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Central Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

157 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 3 of 8

BHP Unit Begins Shire Road Resealing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

The BHP yesterday afternoon began to reseal and surface patch roads in the Gosford shire area…

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Council Approves Health Week

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

The first week in September will be Health Week within the Gosford shire area. The Gosford Shire Council…

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Shire Library Granted £1000 To Bay Books

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

The Gosford Shire Council last night approved the purchase of £1000 worth of new books for the shire library…

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County Council Decides Power Line Priorities

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

The Brisbane Water County Council, at a special meeting yesterday, decided to complete electricity extensions to Pomona Road and Bensville, Brady's Gully and Maiden's Brush Road, and…

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Councillors Explain Shire Road Work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

Clrs Tennant and Brown, A riding representatives on the Gosford Shire Council, attended a meeting of the Wamberal…

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No Objection By Shire To Six-Day Milk Delivery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 3

The Gosford Shire Council, on Thursday night, decided to offer no objection to a proposal by the Gosford District Milk Vendors' Association for a six-day milk delivery service…

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County Council's £95,000 Loans Approved

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

The Department of Local Government has approved applications by the Brisbane Water County Council to…

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Refinery Oil Firm, Council To Meet

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

The president of the Gosford Shire Council, Clr. Tarrant, the shire clerk, Mr. Howes, and the acting chief…

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Meeting On Shire Industry

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

Representatives from the Gosford and Woy Woy Chambers of Commerce tomorrow night will consider…

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ALP Asks For Inquiry Into Shire Spending

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

The last meeting of the Gosford branch of the ALP decided to ask the Minister for Local Government to…

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Council To Fix Date For Baths Meeting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 1

The Gosford Shire Council on Thursday night will fix a date for the public meeting to discuss proposals to build new…

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Mr Agnew Shire Engineer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

Mr. N. Agnew is the new chief engineer of the Gosford Shire Council. He was elected at the…

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Few Owners Protest Against Shire Valuation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

The Valuer-General's Department received 332 objections from owners against the 25,400 valuations the…

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County Council Has £5500 Surplus For Quarter

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 3

The Brisbane Water County Council showed a trading surplus of £5500 for the quarter ended March 31. A similar surplus for each…

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Shire Works Programmes Approved 'Effort Made To Place Money Correctly And Constructively'

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

The Gosford Shire Council last night approved the programmes of work to be done in the three ridings this year. The programmes are—A Riding, £30,130; B Riding, £27,580; C Riding £24,230…

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Shire Library "One Of Board's Show Pieces"

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 5

The Gosford Shire Library was one of the show pieces of the NSW Library Board, the secretary of the board, Mr. R. McGreal, said in Gosford on Friday…

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Water Supply Shire Seeks Approval To Raise Public Loan

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 1

The Gosford Shire Council will seek the approval of the Minister for Works and Local Government to raise a public loan of £250,000, af 5 per cent., for work on portion of the water…

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Swimming Pool: Council Asked To Seek Grant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 23 May 1952 · page 1

The Gosford branch of the ALP, at its last meeting, decided to ask the Gosford Shire Council to apply to the…

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Shire Rates

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 6

In your issue of February 22. Clr. Grahame is reported to have said that "rural properties are not carrying their fair…

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Council Team

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 4

In "The Gosford Times" of May 27 I note further evidence of general dissatisfaction among the ratepayers and…

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