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

Council & local affairs, 1950

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Lachlan Shire Council Ordinary MEETING--10th FEBRUARY, 1950 Shire Clerk's Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

Finances: The following is a summary of the bank balances of the Council's various funds and accounts as shown on the Financial…

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Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 4

The following reports were presented at the meeting on Monday night:…

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Municipal-council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

From Housing Commission, New South Wales regarding vehicle access to Commission homes, stating that the occupier of the dwelling is…

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Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

Present at the monthly meeting on Monday night were Ald. Selwyn (Mayor), McCarthy, Drinkwater, Penrose, Sinclair, Livingstone…

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Municipal Council. Baths Area Extension

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

Speaking at the council, meeting on Monday night, Aid. McCarthy deplored the delay in getting on with the job of extending the baths…

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Shire Electrical Matters Report to Council Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 12

The electricity committee made a report to last week's meeting of Jemalong Shire Council of matters which it had considered at its…

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Council Pays Tribute To Dulcie Parker

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

"Tonight I have a very unpleasant task to perform," said the Mayor, Aid. W. J. Woods, at the last meeting…

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Council Will Take Part in Protest Meeting

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

Peak Hill will participate in a meeting of protest to be held n Sydney against the establishment of a commission for electricity generation…

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Is Our Filtration Plant Doing the Job? Issue With Department Peak Hill Alderman do not see eye to eye with the Public Works Department on

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

In a letter to the Council the Department stated that they considered the Filtration Plant was working satisfactorily and…

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Will Accept £1500 for Town Planning Work Mr. A. J. Brown's Offer to Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

AN offer to Forbes Municipal Council that he would accept £1500 for the work of carrying out the Town Planning of the area, plus travelling and other out-of-pocket expenses, was made to last night's meeting of the Council by Mr. A.J. Brown…

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Lachlan Shire Council Correspondence

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 4

A. L. Morse, of Bathurst, advising of his willingness to be appointed as auditor for the year 1950. Resolved, on motion of Crs. Mooney and Hunt,…

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District Matters at Lachlan Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 5

Recent storms have caused extensive damage to roads in the Lachlan Shire. Reporting this to the Council…

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Many Objections To Shire Valuations

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

The Lachlan Shire Council has received a considerable number of objections to the valuations of properties in the…

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Boy Scouts' Council to Meet

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

The annual general meeting of the Boy Scouts' Group Council, with headquarters at West Wyaong, will be held at the Rover's…

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CORRESPONDENCE Before Last Week's Council Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 6

Correspondence dealt with at the meeting of the Municipal Council last Thursday night included the following:…

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Increase Granted In 'Bus Fares to Daroobalgie Council Arbitrates in Matter

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

Although aldermen admitted that the matter was no direct concern of the Council, the meeting last Thursday night, following a…

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Rural Electricity Extensions Within Forbes Municipality Augmentation Schemes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

WITH the consent of the Council's engineer, a scheme of augmentation of electricity proposals outlined to last week's meeting of the local Municipal Council by its consulting engineers, Messrs. Cosmo, Reed and Minahan, was approved,…

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Scouts' Council Will Hold Big Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

Matters of considerable interest will be discussed at the annual general meeting of the West Wyalong…

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Proposed Transfer of Railway Trucking Yards to Saleyards Site and erection of Pig and Cattle Sections at the Municipal Saleyards

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

At its regular meeting held on Monday, 20th February, 1950, the Sub-Committee had before it a plan of the proposal prepared by Ald. W. H. Crouch for the transfer of the Railway Trucking Yards to a suitable position on the Saleyards site and for the construction of…

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New Grader For Boree Shire Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 8

Boree Shire Council has taken delivery of a new grader. This was revealed at last week's Council meeting at Cudal…

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