Sanitary Services

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

Reports by the Shire Clerk (Mr Howes) and the Chief Health Inspector (Mr Craig), on the question of the…

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Heavy Cuts Made In Shire Road Expenditure

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 5

The expenditure of £1500 on the Waterfront Road between Gosford and Woy Woy "would be only a drop in the bucket", the Gosford Shire Engineer (Mr Clift) told councillors yesterday during…

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Additional Plant Needed For Gosford Shire Roads Estimated Cost Of £40,000

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

In recommending that the Gosford Shire Council obtain additional plant for road construction and maintenance throughout the Shire, the Chief Engineer (Mr Clift) told yesterday's…

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Shire Council Briefs

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

Gosford Shire Council has decided: To again request that the road from Woy Woy railway station…

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5 County Council Seats Sought By Shire

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 1

The Minister for Local Government is to be requested (through Mr H. E. Jackson, MLA) to increase the representation of the…

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Shire Jubilee Week Programme Includes Show, Procession And Fireworks Display

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

Mr Les Graham, president of the Gosford District Chamber of Commerce, told a meeting of the Shire Jubilee Committee on Friday night that the Chamber's Council did not think it advisable…

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Gaoled for Stealing Council Property

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

Arthur Leslie Keith Thomas, 22-year-old labourer, of the camping ground, Gosford, was sentenced to two months'…

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Woy Shire Claim Being Examined

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

Mr H. E. Jackson, MLA, told a meeting at Ettalong on Thursday night that a Local Government Departmeat officer was in the…

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Shire Council Reverses Decisions On Sanitary Services Hesitates At Finality

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

After deciding at the end of the morning session that the Gosford Shire Council should take over and carry out the several sanitary services within the shire, council decided in the afternoon to re-commit the matter for further consideration…

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Shire Shorts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

Gosford Shire Council decided at Monday's meeting: To purchase a D6 Caterpillar Traxcavator Loader at a cost of…

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Costs Jump 80 Per Cent County Council Seeks To Borrow £150,000

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

Brisbane Water County Council decided on Wednesday to advise the Local Government Department that it requires a loan of £150,000 for the financial year 1951-52…

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Shire President In Hospital

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

Cr W. B. Grahame, shire president, became ill on Sunday and entered Hornsby District Hospital, yesterday…

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Shire Presidenthas X-ray

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

The rush for chest X-rays by Gosford district residents has been so heavy that an extra session will be held on Friday morning. Anyone who has not been examined may apply now for an X-ray on Friday morning. Booking office is at the Gosford Shire Council…

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Owner Fined For Not Obeying Order To Repair House Action By Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

Owner of a house was fined £20, with £13/15/6 costs, at Gosford Court this week for failing to comply with an order by Gosford Shire Council to close his house until repairs had been carried out…

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Grant Of £140,000 For Shire Water Supply Scheme Advice By State Minister

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 1

The State Government has agreed to provide a grant of £140,000 towards the cost of installing a water supply for Terrigal, Erina, Avoca Beach, Woy Woy and other centres in the shire…

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Shire Water Scheme Council Decides On An Immediate Start

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1

Gosford Shire Council decided yesterday to accept the State Government's grant of £140,000 towards the cost of the shire water supply 'scheme. Work on the project, which is estimated to…

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Shire Briefs

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 1

BRIDGE PROPOSAL. Spencer Progress Association, McDonald Valley Ratepayers' Association and the Wiseman's Ferry Development…

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Change In Shire Amalgamation Policy Urged By ALP Branch Statement At Woy Woy Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Woy Woy ALP branch will submit a motion to the Easter conference of the Labor Party urging the State Government' to abandon its policy of amalgamations of Local Government areas…

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