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

Council & local affairs, 1950

636 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 23 of 32

Bland Shire Roads Praised UNGARIE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 2

The roads in [?] Shire (with headquarters at West Wyalong) that he had motored over…

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Boree Shire Question of Migrant Labor

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Boree Shire. Council a committee was appointed to go into the question of employing…

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Weddin Shire Council- Monthly Meeting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of above was held on Friday last. There were present Crs. Pereira (President), O. G. Blayney, J…

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Lachlan Shire Council Largest in State

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 10

The first Temporary Council, which was appointed in 1906, held its first meeting on the 14th June, of that year. On 24th[?] 1906, the first permanent Council was ele[?]ted. It comprised Crs. D. A Cameron…

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Pen Picture of Present Day Aldermen

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

One of the most prominent and highly esteemed residents of, the Condobolin town and district is the present 'Mayor, J .A. R. L'Estrange. Ald. L'Estrange was first elected…

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Bulk Supply of Electricity to the Mid-Lachlan Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government, the Hon. J. F. Cahill, M.L.A., has made an offer for the provision of a transmitted supply of…

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Mid-lachlan County Council

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 10

The Mid-Lachlan County Council was established on 1st April, when the Mayor (Aid. J. A. R. L'Estrange) was appointed…

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Council Can Employ Groundsman

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

The Shires Association has advised Bland Shire Council that the Conciliation Committee has approved of the…

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Council Approves Special Taxi-rank

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

West Wyalong is to have a specially defined taxi-cab rank in Main Street, opposite the Post Office. Bland spure coun[?] west…

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More Pay, Hot Water, Fly-proof Dining Room for Blandd Shire Sanitary Employees

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

Sanitary and garbage service employees employed by Bland Shire (West Wyalong) Council, will receive a wage increase of £1 a week…

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Seat of Municipal Gravity

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

Civic Chambers Erected 1937…

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Municipal Council Correspondence

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1950 · page 4

Correspondence dealt with at the meeting of the Forbes Municipal Council on Thursday night Included the following:…

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The Election of Aldermen Nomination Day, November 3

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1950 · page 3

The Town Clerk, Mr. Dempsey, reported on the triennial election of aldermen as follows to last week's Council meeting…

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Council Reports To Last Week's Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1950 · page 3

In the course of his report to last last week's Council meeting Mr. T. K. Prendergast, engineer, detailed the road and streets…

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Municipality of Grenfell. Baths Shop

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1950 · page 2

TENDERS, closing at 4 p.m. on TUESDAY, 7th NOVEMBER, 1950. are invited for the lease of the Refreshment Shop at the…

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Weddin Shire Shorts

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 9

At the meeting of Weddin Shire Council, held at Grenfell on Friday, the following matters of Interest to our readers were dealt…

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Boree Shire District Matters

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 8

At the Council meeting held on 9th October, the Shire Engineer, Mr. O'Brien, reported that a timber culvert nine miles from…

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Boree Shire Asked to Locate Landing Strips

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 8

Boree Shire Council has been asked to locate landing fields In Canowindra, Engowra, and other centres throughout the Shire so…

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Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 1

The following reports were presented at last Tuesday night's meeting: HEALTH INSPECTOR'S…

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Grenfell Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of above was held on Tuesday last. There were present: Aid. Livingstone (chair), Dun. Penrose…

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