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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

1,467 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 74

Aldermen Watching ’Witching Hour

Central Western Daily · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

Concerned at the increasingly late hour at which sittings of the Orange City Council conclude, several aldermen approached the Town Clerk (Mr. R. H. Heath) asking that some relief be granted…

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Urgent Gravelling Programme Secondary Roads In Amaroo Shire

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 8

Regravelling of a number of important secondary roads with Amaroo Shire has commenced. They include Cumnock-Yeoval…

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3 Hours Electricity Interruption Amaroo Shire, Hospital Hill To Be Affected

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 10

Electricity supply to Amaroo Shire and consumers of Hospital Hill will be cut off for about three hours in the near future…

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RAILWAY Vs. Molong Council Much Ado About An Agreement

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 3

The Department of Railways seems determiaed to get Molong Municipal Council to sign an agreement for common use of the…

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Town Council More Responsibility for Officers ? Discussion Portends Move

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 8

When Ald. J. A. Tilbrook pointed out that a number of street trees in the town had died through lack of water at last…

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Water Pipe Line to Cudal? County Council Will Investigate

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 5

Central Tablelands County Council will ask its Consulting Engineers to investigate the possibility of running a water pipeline…

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Town Council Switchboards Must Be Labelled Report From Electricity Authority

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 3

Unlabelled electrical switch-boards in a number of industrial establishments in Molong were brought to the notice of…

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Extra Charge for Excess Water Users Molong Town Council's Ruling

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 6

Whether to charge owners of metered premises in Molong for excess water used during 1946, when there was a big percentage…

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"A Great Achievements" Molong Council's Part in Allocation of Homes to Molong

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 1

"It is a great achievement for this Council and of great benefit to Molong, to have this allocation of Housing Commission homes." The Mayor (Ald. G. L. Burgess) said that at last meeting of Molong…

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Works in Molong Municipality Leading Hand Tells Of Progress

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

The Leading Hand (Mr. A. Dover) deatiled a number of works carried out in the Municipality during the previous two…

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Governor Approves of £5,500 Loan for Boree Shire Council

Central Western Daily · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

Application of the Boree Shire Council to raise a loan of £5,500 has been approved by the State Governor…

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Mayor and Bathurst Water Scheme

National Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

Speaking last night on the Minister for works' letter re the two alternate ites proposed for the Bathurst water supply dams, the Mayor, Aid. Golsby…

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50 Years An Alderman

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 1

It's wonderful what some men catt stand. Last week Ald. J. Rintoul completed 50 years' continuous service…

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[?] Lyndhurst Shire To Investigate

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 4

Lyndhurst Shire officers will inspect a road near Hobby's Yards with a view to having repairs effected in the area…

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Supply of Electricity to Mandurama. Letter Before L. S. Council

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

Lyndhurst Shire Council's Electrical Engineer (Mr. E. L. Johnston went into a wealth of detail following reading of a letter from a…

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Rylstone Shire Roads Engineer Makes Recommendations

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 3

At the last meeting or the Ryl-Shire Council, the shire engineer reported us follows:— Bitumen Surfacing, Rylstone:…

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Coolah Shire Baths Re-opening Proposed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 19

The Coolah Council, at its meeting on Wednesday last, discussed the question of re-opening the shire baths, which had been closed…

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Shire Councils Lose Hopes of Good Roads

Central Western Daily · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— There is no possibility of councils in N.S.W. being able to improve their roads, said…

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Destruction of Trees Council Takes Proceedings

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 13

At the Gilgandra Police Court last week, the Shire Council proceeded against local sleeper cutters for cutting trees…

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Anzac Park R.S.L. Writes To Council

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 16

The Gulgong Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L. has written the following letter to the Gulgong Shire Council:…

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