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

Council & local affairs, 1947

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Municipal Council Routine Matters

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 2

There was a full attendance of aldermen at Monday night's meeting of Council, those present being Ald. Crouch, Craft, Hay, Harding,…

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Ald. Meagher Again Temora Mayor

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 5

For the fourteenth consecutive term, Alderman P. J. Mcagher was unanimously re-elected Mayor of Temora at the first…

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Municipal Reports Before Last Council Meeting Town Clerk's Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 4

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

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Shire Out to Control Bathurst Burr

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 2

The Gundagai Shire Council decided at its last meeting to take strict action in the control of Bathurst Burr within the…

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Jemalong Shire First Business Meeting of New Council Correspondence and Reports

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 4

The full Council was present at the monthly meeting of Jemalong Shire Council on Thursday, the president, Cr. S. F. Tout,…

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Shire Council Rate Raised Increased Expenditure on Secondary Roads Minister's Permission Asked to Rate of 3d. in £

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 1

AS briefly announced in our last issue, Jemalong Shire Council, at its meeting on Thursday, decided to increase the general rate from 2d. to 3d. in the £ on all rateable land in the area. The 2d. rate operating in the past year is the maximum…

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Tenders Accepted Jemalong Shire Roadworks Contracts Total £3324

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 1

Quite an extensive number of contracts were accepted for various roadworks in the Shire at the meeting of Jemalong Council last…

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Shire Finances State of Various Funds Closing of Office on Saturdays

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 3

The Shire Clerk, Mr. Copeland, In the course or ins report to last Thursday's meeting of Jemalong Shire Council recommended the…

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Electricity Development in Shire Report on Extension to Condobolin Surveys of Rural Schemes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 3

A NUMBER of important aspects of electricity development within the Jeamalong Shire were referred to at a meeting of that Council on Thursday, including a report on a recent conference which Council delegates had attended at Condobolin…

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Overdraft Limits Arranged By Forbes Municipal Council State of Funds

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 4

Several interesting sidelights on the finances of Forbes Municipal Council were revealed at last week's meeting of that body…

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Municipal Council's Three Years' Works Programme Decision To Borrow £8000 in First Year Early Attention to Outside Roads Urged

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 1

THE newly-elected Forbes Municipal Council, at its meeting on Monday of last week, put into motion a comprehensive works programme which the old Council had been formulating for some time…

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"The Torch of Service" From Old Councillors to New Happy Shire Function

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 2

A very pleasant function took place at the Australia Hotel, Forbes, on Thursday evening, 18th instant, when Jemalong Shire president,…

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No Action Against Electors Who Did Not Vote Forbes Council's Decision

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 2

Forbes Municipal Council has decided to take no action against those electors who did not vote at the recent triennial election…

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From Our Point of View Municipal Roads

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 1

That the state of the roads around and about the town should be a matter for lengthy discussion by the first administrative meeting of the…

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1948 ESTIMATES To be Considered on January 22 Municipal Decision

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 4

The estimates of income and ex[?]enditure of Forbes Municipal Council for the ensuing year will be considered at a meeting of the…

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Municipal Housing Schemes; Rent Subsidy Suggested by C.P. Member

The West Wyalong Advocate · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 5

Mr. Doug Dickson, Country Party Member for Temora, speaking in the Legislative Assembly, said Municipal housing schemes were not as popular as they…

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