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

Council & local affairs, 1953

362 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 19

Suspension of Council Officer

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 1

A special report was submitted to the Municipal Council meeting on Thursday night by Mr. T. K. Prendergast, engineer, of the…

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Coronation Carnival For Sports Amenites Mayor Urges United Action

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

THE sports bodies of Forbes were urged at a conference to "get together" to run something in connection with Coronation festivities. In spite of some discordant notes, the appeal of the…

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New Buildings Approved By Council

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 1

Building applications approved at last week's meeting of Forbes Municipal Council were:-- W.B. dwelling, valued at £3550,…

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Road And Other Council Applications

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 2

On the report of the engineer, Mr. Prendergast, Forbes Municipal Council, at its last meeting, decided to offer no opposition to…

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Condobolin Group Council Of C. W. A. Meeting Lengthy Agenda

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 2

OLD SOL and the Forbes Country Women gave a warm welcome to fifty visitors who gathered at the Rest Rooms on Wednesday for the Condobolin Group…

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Municipal Mail Bag Letters Before Last Week's Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 3

In reply to the Local Government Department it was decided that the Town Clerk outline the Council's proposed borrowings for…

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Cowra Council Spent £250,000

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 7

The Cowra Municipal Council spent more than a [?] of a million pounds during 1952…

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Council to Pay Expenses for Conferences

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 3

The Blaud Shire Council decided oil Tuesday to pay its officers expenses when they attended conference in Sydney…

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Graziers Want Council Control of Fire-lighting

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 7

The Graziers' Association conference in Sydney decided to ask Unit power to prohibit and control the lighting of…

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Boree Shire Items From Last Meeting

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 8

It was stated at the Boree Shire Council meeting held on Monday that the sum of £20,000 should shortly be available for use by the…

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Jemalong Shire and L.V.D. LEAGUE Same Payment Half-Yearly

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

JEMALONG Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, adopted the report and recommendation of its delegates, Crs. Cutcliffe and Smith, that its contribution to the Lachlan Valley Development League this year should be…

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'Give League Fair Go' County Council Plan Deferred

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

AN interesting discussion developed at the annual meeting of the Lachlan Valley Development League regarding the formation of a County Council. The meeting finally appointed a fact-finding committee to report…

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Shire Union Rep. to Attend Conference

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Bland Shire Council, the council approved ail application by the West Wyalong sub-branch…

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Lachlan Valley County Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 3

A motion by Cr. Brown, of Boree Shire, of which notice had been given, that the Lachlan Valley be reconstituted as a…

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Work on Council Chambers Prooceding

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 1

Work on painting, the Bland Shire Council chambers is proceeding, the shire clerk, Mr. E. E. Rannard, reported to the…

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Council Wants Portion of Tax Revenue

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 1

The Bland Shire Council lips decided to support a suggestion that the councils should…

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£1500 Road Grant To Forbes Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 6

Mr. F. J. Cahill, M.L.A., received the following letter from the Minister for Public Works and Local Government:…

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Electricity Charges by Mid-Lachlan County Council

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 6

Mid-Lachlan County Council hopes to be in a position to reduce tariffs for electricity before the close of 1953. This was stated by Mr. J. D…

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Council To Act On Straying Stock Menace

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

Bland Shire Council decided at its last meeting to make a "clean up" of straying stock within the shire…

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Shire Clerk's Report on Finances

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 2

The clerk, Mr. Copeland, reported to last week's meeting of Jemalong Shire that rates collected since the previous meeting…

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