Mayor Welcomed At Opening Of Quarter Sessions
Following his usual custom His Honor Judge McKillop opened Tuesday's sitting of Forbes Quarter Sessions with a welcome to…
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Council & local affairs, 1954
437 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 22
District Council Of P. and C. Assns
The annual meeting of the District Council of P. and C. Associations was held at the Boys' School, Forbes, on Friday, when tribute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Loan Borrowings for Coming Year
Forbes Municipal Council, at its meeting, last week, approved of the following loans for works for the period July, 1954, to June…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Engineer's Report Various Municipal Works
Several matters referred to in the Municipal Engineer's report last week's Council meeting were ordered upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Mailbag Last Week's Meeting
A good deal of correspondence was before Thursday's meeting of Forbes Municipal Council, which was attended by the full…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Financial Affairs Of Forbes Municipal Council
ALD. J. A. MEAGHER, in his letter last week to the Editor of The Advocate, only scratches the top of a question that bristles with interest to the ratepayers and residents of the town, and must be looked at from more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Matter of Shire Rating
MR. D. T. HERBERT, following his public farewell at Forbes on Friday afternoon, had something to say about Shire rating. He was, as is well-known, a Councillor and President of Goobang Shire Council for 14…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eugowra District News Eugowra Chamber Annoyed By Shire's Silence
Many weeks ago several members of the Chamber of Commerce, together with the local Shire Councillors, met on the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire's Housing Undertaking (To the Editor "Advocate.")
Sir,—There has been much discussion along the Main Street regarding the house building and purchasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Shorts Jemalong Council Meeting Bush Fire Brigades
Up to Friday's meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council only seven of thirty-five fire brigades had answered a circularised request for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£6380 Subsidy To Municipal Council For Rural Electricity
At its meeting last week Forbes Municipal Council received a communication from the Minister for Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Straney 's Bridge: Shire Deputation Expects Good Result
Jemalong Shire's four-man deputation to the Minister for Works and Local Government. Mr. J. B. Renshaw, last week to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advocate Taken To Task For Criticism Of Forbes Council
THE ADVOCATE was severely taken to task for its recent criticism of the financial position of Forbes Council at the fortnightly meeting of the Council on Thursday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Clerk Dies
Mr. Thomas Hammond Webster, 59, shire clerk of Burrangong Shire, died at Young last week. He was one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Crumbs From The Council Table
It was resolved that quotations be obtained for installing steel purifiers at the gasworks. The Department of Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Presentations To Three Shire Men
Mesdames F. M. Copeland, G. A. Duff, A. H. Hawkins and M. McDonald were joint hostesses for a social evening at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boree Shire Items Of District Interest
At the Boree Shire Shire Council meeting, held on Monday at Cudal, the matter of sealing some of Eugowra streets was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Electricity £15,000 Loan To Be Finalised
AT its meeting last Friday Jemalong Shire Council received the report of the electricity committee, held on April 2, when all nine members of the Council were present…
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In the course of his report to last meeting of Forbes Municipal Council the Engineer (Mr. J. S. Dawe), referred to works in hand…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rabbits on Shire Roads
At Bland Shire Council's last meeting a letter was received from Young Pastures Protection Board, thanking council for…
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