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

Council & local affairs, 1938

718 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 36

Will Accept £10 Offer to Council Probable Life Injuries

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 6

When Mrs. L. B. Currie, cominunicated with the Lachlau Shire Council claiming compensation for injuries which she claimed would effect…

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Will Cost £2,500 Burcher's Water Supply Council Discusses Schemes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 6

A report of the utmost importance to a number of towns in the Southwest was submitted to the Lachlan Shire Council by the Shire Engineer…

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Europe Startled At Herr Hitler's Coup Nazi Council in Control

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

A London message of Sunday says that with Her Hitler's purge, with its assumption of complete command of the armed forces of…

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Municipal Matters

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 5

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Condobolin Municipal Council was held last Monday night. Present : Ald. Moulder (Mayor),…

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Public Watering Places Compensation to Weddin Shire Council Letters Before P.P. Board

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 2

Several communications affecting public watering places, which, apart from town water supplies, were taken over from Shire…

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Ungarie Water Supply Report to Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 4

Keen interest has been aroused throughout Riverina by the decision of the Ungarie Progress Association to ask Bland Shire Council to…

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Council Prosecutions Against Stokes Estate Dilapidated and Dangerous Buildings

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 8

Mr. J. F. Williams appeared fur Forbes Municipal Council' in spect of six summonses brought against the executors of the Stokes…

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Impounding Officer And Saleyards Manager Two Council Positions Combined Health Inspector's Report

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

In the course of his report to last night's meeting of the local Municipal Council the Health and Building Inspector, Mr. C. Parsons,…

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"Hands Off China" N.S.W, Labor Council Acts (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 1

According to the Publicity Secretary of the "Hands of China" Committee of the New South Wales Labor Council, (Mr. C…

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Shire Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 2

The above Council met on Saturday, following attending:—Crs. Perelra (President), Butler, O'Malley, M. Goonan and Shannon…

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Municipal Council Meeting

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 4

Owing to having received an invitation to attend a gathering in Sydney at which he would have an opportunity of meeting the Parliamentary…

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Bland Shire Council Purchase of Plant, Trac

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

TENDERS endorsed "Plant," and addressed to the undersigned are invited and will be received up till 12 noon on Saturday, 26th February,…

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CORRESPONDENCE Shire Council Meeting Summary The Attendance

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 6

The correspondence sheaf dealt with at the monthly meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council on Friday was of a less bulky nature than…

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Noxious Weeds in Bland Shire Council Will Prosecute

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 4

Following the receipt of a report [?]om the Noxious Weeds Inspector Mr. Geo. Kearns), Bland Shire Council decided to instruct the…

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Five-day Week Proposal Again Rejected By Bland Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

When a letter from Mr. Geo. Kearns, Secretary of the West Wyalong Shire Employees' Association, was read at the monthly meeting of…

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Outstanding Rates Shire Council's Recovery Drive Warning to Indebted Ratepayers

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

The books of the Jemalong Shire Council show that the outstanding rates in the Shire total £6100, which is about half the rates which are…

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New Main Road Shire Council Co-operates West Wyalong to Narandera

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 4

The Main Roads Board, Sydney, wrote to the monthly meeting of Bland Shire Council, West Wyalong, asking if Council would…

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Ratepayers' Pleas Shire Council Asked to Cancel Prosecutions Councillors Shake Heads

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 1

Among the correspondence tabled at the monthly meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council conducted on Friday, two letters were…

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Jemalong Shire Contracts

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 1

Tenders for six contracts were accepted at the monthly meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council on Friday. The first contract number 381, concerning…

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Star Thistles in Shire

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

His activities last month as Inspector of Noxious Weeds to the Jemalong Shire Council took Mr. A. Hawkins over 823 miles in the Shire. He is now…

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