Three New Aldermen to Council Ald. Hartcher Tops Poll New Member Fills Second Place
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 1
THREE new aldermen will take their place at the Municipal Council Chamber at the next meeting. They are Aldermen Holloway, Collett, and Hall. The defeated retiring members were Aid. Paddison and Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Elected Aldermen Have Their Say At Declaration of Poll
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 1
The ceremony of poll declaration was held at the Town Hail at noon yesterday, where five aldermen, one defeated alderman and four or five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Elections Only 58 Per Cent, on Roll Vote
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 1
There was little room for surprises in the Jemnlong Shire elections, conducted on Saturday, as only one old Councillor, Mr. Les…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grenfell Municipal Council First Meeting of New Council Ald. A. E. Selwyn Re-elected Mayor
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 3
The first meeting of the newly-elected Municipal Council was held last night, the Mayor (Ald. A. E. Sclwyn) presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PARKES L.G. ELECTIONS One Old Alderman Defeated
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 1
The L.G. elections at the sister town of Parkes are always of interest to local residents. The Municipal Council contest saw the return of all old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Meeting Jemalong Shire Cr. Tout New President
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 1
There was no difficulty in the selection of the new President of the Jemalong Shire Council at a special meeting held yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ald. Conridge Mayor for 1948 Elected by Five Votes to Four
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 1
A SPECIAL meeting of the nearly-elected aldermen of Forbes Municipal Council was held last night for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the ensuing year. In a ballot with Ald. Gunn, retiring Mayor, Ald. Conridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bulk Electricity Rapid Development in Boree Shire Further Extension Schemes
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 8
Less than ten years ago the Boree Shire Council had no electricity trading undertaking, but is now supplying over 800 consumers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shire High Court Judgment
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 5
Messrs E. R. Ma[?] &. Co., Solicitors, Sydney, forwarded to Bland Shire Council at its last meeting, a copy of the High…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bland Shire Recommends Increase in General Fund
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 1
In order to finance urgent appeals for road improvements, Bland Shire Council proposes increasing the General Fund Rate from 1¾d. to 2¼d. in the £ on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Too Busy to Write Letters to Council
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 2
Due to harvesting operations, indivdual farmers and rural organisations were apparently too busy to write to Bland Shire Council, pressing claims for road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drunken Drivers, Speed Hogs, Mount Daily Death Roll; Attack by Shire President
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 2
Drunken drivers and speed-hogs, who disregard the rules of the road, are the greatest menace to human life. Heavy Penalties, or stiff sentences, is the only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayoral Election Ald. Conridge Elevated to Positian Ald. Brenner Deputy Mayor
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 3
AS briefly indicated in our last issue, Ald. P. Conridge has been elected Mayor of Forbes for the ensuing year, after having acted as Deputy Mayor for two terms, while his deputy is Ald. Brenner, who was elected unopposed to the position…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weddin Shire Council Cr. Pereira Again President
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 6
Full Council attended the meeting on Tuesday called to elect the President. The President's allowance was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Council
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 2
Present at the monthly meeting of Council on Tuesday night were: Ald. Selwyn (Mayor), Livingstone, Mendluun, Pcnrose, McCarthy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Popular Choice for New Mayor
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 1
John A. R. L'Estrange was elected Mayor of Condobolin by last Monday's meeting of the Municipal Council. Seven aldermen of the nine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Election of Council Committees
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 2
A considerable amount of delay was caused in the election of officers for the various committees at Monday night's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not So Rosy Shire Has Gloomy Outlook As to Future of Free Public Library
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 2
At the Shire Council meeting on Tuesday Crs. Pereira and Bcmbrick, and Messrs. May and Swcetnam were nominated as Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Are We to Have a Town Plan? Still No Decision By Council
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 4
When the Clerk brought this matter before the notice of the Aldermen again at Monday night's meeting in an endeavour to reach finality on the question, Ald. Purchall and Hamling quickly moved that the idea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Higher Rate Recommended In Jemalong Shire Estimates Increased to 3d. in £
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1947 · page 1
Jemalong Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, considered the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the ensuing year before…
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