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

Council & local affairs, 1931

819 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 41

Rates and Valuations Reductions Sought Requests to Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

Keen interest marked the proceedings at the public meeting in the Memiorial Hall on Monday evening, convened by the President of the…

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Stock Sales at Municipal Yards Agents Reports

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

The Associated Agents report re Tuesday’s sales at the Municipal Sale Yards:— CATTLE…

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Shire Rates. Ratepayers want Reduction. Open Air Meeting

Western Champion · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 10

A meeting of Shire ratepayers was held on Friday afternoon, under the shade of a large spreading tree, near the Coradgery bridge over the Bogan…

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Shire Rates Come Down Now Only Id in the £ Waugoola Shire Crs. Rescind Previous Motion. a Number of Men Will Have to Be Put Off.crs. Regret the Drastic Step.but Consider Ratepayers Would Not Be Able to Higher Rate

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

When it became apparent that the lowering of the rate another half penny in the £ would mean the dismissal of many valued servants of the Waugcola Shire Council very keen regret was expressed by the Crs. present at Saturday’s special meeting…

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Municipal Council

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday night, 20th inst. Present. Ald. H. C. Moulder (Mayor) Bright, Hay,…

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Shire Rates

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

The Bland Shire Council, at its next meeting, will be called upon to give serious consideration to the emphatic requests which have been made for…

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CORRESPONDENCE Worker's Complaint Employment Methods Of Shire Council (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

Sir, -- Will you be kind enough to publish these few lines in your widely read paper, against what I call the unfair treatment meted out to a…

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Band May Suffer Council Economies

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

A broad hint that the band subsidy of £150 per annum, paid to Forbes Municipal Band, might be cut out when the estimates for the year are…

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Ominous Question Retrenchment or Rationing Forbes Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

That rationing of work, or retrenchment in the staff, might be introduced to effect economies in the Forbes Municipal Council,…

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Bathurst's Granite Council's Proposal To Open Big Quarries

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

An ambitious proposal to commercialise the granite quarry owned by the Bathurst Council, was propounded in Council by the…

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Municipal Memoes Items Gleaned at Last Night's Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

For the month, four infectious diseases cases have been notified. Three of scarlet fever, and one of typhoid. All precautions have been taken…

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Bees Nest Under Council Chambers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Sunday 1 February 1931 · page 2

A bees nest was discovered under the floor of the Grenfell Council Chambers, and yesterday morning the floor was taken up and some…

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Back to Campbelltown. Municipal Jubilee Celebrations. February 23rd to 27th, 1932

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Sunday 1 February 1931 · page 3

The historic town of Campbelltown, on the main Southern line, 33 miles from Sydney will inaugurate a week's celebrations on Tuesday, the 23rd…

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Shire Council Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Bland Shire Council will be held on Friday 6th inst., commencing at 10.30 a.m. On account of the holidays no…

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Town Council Matters Last Night’s Meeting

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 3

Those present at last night’s meeting were: Ald. N. A. [?] (Mayor), M. W. Whitby, G. T. Chambers, S. E. Tucker, J. H…

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Lachlan Shire Public Notice

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 6

All Gates and approaches to the extent of half a chain on either side of the Gate on Public Roads wit[?] this Shire must be maintained by the…

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Water Waste Parkes Council Takes a Stand

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 2

There are some Condobolin aldermen who favour, doing away with water meters altogether. One reason given is that there are so many meters…

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Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

The above Council met on Wednesday, following attending: Ald. Bradley (Mayor), Armstrong, Jones, Douglass, Hunter, Sinclair, Bembrick,…

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Reduction of Rates Discussed by Goobang Council 50 per cent Reduction Probable

Western Champion · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 2

The Goobang Shire Council, at a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon, discussed petitions advocating a reduction in rates. The Councillors were unanimous in the belief that the rates should be reduced in view of the bad times through…

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The Western Champion AND The ParKes District Representative Thursday, February 5, 1931 Goobang Council Sets an Example

Western Champion · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 8

In preparing to reduce Us general ra[?]e from 1½d to 1d, the Goobang Shire Council is setting an example in the necessary objective of bringing about a general reduction of costs to the farmer, although there are undoubtedly two sides to the question Boiled down, the…

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