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

Council & local affairs, 1951

528 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 20 of 27

Council Crumbs From Municipal Table

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 4

The full Council as constituted at the time was present at Thursday night's meeting, with the Mayor, who had only returned…

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A Forgotten Quarry Reserve by Forbes Council

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

Forbes Municipal Council owns a quarry reserve that it knew nothing about till last Thursday night. It was vested in the…

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Shire to Pay Half Cost of Improvements Lake Cargelligo 'Drome To Be Brought Up To Standard

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

As a result of a motion moved by Cr. Chanter at the meeting of the Lachlan Shire last Friday, it was resolved that the Council pay half the cost of improvements to the Lake Cargelligo Aerodrome from the General Fund and that the other half be contributed by E Riding…

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Two Surprises at Saturday's Municipal Voting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

Two election surprises were handed out at the Municipal voting at Forbes last Saturday. Because of his greater…

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Municipal Mail Bag Letters Before Thursday Night's Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Conservation wrote that it was not possible to make a special officer available to investigate flood control along the…

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Building Applications Approved By Bland Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 2

Building applications recommended by the shire health officer, Mr. A. S. Stedman, were approved by the Bland Shire Council at its meeting last week…

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One Polio Case in Shire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 9

One case of acute anterior poliomyelitis was reported in the Bland Shire during the last month…

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£8,250 Grant To Narraburra Shire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 7

The grant ts subject to certain conditions laid down by the Department of Public Works, and at an early date the…

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Carrathool Shire To Maintain Boundary Roads

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 4

The Carrothool Shire Coancil will now maintain' boundary roads which border that shire council and the Bland Shire…

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Taxi-rank Discussed Aldermen Express Ideas

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 1

The three Condobolin taxi drivers have asked that horizontal parking be re-introduced in the portion of Bathurst street…

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Boree Shire Shorfs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 8

The Loan Council's action in regard to loan money is having an adverse effect on Council's activities, particularly housing and…

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Borambil Case Re-opened Mayor's Visit to Sydney

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 1

While on a visit to Sydney recently, the Mayor of Condobolin was informed by the Minister for Lands, Mr. J. B. Renshaw, that Federal authorities are to make another inspection of Borambil Station with the object of dividing it…

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Federal Aid Roads Grant to Forbes Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 September 1951 · page 11

Forbes Municipality has received its first grant under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act of 1950. It is for the sum of…

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Weddin Shire Council Miscellaneous

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 4

Miscellaneous matters dealt with by the Weddin Shire Council at its meeting last Wednesday included a request from the…

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£7700 Grant for Weddin Shire

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 3

The Weddin Shire Council has received a grant of £7700 from the Department of Local Government for road works. This is the result of representations made by the Council to the Department…

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Municipal Council Meets New Tractor To Be Purchased No Levy on Ratepayers to Cover Cost

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 1

Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council passed off very quietly, for a change. The main feature of the business was the decision to purchase a tractor for upkeep of municipal roads…

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Shire Engineer's Report

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 1

The Engineer's Report, submitted to the Lachlan Shire Council at its meeting on 14th September, contained the following…

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Jemalong Shire Correspondence and Reports

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 4

Thursday's meeting of Jemalong Shire Council was attended by the full Council, with the president. Cr. Cutcliffe,…

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Shire's Electricity Works No. 5 Programme to Proceed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 3

JEMALONG SHIRE, at its meeting on Thursday, furthered its arrangements for the programme to be carried out under its No. 5 loan of £20,000, recently received, and gave its engineer, Mr. Murray McDonald,…

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Stone Crusher & Other Plant Purchased By Jemalong Shire

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 3

In the course of his report to Thursday's meeting of Jemalong Shire Council the engineer. Mr. Gordon Duff, submitted the…

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