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

Council & local affairs, 1953

1,208 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 61

Cudgegong Shire Engineer Reviews Operations: Roads in Good Order

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 1

At last meeting of Cudgegong Shire Council, the engineer, Mr. W. Lake, reviewed operations for the year. Among other things, he [?]…

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Bathurst Council

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Bathurst Council will meet for the first time in 1953 on January 28…

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C.S.I R.O. Advisory Council Changes in Membership

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Retirement of three of the older members of the Advisory Council of CSIRO was announced by Dr. I. Clunies Ross Chairman of CSIRO…

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Local Govt. Should Spend More Money to Aid Sport Claim By Former Mayor Of Orange

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

Local government did not spend enough money on sporting facilities, Dr. A. E. Colvin, M.L.C., said in Orange yesterday…

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Clerk's Report to Coolah Shire Council Meeting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 12

The clerk reported to last meeting of Coolah Shire Council that Council's finances had showed…

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Shire Tribute To S. A. Hoey

Central Western Daily · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 4

Canobolas Shire Council, before a special meeting on Monday night paid tribute to…

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Grim Position Reported on by Shire Engineer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 19

To last meeting of Coolah Shire Council, the engineer reported that the reduction of grants by the Department…

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Ulan County Council Loan Levy Supported by Minister for Lands

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 2

Property owners would be making a contribution towards the electrical development of the Ulan…

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Mudgee Council to Support Rylstone Move to Have Sydney Road Bitumen Sealed from Ben Bullen

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 13

The fact that very little progress has been made for years towards bitumen sealing the Sydney road came in for severe criticism at Monday night's meeting of Mudgee Council…

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Mayor Is Mystified Over Shock News on Drome “Most extraordinary set-up in my council experience!”

Central Western Daily · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

The eleventh-hour endeavour to discover whether the soil at the Spring Hill site is suitable for an aerodrome is the quee[?]st procedure Alerman J. P. Jasger (Mayor of Orange) has encountered in his long…

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Shire Rate Lower

Central Western Daily · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

The general rate which has been struck for Canobolas Shire this year is a little below the…

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Ex-mayor's Denial Legal Action Threat

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. Moorebank Ratepayers and Settlers -Association was being "politically treacherous" in threatening to take legal action…

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Rise in Rates If Council Adopts New Estimates Big Increase In Valuations

Central Western Daily · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

Orange City Council will hold a special meeting tomorrow night to fix the city rates for 1953. If tentative estimates are adopted ratepayers will pay about £16,500 more than they did last year…

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Meat Inspections in Lyndhurst Shire

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

68 sheep, 19 cattle and 6 pigs were inspected in Lyndhurst Shire during December…

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Overspending By Two Council Departments

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

Two departments of Orange City Council are estimated to have overspent their 1952 allocations. They are the City Engineer’s Department and the Parks and Gardens Department…

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Council Fixes City’s New Rating To Get £14,000 More This Year

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

Orange City Council will collect about £14,300 more in rates this year than in 1952, Last night the Council decided to make the 1953 general rate 9¼d. in the £1 and 45-8d. on urban land…

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Oberon Shire Council Rate Levy Adopted

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 6

The Shire President (Cr. J. Hoolihan) presided at the monthly meeting of Oberon Shire Council yesterday. All councillors were present…

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Aldermen Gave Depts All They Sought

Central Western Daily · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

At its special rating meeting on Tuesday night Orange City Council allowed all departments their estimated expenditure for the year. The City Engineer’s allocation of £33,000 was…

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Shire Will Maintain Immunisation Record

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 5

Anxious to maintain its excellent record in regard to the virtual wiping out of the diphtheria scourge in the Shire, Blaxland Shire Council yesterday approved another immunisation campaign to operate at 12 widely…

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Mayor Replies to Cleric Broken Hill's Reputation

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday: Mayor of Broken Hill, Aid. Riddiford, said today the city, because it had remained free from moral menace, was…

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