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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1955

73 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Council Finances Low

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 May 1955 · page 2

Rates collected to date amounted to £9,634, of a levy of £38,188, being 27 per cent, of the total…

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Council Evades Taxi Problem

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 May 1955 · page 2

Narrabri Municipal Council on Tuesday night evaded the question of establishing a taxi rank in…

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Shire Works

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 4

Road conditions, and works in progress throughout the shire, were set out in the report submitted to…

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Traffic Demands on Shire Roads

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 6

Reporting on T.R. 72 reconstruction programme, N.S.C. Engineer said at last meeting: It has been ascertained that…

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Shire's New Plan for Road Maintenance

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 1

Namoi Shire plans to introduce a system of patrol maintenance over 700 miles of Shire roads. Councillor's at Tuesday's meeting…

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Council Accepts Cable Tender

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 11

A tender of £27,000 odd[?] supply of steel-cored aluminium cable has been accepted by N.V.C.C…

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Council Calls Tenders for Lines

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 8

Namoi Valley County Council has instructed their consulting engineers to call tenders for the construction…

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Maintenance of Roads Council Scheme for Patrol

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 May 1955 · page 5

Better roads throughout the shire will be possible if a plan, submited to N.S.O. by their Engineer is put in…

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Shire's Park Improvements

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 May 1955 · page 8

Namoi Shire Health Inspector's report to the May meeting covered improvement works carried out to…

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Engineer Thanks Council

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 May 1955 · page 2

In his final report to Namoi Valley County Council prior to his departure for Sydney, the Chief Engineer, Mr. A. F…

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Service For Council Pumps

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 May 1955 · page 11

N.V.C.C. decided last Tuesday to continue servicing the water supply and sewerage pumps in Narrabri…

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Delegates to Discuss Municipal Abattoirs

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 May 1955 · page 1

With a district consumption of more than 15,000 carcases of sheep and lambs annually, in addition to more than 2000 head of cattle and over 250 pigs, it seems apparent that the…

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Baths Council Wants Tenders Called for Pool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 May 1955 · page 1

The Memorial Baths Council at a meeting on Monday night unanimously decided to construct the baths on the original site in Collins Park, and to adopt the plan now…

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