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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1930

993 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 50

Municipality of Grenfell the Garbage Question

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 6

The Secretary, Board of Health, has written to Grenfell Municipal Council as follows:— Referring to your letter of 13th…

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Bland Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 14

At the Bland Shire Council meeting on Friday the following were present:—Crs R. Pen Fold (President), W. Mcclintock, A. T. Holland, H. E…

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Sheep in Parks Aldermen's Outburst

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 4

"There was was necessity to put those sheep there; I say they were placed in the park just to oblige someone who wanted to fatten his…

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GRENFELL Aldermen Outed Railway Concessions Jockey's House Destroyed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 10

The conference of the various Agricultural Bureaux embraced in the South-Western Districts of the State, was opened in Grenfell, and…

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RAIL v MOTOR Shire Council's Advice to Railway Frown on Motor Restrictions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 12

Better service, quicker transport and cheape r fares on the railways— this was the recommendation of the Burrangong Shire Council (Young)…

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Mayor of Calcutta Arrested for Sedition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 6

J. M. Jupta, Mayor of Calcutta, and leader of the Congress Party in Bengal, was arrested on a warrant by the district magistrate of Rangoon on a…

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Too Heavy Beautification Burden Mayor's Warning

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 4

The Forbes Council on Thursday night decided to submit the whole of the town beautification scheme to the Health and Parks…

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Council Inquiry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 4

An inquiry was held in committee last night by the Council, into charges made against one of the gardeners, Mr. Hampton, by the head gardener,…

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Mainly Municipal RESCINDED! Municipal Council’s Decision re Building. Time Not Considered Opportune

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 3

Only a fortnight ago the following motion was carried at a meeting of the Cowra Municipal Council with but two…

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Machinery Repairs Claim on Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 8

At a previous meeting of the Bland Shire Council, objection was taken to an amount charged against the Council by a well known city firm for…

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A Council Resigns Grenfell Sensation

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 8

At Grenfell the local municipal bodyresigned, being challenged by one councillor to do so. Eight of the nine aldermen who have resigned their…

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PROSECUTIONS Straying Stock Nuisance Council Officer Criticised

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 4

Ald Sam, at last night's Council meeting, said that recently, straying stock had done at least £10 worth of damage to Mr. A. J…

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Country Party Ashburnham Electoral Council Acts Pact Arouses Opposition

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 2

Farmers' delegates representing nearly every centre in the Ashburnham electorate, met at Parkes on Saturday afternoon and unanimously decided in favor of running a Country Party candidate for Ashburnham at the forthcoming…

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Municipal Band Programme

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 4

March, "Flying Eagle," Blankenburg; Overture, "Poet and Peasant," Suppe; Song, "My Hero," Straus: Selection. "Humors of Donnybrook,"…

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Men and Affairs Forty Years Ago Municipal Election

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 7

An interesting link with the past relating to men and affairs of other days is provided by the files of the Forbes "Gazette" of…

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Old Aldermen Ousted at Grenfell

Western Champion · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 6

Some weeks ago Ald. Timothy Berry challenged the other eight aldermen of the Grenfell Municipal Council to resign and re-contest their seats. The…

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Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 2

There was a full attendance of aldermen at a special meeting of the Council on Friday night. Works Committees' Report…

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Miscellaneous Shire Rates by Instalments

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 4

The Jindalee Shire Council, in view of the bad season and the financial depression, is offering ratepayers the chance of paying half…

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Local News Farmers and Settlers. Wheogo District Council. Annual Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Wheogo District Council of the F.S.A. was held in the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon, the President…

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Shire Rates by Instalments

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

The Jindalee Shire Council, in view of the bad season and the financial depression, is offerig ratepayers the chance of paying half their rates when…

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