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

Council & local affairs, 1935

644 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 33

BEAUTIFICATION Parkes Road Scheme to Cost £300 Vetoed by Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

A proposal that £300 should be spent on the beautification of the Parkes Road between the railway gates and the crown of…

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'White Elephant' Weir Swimming Reserve Council Proposal To Remove Dance Hall

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

The weir swimming reserve has become such a "white elephant" that the Council gave consideration at its meeting last…

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Council Accused of "Lacking Vision" Loan Of £2,250 Sought For Improvements To Cricket Ground Sporting Bodies Guarantees "Unacceptable"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

WHEN the proposal by the combined sporting bodies of Forbes that the Municipal Council should raise a loan of £2250, to be repaid entirely by the sporting bodies, for the erection of new buildings, electric lighting, and ground…

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Cowra Mayor and Aldermen Visit Grenfell Baths

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 2

Yesterday morning the Mayor of Cowra (Ald. Whitby) and a number of aldermen visited Grenfell baths, and were shown round by the Mayor…

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Miscellaneous Council Moves in Baths Matter. Sub-committee to Collect Data

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1935 · page 1

At long last, it looks as though Cowra has a reasonable chance of getting swimming baths-perhaps by next summer…

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Shire Council Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 1

The monthly meeting of Bland Shire Council, will be held in the Shire Chambers on Friday next, 8th instant…

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Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. South-western District Council Conference at Weethalle Interesting Addresses and Resolutions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1935 · page 4

The township of Weethalle assumed an air of unusual importance on Wednesday and Thursday last, when about 150 delegates and visitors from all parts of the South-west assembled for the annual district conference of the Agricultural Bureau…

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F. & S. Association Wheogo District Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 March 1935 · page 2

The following report will be preented at the annual meeting on Saturday:— In presenting this, my twelfth…

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Agrictiltaral Bureau of N.S.W. South-western District Council Conference at Weethalle Interesting Addresses and Resolutions. (Continued from Last Issue) Wheat Commission's Findings

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 7

At this stage, Mr. Kelly said he had an Important announcement to make. The final report of the Wheat Commission had been handed to the…

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Weddin Shire Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting was held on Saturday, there being present Crs. Pereira (President), Goonan, Shannon, O'Malley, Butler and…

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Waugoola Shire Council Business of March Meeting

Cowra Free Press · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 8

Councillors who assembled at the Shire Council Chambers on Saturday, to discuss matters in connection with the affairs of…

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Shire Works

Cowra Free Press · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 7

Shire Engineer White reported that 92 single and 108 married, men had been employed to February 16, under the relief work scheme,…

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Shire Election Aftermath Waugoola Shire Will Take Legal Action

Cowra Free Press · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 1

This is the most serious position, Waugoola Shire has been placed in since the inception of Local Govt.,’ said Cr. Henley in…

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Correspondence New Council Chambers?

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 3

Sir,-Having got over the shock of Ald, Pfeiffer suggesting, at the last Council meeting that consideration be given to the building of new…

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F. & S Association. Annual Meeting of Wheogo District Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 2

The annual meeting of above was held on Saturday, rollowing attending: Messi's. R. W. Butler (chair), A. Jones, Watts, Holcombe…

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Our Neigrbours Young. Government Grant of £300,000. Burrangong Shire Asks for Too Much. Application Reduced to £6710

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 4

In connection with the Shire Council's application for a sum of approximately £8000 out of the £300,000 which the Federal Government…

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Bland Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the Bland Shire Council was held on Friday last. The chair was occupied by the…

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Shire Roads Expenditure the Position of Each Riding for 1935

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 2

Our readers will remember that Councilor McLellan at last month's meeting of the shire council made a vigorous protest against the excessive…

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Municipal Council Hits Back

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 2

In reply to the Shire Council's request to them to destroy noxious weeds on their boundary, Cowra Municipal Council stated the work…

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Town Council Monday Night’s Business

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 2

[?] by the Mayor (Ald. [?] there was only one [?] (Ald. S. E. Tucker) from the fortnightly meeting of the…

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