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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 3 of 50

Municipal Council Matters Business of Last Night’s Meeting

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

Those present at last night's meeting were: Aldermen N. A. NOSS (Mayor), M. W. Whitby, S. E. Tucker, J. H. Wark, A. S. Lane, A. Gray,…

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Good News for Electricity Consumers New Rates Adopted by the Municipal Council. Electric Siren to Be Erected at Council Chambers

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

The report of the Electricity Committee submitted at last night’s Municipal Council meeting contained the following Important…

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In Council Chambers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 7

At the instigation of Ald. Keane, Council on Friday night decided to allow the butter factory committee to meet in the Council Chambers free of…

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Texaco Depot Opened by Mayor Geddes Convivial Gathering

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

The Texas Company, producers and distributors of the famous Texaco products have come to stay in the Central West…

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Disquieting Report Council Undertaking

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 5

At a special meeting on Friday night, the Forbes Council discussed the report submitted by the new electrical engineer, Mr. Cox…

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Day Labor Favored To Gut Burrs Shire Will Act

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

At the meeting last Friday, Jemalong Shire Council decided to commence operations on the burrs which are once more beginning to…

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Council Pays Steel Purchase By Ex-Town Clerk

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

"In connection with a quantity of steel ordered by the late Town Clerk (Mr. P. G. Taylor), from the Standard Steel Company of Paris, for this…

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Labor Council Meets at Forbes Delegate to Tamworth Conference

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 5

There was a full attendance of delegates at a meeting of the Ashburnham Labor Electorate Council, in the Town Hall Forbes…

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Was He Persecuted Straying Stock Prosecution Forbes Land Owner's Complaint Council is Sympathetic

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

So incensed was William James Neville, of Grenfell Road, at being asked to pay £817 in fines and costs on December 17 last, when…

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Labor Selection Fight Meeting of Electorate Council Held at Marengo. Four Candidates Nominated for Ballot Endorsed by Executive

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

The last meeting of the Electorate Council of the A.L.P. in the Young electorate prior to the taking of the pre-selection ballot took place at the…

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Municipal Works Works Committee’s Report

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The following recommendations were submitted by the Works Committee last night:— Drainage of Cottages In Vaux…

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Lachlan Shire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

The ordinary monthly meeting of the above was held last Friday week, there being present Councilors Crouch (president), Mooney, Dawson,…

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Lachlan Water. Scheme for Supply. Council Doubts Figures

Western Champion · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 14

The following report has been received by the Parkes Council from the Public Works Department in connection with the proposal to bring…

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Political. Electorate Council. Meeting at Marengo. Selection Ballot Candidates Endorsed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 2

A meeting of the Young Labor Electorate Council was held at Marengo on Sunday, with the President, Mr. D. Cummins, in the chair…

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Crown Lands. Blocks Available for Selection in New South Wales. Settlement Purchase Areas. Young Land District, Burangong Shire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 3

Maimuru Settlement Purchase Area, county Monteagle, parish Baxter, portion 192 of 49 acres. Capital value £1715, deposit and annual…

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Young Council Better Than! Gilbert & Sullivan. Comic Opera Tame Compared with Antics Over Rate Refunds

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 7

Like a Gilbert and Sullivan opera is the procedure of the Council in the matter of the rate refund claims of the Methodist and Anglican…

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Monthly Sale Shire Saleyards

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

In the report of the monthly market conducted by Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Wagga, associated with Messrs Kilpatrick, McLellan and Anthoness,…

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Ministers Attending F.S.A. Council Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

The Hon E. A. Buttenshaw. M.L.A. (Minister for Works and Leader of the Country Aprty) has announced his intention of being present at the…

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C.W.A. Cottage Hospital Official Opening at Tallimba Ceremony Performed by Shire President

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 2

The Cottage Hospital at Tallimba, erected under the auspices of the Tallimba branch of the Country Women's Association, was officially opened on…

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Stone the Crows Council's Keystone Comedy A Lot About Locks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1930 · page 6

"Stone the crows. If they're worth 96-- " ejaculated Ald. Sam at last night's Council meeting when the Mayor informed him…

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