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

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,159 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 58

Increase in Shire Rates

Central Western Daily · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 1

Canobolas Shire Council general rate will increase from 6d. to 6½d. in the pound on the unimproved capital value, it was decided at a meeting on Wednesday night…

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Mayor speaks on library

Central Western Daily · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

“It is very pleasing to see Alderman Skevington giving such a deal of thought to…

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CRICKET Three Local Players In Council Team

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 4

The Western District Cricket Council team will meet the Hawkesbury Cricket Council combination at Lithgow on…

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Shire Council to Elect New President

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 4

Resulting from the death of the president, Cr. Lou Kremer, during the Christmas break, a…

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Rylstone Shire Council Had Busy Fortnight

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 19

Rylstone Shire Council had a busy time the first fortnight in December. Elected on December 5, the…

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Ald. Deyer Deputy Loud Mayor

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The City Council today elected Ald. K. Dwyer Deputy Lord Mayor. Ald. Dwyer is 40 years old and has been a…

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Boree Shire, Increases Rates

Central Western Daily · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 7

The Boree Shire Council at[?] meeting increases the “general rates for the Shire by one…

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Lord Mayor's Allowance Extra £2000 Sought

National Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The City Council, today held its first meeting since the recent municipal election. The Lord Mayor, Ald. Hills…

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Criticism of Roads in Gulgong Shire (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 13

Sir,—The roads in the Gulgong Shire are scandalous and a disgrace, and I, as a ratepayer, and many other…

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Council to Seal Two Miles of Streets in Feb. Statement by engineer

Central Western Daily · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 1

About two miles of Orange streets will receive their first coat of bitumen sealing next month. Some of the street have already received tar priming in preparation for the sealing. Others are being…

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Draw Determines New Shire President

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 2

After a three-all deadlock had been reached, Cr. A. E. Morten, former deputy Shire president, was today elected president for the ensuing term at a special meeting of…

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Nominations Called For Shire By-election

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 2

As "E" Riding in Blaxland Shire includes Portland, the most thickly populated centre within the Shire boundaries, several nominations are expected for the extraordinary election made necessary by the recent…

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Not trying to force council into scheme

Central Western Daily · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

Principal Gat Engineer of tie Department of Local Government, Mr. A. T. Brown told Orange City Cornel on Wednesday night that the department was not trying to force the…

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Central Gasworks Plan Rejected by City Council Will go ahead with work on Peisley Street Site

Central Western Daily · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 1

Orange City Council on Wednesday unanimously decided to take no part in the Wallerawang scheme for bulk gas supply and to go ahead with plans to build additional has plant at Orange on the present site…

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Denial by Communist Aldermen Royal Ball Invitations

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Ald. Bartley (Citizens Reform-Liberal Party) said today that the Lord Mayor (Ald. Hills) has the power to veto any…

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Blaxland Shire President Cr. Morten Elected

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 4

WALLERAWANG, Friday: The new president of the Blaxland Shire Council was elected today when his name was drawn from a…

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Shire Council's Warm Tribute To Late President

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 4

It had been a life-long code for the late president (Cr. Lou Kremer), to endeavor to do something for…

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Inspector Recommends that Mudgee Municipal Council Prepare a Camping Site Close to the Town

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

Reporting to last Monday night's meeting, the Health and Building Inspector said Mudgee Council had made "a sad oversight" in not preparing a camping area near to town…

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Orange Council Rejects Central Gasworks Plan

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 2

An attempt to have a central gasworks to serve the whole of the Central West erected at Wallerawang was rejected by Orange City Council last week, the Department of Local Government's principal gas…

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Council Rates

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

The attention of old age and invalid pensioners is drawn to an advertisement inserted in this issue by the Bathurst City Council relating…

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