£10 Donation to Bland Shire Council To Construct Road
"I have bounced and bumped over some of these roads for 25 years and broke springs galore," said Mr. W. Thompson, of…
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Council & local affairs, 1940
634 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 26 of 32
Grenfell Municipal Council
The following reports were submitted at the monthly meeting on Tuesday night:—TURNCOCK'S REPORT…
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Present at the above meeting on Tuesday night were Ald. Douglass (chair), Bradley, Buttenshaw, Sinclair, Simpson, Shoemark…
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Owing in the lengthy nature of the Court list yesterday, the Magist ate (Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M.) was unable to commence the hearing of the…
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Bland Shire Council has agreed to representations by Mr. E. G. Munro, Secretary of the West Wyalong 8Hour Day Sports Committee, that…
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Bland Shire Council has approved of the hall charges, recommended by the Wyalong Hall Committee, covering the new hall at Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Losing Proposition Sale of Council's Scrap Iron
Bland Shire Council's decision to sell fifty tons of scrap iron from its depot at West Wyalong was likely to prove a losing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safe Drivers Live Longest. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
The safe driver lives longest, and what is more important to the public, he allows others to live longer, too. This is a piece of advice that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Officers' Reports To Shire Council Meeting Road Works and Weeds
The Shire Council's engineer, Mr. A. J. Booth, and the weeds Inspector, Mr. A. J. Hawkins, presented their usual reports to last week's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl Guide Display Lord Mayor's Fund Profits
The local Association of Girl Guides held a display of work for war refugees in the C.WA Room last Saturday which was well patronised…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Year's Work Of Forbes Branch Of Lord Mayor's Fund Splendid Record of Achievement Enthusiastic Public Meeting
UNUSUAL interest was evinced in the first annual meeting of the Forbes branch of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund Committee, held in the Council Chambers on Monday night and attended by 24 ladies and gentlemen, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan Shire Council (Continued from last issue.) CORRESPONDENCE
A Menzies, again on the subject of rates and the service of his rate notice. Readers will remember the substance of Mr. Menzies' first letter,…
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"The Advocate" has received the following latter from Private N. W Reid, formerly of West Wyalong:— "I am writing this note on [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Splendid Year's Work by Ladies Of Lord Mayor's Fund First Annual Meeting of Auxiliary
THE first annual meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Committee was held at the Comforts Depot on Wednesday afternoon, when the Mayoress of Forbes, Mrs. H. K. Ford, who is president of the Auxiliary,…
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Although there were a number of appeals lodged against assessments determined by Bland Shire Council, Mr. H. J. Englert, for the Council,…
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Labor's representatives on the Council were elected yesterday. They will be the leader (Mr. J. Curtin), the deputy-leader (Mr. F. M. Forde), and…
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The first meeting of the new W[?] Council will probably be held in Me. bourne on Tuesday. Collaboration in preparation [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Great Day Annual Picnic Gathering Shires and Municipal Employees
October 4, 1940, was the day selected for the annual picnic of the employees of Bland Shire Council (West Wyalong),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARKES -- Eugowra-- Cowra Road Request for State Highway Boree Shire Supports Agitation
Boree Shire Council is the latest to co operate in the move to have the Cowra Canowindra Eugowra Parkes Road declared a State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian War Council Already Beset With Difficulties Prime Min. May Not Be Able to Attend
NOT yet 24 hours old (says a Canberra message of Wednesday), the Advisory War Council is already beset with difficulties. The Prine Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) declared on Wednesday that he thought it was most unlikely that he would…
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