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

Council & local affairs, 1937

766 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 39

Municipal Matters Business of Monday Night’s Meeting

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 9

The only absentee from Monday night’s Council meeting was Ald. Whiteley, for whom an apology was tendered and leave of absence…

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School Notes Mayor's Prize Sports Results

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 12

The prize donated by the Mayor (Ald. H. K. Ford), for the best essay on the recent visit to the Municipal Council meeting, was won by Ray…

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Agricultural Bureau Meeting of Advisory Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 6

The quarterly, meeting of the above Council was held in the Conference Room, Department of Agriculture, Sydney, April 8 and 9…

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Road Work In Jemalong Shire Engineer's Report Plant Again in Operation

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 11

Engineer A. J. Booth, who has been on holidays, submitted a report to Friday's meting of Jemalong Shire Council outlining the…

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Seven Aldermen Resign Sensation at Junee

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 4

A municipal sensation occured at Junee last Monday night, when seven of the nine aldermen of the Junee Municipal Council tendered their…

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Shire of Lachlan Tenders--contract No. 237

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 5

TENDERS are hereby invited and will be received by the undersigned up to 4 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, 19th MAY, 1937, for the construction of…

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Municipal Matters

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 2

Business at last meeting of the council was put through very rapidly. Important business may be summarised as under…

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Seven Aldermen Resign Sensation at Junee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 5

A municipal sensation occurred at Junee on Monday night, when seven of the nine aldermen of the Junec Municipal Council tendered their…

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"The Notorious Spooner Scheme" Raises Ire of Unemployed Guarantee Wanted Against Ejectment "A Ridiculous Letter," Says Mayor

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

WHAT the Mayor designated as a ridiculous letter was before Thursday night's meeting of the local Municipal Council from the secretary of the Forbes Unemployed Relief Workers' Council, which protested against the unfairness of some men…

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Municipal Mems. Cement Lining of Water Pipes-- Tender Accepted by Department Light Horse Camp at Forbes --Grant for Aerodrome site No Advance for Sewerage Connections

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

The full Council was present at Thursday's night meeting of the local Municipal Council, which went into committee at 7.30 p.m. and came into…

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Shire of Lachlan

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 5

NOTICE is hereby given that it is Proposed to grant permission to the undermentioned persons to erect and maintain Public Gates and Motor…

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Lachlan Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 8

At the ordinary meeting of the above there were present, Crs. J. P. Mooney (President in the Chair), M. J. B. Mooney, Ludlow, Costello,…

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Lachlan Shire Council District Matters Dealt With

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

The following matters of interest to readers and ratepayers in the district covered by "The Advocate" were dealt with at the last meeting of the…

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Important Motions From Shire Council To Shires Association

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

Lachlan Shire Council, which con[?] he West Milby, Four Corners, [?] Cargelligo, and Tullibigeal districts has agreed to forward to the…

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Noxious Weeds More Shire Prosecutions Undefended Cases

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 7

At the Forbes Police Court on Tuesday, Jemalong Shire Council brought several more informations against district landholders for…

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Tullibigeal Works Request to Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

At the last meeting of the Lachlan Shire Council, a letter was received from the Tullibigeal Agricultural Bureau, ashing to have the following…

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Junee Council Nominations Closed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 5

Nomination for the extraordinary by election in the Junee Municipa Council, caused by the resignations of seven of the nine sitting aldermen…

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Those Baths Council Taken to Task "Unemployed Condemned to the Dole" (To the Editor)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 5

Sir.--It is now apparent to most people that the great majority of the unemployed are to be condemned to the dole by the "Spooner Scheme" so…

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Municipal Council

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 2

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the above was held last Monday night. Present: Ald. M. J. Condon (Mayor) L. Fay, H. F. May, G. Hay,…

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Weddin Shire Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Saturday. Present: Crs. G. H. Pereira (President), M. Goonan, J. Napier, W…

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