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

Council & local affairs, 1949

573 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 19 of 29

Shire to Consider More Ridings

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 2

Bland Shire Council (West Wyalong) will consider a proposal to increase the number of Ridings within the Shire—in time for the next Local Government…

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Council Has New Deputy-Clerk

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 1

Mr. M. E. Chivers, of Grenfell has advised Gland Shine Council that he will commence duty as Deputy-Shier…

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Council Loses two Assistant Two Assistant Engineers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 1

Mr. D. R. Paton, Assistant Shire Engineer, and Mr. J. lves, Assistant. Electrical Engineer, have resigned…

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Shire Chiefs Will Fly to Sydney tomorrow on Urgent Air Business

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 2

Crs. A. T. B. Holland (President) and F. R. Hayes (Deputy-President) will fly to Sydney to-morrow, to attend to urgent business for Bland Shire Council,…

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Question Stage In Forbes Municipal Council

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

At the meeting of Forbes Municipal Council last week Ald. Holloway raised the question of appointing an assistant to the works engineer, to allow…

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Aldermen in Heated Discussion Over the Appointment of Electrical Consultant

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

IT is not often that the aldermen of Forbes Municipality get into heated discussions, but they had quite a sultry session on Thursday night, when tempers became frayed as the last business on the agenda was reached. The resolution was a perfectly…

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Building Permits Before Forbes Municipal Council Shop arid Flats for Alan Breaden Pty. Ltd

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 3

A number of building applications were approved at last week's meeting of Forbes Municipal Council, including a service workshop…

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Works Committee Report to Council Meeting Full-Time Mechanic to Repair Council Vehicles

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 3

At the meeting of Forbes Municipal Council last Thursday night the works committee presented a lengthy report on their inspections…

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OVERTIME Among Council s Outside Staff A "Hot" Case

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

A question of overtime, which was raised by the aldermen at a previous meeting, was reported upon by the electrical engineer to last…

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Council Crumbs From Forbes' Civic Table Thursday Night's Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 5

The full Council was present. The health inspector stated that there had been no infectious cases since August, 1949…

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Five Motor Vehicles For Ten Employees Position in Forbes Council's Electricity Department

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

FORBES Municipal Council is to add another motor vehicle to its fleet doing service in the electricity department, for the use of its engineer. This, it was stated, would make five vehicles among ten employees…

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Municipal Mailbag Letters Before Last Week's Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 4

The following correspondence was amongst that dealt with at last week's meeting of Forbes Municipal Council. From Hod lev Carr. architect,…

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More Work Problems for Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 5

Included in correspondence at the West Wyalong meeting of Bland Shire Council were many requests for road, street and footpath improvements…

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Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 4

Reports presented to Tuesday night's meeting: GAS DISTRIBUTION ENGINEERS REPORT…

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Municipal Council Monthly Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 3

The monthly meeting of above was held on Tuesday night, following attending: Ald. Selwyn (Mayor), Livingstone, Penrose, Drinkwater,…

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Council Matters

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 1

A conference of Health Inspectors will be held in Sydney next month, when our local Health Inspector (Mr R. Browne) will attend. It was…

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P.P. Board to Kill Shire Rabbits

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1949 · page 4

Bland Shire Council (West Wyalong) has entered into an arrangement with the Condoboli P.P. Board to eradicate…

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Immigration Centre For Forbes Suggested Pool of Labor Communication to Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

MR. D. P. DEMPSEY, Town Clerk, has handed us a copy of a letter received by the Council through Mr. Edgar Dring, M.L.A., addressed to Mr. C. H. Matthews, N.S.W Minister for Tourist Activities and Immigration, from the Commonwealth…

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District As Against Town Planning Address by Chairman of Cumberland County Council Associate Questions of Decentralisation and Immigration

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 1

SCHEDULED to deliver an address on decentralisation, Mr. John P. Tait, Chairman of the Cumberland County Council, touched on other subjects, principally town and district planning and migration, when he spoke to an interested gathering in the…

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Grenfell's Electricity Undertaking Electrical Engineer's Monthly Report to Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1949 · page 1

I have to report the following matters for the four weeks ended 16th August, 1949: Berendebba Quandialla…

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