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Central Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

157 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 4 of 8

The Entrance Seeks Severance From Shire

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

Residents of the peninsula at The Entrance have submitted a petition to the Premier, Mr Cahill, asking that…

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Wyong Council Riant Damaged; CIB Called In

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

The Wyong Shire Council has called in the CIB to investigate damage to the council's machinery…

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County Council Vote For Reconstruction

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

The Brisbane Water County Council on Wednesday voted £20,000 for reticulation reconstruction in The Entrance and Woy Woy areas…

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Shire Buys Road Plant

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

The purchase of £6962 worth of road plant was approved by the Gosford Shire Council yesterday…

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Shire Accepts Proposal For Bookmobile

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 5

The Gosford Shire Council has accepted the Citrus Festival Committee's proposal to raise funds to buy a…

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County Council Still Fixing Storm Damage

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

The Brisbane Water County County Council's technical staff yesterday was still repairing damage to power lines caused by Saturday night's storm. The council's chief engineer,…

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Narara P&C Asks Council For Bus Dock

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

The Narara P. and C. Association will ask the Gosford Shire Council, to build a bus dock on the Pacific…

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Municipal Assembly Formed Alp to Submit 9 Candidates for Shire Poll

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

The Gosford ALP Municipal Assembly will endorse three candidates for each riding of the Gosford shire for the shire elections in December, 1953. A meeting of Gosford State Electoral ALP branches at Gosford on…

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Wyong Council Orders— More Staff for Works Programme

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

The Wyong Shire Council has directed its chief engineer, Mr. K. Downes, to employ more staff in an…

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ALP Candidates For Shire Poll 'Backward Step'

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

The decision of the Labor party branches to form a Labor Municipal Assembly in Gosford shire and to…

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Breakwater Type of Baths Proposed Citizens' Committee To Confer With Council

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

A public meeting in the Gosford Shire Council Chambers last night appointed a committee of seven to examine a proposal for a breakwater or similar type of baths, and confer with the council on the subject. The committee, named the Gosford Baths Committee, met after the…

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Move to Form P. and C. Council

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

A general meeting of all district P. and C. Associations will be called soon to discuss the advantages of a district council of P. and C. associations. The monthly meeting of the Gosford Primary School P. and C. Association on Wednesday night decided to call the meeting…

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For Women Women Bowlers' Trophies Spastic Council Raises £337 In Year

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 3

Four officials of the New South Wales Women's Bowling Association were present at the Brisbane Water…

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Letters Shire Elections

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 4

The Liberal Party in Gosford is apparently so devoid of talent that a Federal member has to apologise for the party…

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Wyong Offered Council Offices, Memorial Hall

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 1

The Wyong Memorial Hall Committee yesterday offered the Wyong Shire Council funds to establish a…

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County Council Offer: Discount On Sales Of Appliances

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

The Brisbane Water County Council will institute a discount arrangement of from 5 to 10 per cent on all major appliances sold for cash to or by builders, plumbers and electricians…

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Municipality Offers Land For Market

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

The Randwick Municipal Council has promised the Lisarow branch of the Agriculture Bureau that it will…

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Council Seeks Gravel

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

A new area of gravel had I been found in the Wamberal area, the chief engineer, Mr. Agnew, reported to yesterday's…

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Shire Votes £1000 For Waterfront Rd

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

The Gosford Shire Council yesterday voted £1000 to repair the Waterfront Road, between Gosford and Woy…

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Council Blamed For Threatened Loss Of Mooney Bus Service

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 5

Mooney Mooney residents were about to lose their bus service because of the Gosford Shire Council's failure to tar-seal Point Road, Mooney Mooney, the secretary of the Mooney Mooney Progress Association said in a letter to yesterday's meeting of the council…

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