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

Council & local affairs, 1952

401 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 21

Swan Causes Extensive Blackout in Shire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 1

A swan hit the Jemalong Shire's electricity transmission line in tne vicinity of Mr. W. Dunn's property, Cowra Road,…

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Shire to Consider Removal of Ail Verandah Posts

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 1

The Bland Shire Council will consid-= er at its next meeting whether to order the removal of all verandah posts in the Main Street of West Wyalong…

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Council Not to Scrap Turf Wicket Yet

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 4

The Bland Shire Council has decided to bring an expert to West Wyalong to inspect the turf wicket at the Recreation Ground before a decision is made whether to replace it with a concrete one…

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Forbes Council Leases Quarry Reserve

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

FORBES aldermen, at their meeting on Thursday night, spent quite a lot of time in discussing the difference in rent they proposed to impose in regard to the letting of a quarry reserve of six or seven acres in the…

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Water And Sewerage Schemes Municipal Engineer's Trip To Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 1

FORBES Municipal Council engineer, Mr. T. K. Prendergast, recently made a trip to Sydney, where he investigated a number of outstanding matters with various Departments and also picked up a theodolite at £196…

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N.Y. Municipal Housing

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 3

Already 63,000 families in New York City are living in low-cost public housing units sponsored and managed by the City…

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Forms Municipal Mail Bag

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1952 · page 3

The following is a precis pf the correspondence received and dealt with at the meeting of Forbes Municipal Council last…

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Council Sees the Light

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Municipal Council it was resolved, on the motion of Aid. Hartcher. to make the agenda paper of the…

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To Be Evicted From Garages Boree Shire Action

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 6

Boree Shire Council is insisting that people living in garages must carry out their promises that they would build…

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Shire Correspondence

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

Included in the correspondence at the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council at West Wyalong were the following…

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Carrathool Shire Roads "Worst Ever"

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 2

"The roads in Carrathool shire have never been in a worse condition than they are at present," said Cr. R…

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District Matters At Lachlan Council Meeting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 3

The following district matters were dealt with at the last meeting of the Lachlan Shire Council…

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Council Correspofidence

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

The following correspondence was considered at the meeting of the Municipal Council on May 26: From Mr. F. Floyd, Poundkeeper--…

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£12,980 Power Subsidy Affects Jemalong Shire

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 1

A subsidy amounting to £12,080 has been offered to the Boree Shire Council towards the cost of extending the electricity…

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County Council To Have New Radio Equipment

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 5

With new equipment for its two-way radio to be installed, the Northern Riverina County Council will…

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The Shire's Thanks

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

The Shire Clerk, Mr. Copeland, on behalf of Jemalong Council and its ratepayers, tenders appreciation and…

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Shire Granted Warrant of Possession Occupant Must Leave Their Property

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

Alexander James Mott discovered in Court of Petty Sessions that one cannot always have one's cake and eat it too when he appeared before Mr. McNamara, S.M., on June 4th to contest an application for possession of a house has…

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Shire Tribute To Late A. A. Frater

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 June 1952 · page 4

Twenty-one years of faithful and [?] serice on the Narraburra Shire Council by the late Mr. A.A. F[?]…

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Shire President's Message

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

Flood damage in the Lachlan Valley is so extensive and so constantly repeated that food production here is…

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Former Mayor of Forbes Dies

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

Mr. Luke McDonnell, a former alderman and Mayor of Forbes in 1919, passed peacefully away in the District Hospital at 6 p.m. on…

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