Civic Three Appointment Ratified The appointment of the Civic Commission was approved by the Executive Council as follows: —
Mr. E. P. Fleming (Chairman) £5000 a year; and Messrs John Garlick and H. E. Morton, £4500…
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Council & local affairs, 1928
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Local Stock Sales at Municipal Yards. Agents’ Reports
Messrs. Norman C. Bellamy and Co. report: 150 head of cattle were yarded, comprising only a moderate supply of prime cattle, which sold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parkes Council
At the meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday evening the aldermen present were the Mayor (Hon. F. W. Spicer) and-Messrs. Hourigan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Water Supply Mayor Interviews Minister for Works. Officers to Be Sent to Report
When in Sydney this week the Mayor (Ald. M. W. Whitby) called on the Minister for Works (Mr. Buttenshaw) with reference to the Cowra…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shire and P. P. Board Balgay Tank Incident Closed
Our readers will remember that a good deal of correspondence had passed relative to the cost of drains to the Balgay tank--that the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Rates
At the meeting of the Municipal Council last night the estimates for 1928 were adopted. Prior to last year the general rate had been 6d in the £…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goobang Shire. Clerk's Report
The following report, submitted by the Acting Shire Clerk, Mr. J. J. Livingston, at a meeting of the Goobang Shire Council on Tuesday, was dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Goobang Shire. the Monthly Meeting
At the monthly meeting of the Goobang Shire Council on Tuesday there were present: Crs. Job (President), Pilling, Gray, Watson, Jelbart and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Council Perplexed. Question of Granting Holidays
Applications from Trundle and Bogan Gate Jockey Clubs for public holidays in these towns on the occasion of the summer race meetings were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Increased Endowment for Shire Council
The “Government Gazette” of 23rd December, 1927, contains notification of the increase of the endowment for the next three years to Waugoola…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Town Clerk's Report Serious Allegation Is Made. "Realise Out of Order," Admits Mayor
Included in the Town Clerk's report, which was before last night's meeting of the Council, was the following item dealing with finance. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayor Attacks "Advocate" Again "Man in the Street" Is Flayed. [?]SlLLY and Ridiculous."
On Wednesday, "The Man in the Street," who is really a phantom individual representing a reflex of public opinion, said, "That the Town Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Matters Business of Last Monday Evening’s Meeting
Those present at monday evening’s meeting were: Ald. M. W. Whitby (Mayor), J. H. Sorrell, C. G. Adams, R. A. Muir, G. Chambers, L. W…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Weddin Shire Council
The above Council met on Saturday, following attending: Crs. A. Jones (President), A. Bembrick, Shannon, O'Malley, W. T. Jones and Butler…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Question Time Around the Council Table. What the Aldermen Want to Know
"Any questions, gentlemen!" It was question time at the Council meeting on Thursday. ''Yes, Mr. Mayor Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Current Topics Shire Rates
The Jemalong Shire Council, at its meeting on Friday, settled the matter of rates for the Shire. A general rate of 2d. is to be levied over the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sandhills "Bombshell" Mayor Explodes It. £70 on Gunn's Crossing
Before 1927 closed there occurred an argument in the Council Chamber between the Mayor, Alderman A. B. Twogood, and two aldermen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Providing a Day Load Water Pumping by Electricity the Council's Problem
Now that the electric light under taking is almost completed, the Council is faced with the problem of providing a day load for the engines, so that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council Meeting Through Quickly
Something in the nature of a record was established by the Bland Shire Council, on Friday when the business of the meeting, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On a Visit Aldermen from Hillston
With a view to acquiring information concerning road making, electric installation, and other matters of a useful nature, Messrs S. J. Gordon…
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