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

Council & local affairs, 1947

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Lachlan Shire Council Ordinary Monthly Meeting Shire Clerk's Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

State of funds at day of meeting were given as follows: General fund, debit £2,924 4s 9d., plus accounts that day passed for payment £841 2s…

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Reduction in Shire Rates

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 4

"During the war years the Shires did not spend much money, and they had a surplus of funds. Now (hey are putting…

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Lachlan Shire's Road Problem Exasperating Delays in Obtaining Machinery

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 2

With the exception of the Councillors and officers of the Lachlan Shire, no one is in a better position than the Lachlander to know the…

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Forbes Municipal Council Thursday Night's Meeting Correspondence and General

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

Correspondence dealt with at last week's meeting of the Municipal Council, apart from that which was already published in our last…

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Proposed Forbes- Sydney Air Service Another Deputation to Melbourne Municipal Council Joins in Protest to Minister

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

FORBES Municipal Council, at its meeting on Thursday night, followed the lead of the Jemalong Shire Council and Forbes and District Chamber of Commerce in deciding to issue a strong protest to the Minister for Air against the refusal to grant a…

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Street Barrows Council's Decision Deferred Inspector's Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

The question of street barrows and sites for same was the subject of further reference at Last Thursday night's meeting of the local…

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Forbes Swimming Carnival Deputation to Council Agreement Reached on Varying Points

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 4

First business dealt with at the meeting of the Forbes Municipal Council on Thursday night, after finance matters had been disposed…

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Relative Merits Improving Old Saleyards and Erecting New Council's Engineer to Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1

A REQUEST to last week's meeting of the Municipal Council by the Stock and Station Agents' Association for the removal of the unloading dump at the saleyards to the new site to be agreed upon, and for minor repairs and renovations to the…

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Electricity Supply in Jemalong Shire Review of its Inauguration

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 5

EARLY proposals for an electricity supply in the Jemalong Shire culminated in the acceptance by Council, in May, 1945, of a general report on the project prepared by Messrs. Donoghue and Cartes, consulting engineers, of Sydney…

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Homes for the Homeless R.S.L. Says West Wyalong Should Be Considered Bland Shire Council Will be Approached

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

"If the Housing Commission can erect homes in other towns I cannot see why they should not be built in West Wyalong. If the allocation is based on the number of people from the district who served in the forces, or the amount of patriotic…

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C.P. Member's Criticism Loan Council's Power of Veto

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

The Loan Council should have no power of veto over the individual, works items submitted by the State, declared Mr. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh) in the Legislative…

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Shire Council Meets To-morrow

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 4

A heavy volume of business, containing some important sub jects, is exported by Bland Shire Councillors for their meeting at…

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Municipal Reports Submitted to Last Council Meeting Town Clerk's Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 4

Finance: The net balances of the various bank accounts of the Council after allowing for the accounts submitted for payment at tonight's…

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New Aerodrome Site or Improvements to Existing Drome Question To Be Decided By Council Inspection To Be Made

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

After considerable correspondence between the Municipal Council and the Department of Civil Aviation in connection with an alternative site for an aerodrome at Condobolin, the result of the recently conducted survey…

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Eastern Transmission Line New Programme Before Shire

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 1

Employees of the Jemalong Shire Council, working under Mr. M. McDonald, electrical engineer, completed the second section of the…

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Weddin Shire Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

now considering air [?]tes. The report of that committee will not be available for some months. Until Grenfell is accepted as a…

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Weddin Shire Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

Present at the meeting of above Council on Friday wore Cr. Pereira (President); O'Malley, Bembrick and Napier…

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Council's Affairs In Order

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 6

Mr. J. T Auswild, auditor advised Bland Shire Council at the last meeting, that his exam ination of books and accounts,…

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£17,830 Turnover at Shire Selling Yards

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

The Saleyards attendant (Mr. E. A. Wilder) told the last meeting of Bland Shire Council that 20,295 animals were…

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Council Requires Facts Befor Moving in Housing Scheme

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

Bland Shire Council's reply to the statement by the West Wyalong Sub-branch of the Returned Servicemen's League that there are 30 families in-West Wyalong who need homes is that if the League can get these people to sign the forms provided…

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