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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 4 of 27

Municipal Mail Bag Letters Before Thursday's Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 3

IN addition to correspondence dealt with elsewhere, a lengthy budget of letters were before last Thursday night's meeting of Forbes Municipal Council. This meeting was attended by the full Council with…

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Council Must be Told about Infectious Diseases

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 2

All cases of infectious disease in the Bland Shire area must be reported to the Health Officer (Mr. Ian Dunn) at West Wyalong…

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Boree Shire Paragraphs

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

The following are the rates for 1951, levied by the Boree Shire Council: General rate, 5¾d.; Eugowra Town…

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North Atlantic Treaty Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

The North Atlantic Treaty council met recently in Brussels, Belgium, in a two-day conference to complete arrangements for the establishment in Europe of an integrated defence force under centralised control and command for the sole purpose…

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Says Shire Employees Flooded Her Home

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

Bland Shire Council employees who tipped rubbish into a dam near her home in Boundary Street, West…

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Speed Limit Signs in Bland Shire Area

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

Speed limit signs are to be renewed in the extensive area controlled by Bland Shire Council, with…

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£7,400 Petrol Grant for Bland Shire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

Bland Shire Council (West Wyalong) will receive a grant of £7,400, from the Petrol Tax Fund…

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Auditors Say Council's Books In Order

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

Messrs J. F. Auswild & Co., Temora, advised Bland Shire Council at its West Wyalong meeting, that an audit of…

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Council Will Enter for Bluett Trophy

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

Bland Shire Council (West Wyalong has been invited to submit an entry to the A. R. Bluett Memorial…

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Jemalong Shire Shorts

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 6

The Shire Council has decided to donate £11- to the N.S.W. Institute of the Deaf. Dumb and Blind on their appeal…

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Shire Electricity Committee

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 5

Present at the Jemalong Shire Electricity Committee meeting on February 9 were: Councillors T. E. Cutclifle (president). T. R. Smith…

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Deputy Shire Clerk's Success

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

The Shire Clerk reported receipt of notification from the Local Government Clerk's Examination Committee to the effect that Mr…

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Shire Considers Bailey Bridge For Bedgerabong

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

THE Jemalong Shire Council has a scheme under consideration whereby Straney's suspension bridge at Bedgerabong may be replaced by a prefabricated structure known as the Bailey Bridge…

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Shire Meet Caragalel Bridge Plans In Hand

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 8

The payment to the Shire Council of £100, being 75 per cent, of the cost of gravelling Alexander's Lane, created a…

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Barmedman Request Dealt With by Bland Shire Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

Barmedman Development League made a number of requests to the Bland Shire Council at its West…

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Grenfell Municipal Council. Reports submitted to meeting on Tuesday night: Electrical Engineer's Report

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 6

I desire to report on the following matters: Sandy Creek Extension: This is nearing completion. The Wirrinya…

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To the Ratepayers and Electors of C Riding of the Lachlan Shire Council

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 2

Ladies and Gentlemen,--It is with Pleasure that I am putting my [?]pen to paper on this occasion, but it is in reference to a long over-due…

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Broken Bottles Destruction in Park Mayor Speaks Strongly

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald. L. J. Craft) spoke in very strong terms of the vandals who are damaging and leaving the Memorial Park in a disgraceful condition after drunken orgies. He said that apart from the…

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Dance Hall At Weir Reserve; Request To Council

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 3

At the meeting of National Fitness Committee, held on Monday night, it was resolved to ask the Municipal Council to make…

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Municipal Council

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1951 · page 1

22,000 feet of timber available on private land, and there was a man ready to cut it. From Department of Local…

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