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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

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Dubbo Municipal Council. Getting to Work for the New Year

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

THE chief business of the newly-constituted Dubbo Municipal Council at the forthcoming meeting on Monday next will be the appointment (by ballot) of five standing committees,…

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Macquarie Shire Council Office

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

A difficulty having arisen in connection with an extension of the lease of the present offices of the Macquarie Shire Council in Percy-street…

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Municipal Council. a Peculiar Situation

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 3

The failure of the Minister to fill up the vacancies in the Wellington Municipal Council due to the fact that three less than the number required were…

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Municipal Ethics

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

ALDERMAN ROSE remains dumb under our recent criticisms—not for the desire, but want of decent material of reply—and we are therefore somewhat…

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Shire Council

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2

The first meeting of the newly elected Council was held on Tuesday afternoon last. Present: Councillors Failes, Murchison…

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Municipal Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Dubbo Municipal Council was called for Monday night last, but owing to the absence from town of a number of the aldermen, there…

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Western District Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Western District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association will be held at the Town Hall, on Wednesday, the 26th inst. Since the…

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Molong Council's Troubles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

The Molong Municipal Council has not yet been able to secure a certificated council clerk. After advertising twice they met with no response from a certificated clerk at…

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Those Three Aldermen

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 4

In connection with the appointment of the three aldermen required to constitute the Wellington Municipal Council, no official information has been…

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Cobar Council

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 4

The above Council met on Wednesday evening, whon there was a full attendance of the aldermen, viz., Aldermen Leah (Mayor), Hogan, Duffy…

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Wrightville Council

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 3

A special meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening. Present:—The Mayor (Alds Moxon), Aids Condon, Lean, Sully, Gudgeon…

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Cobar-Broken Hill Railway. Action in the Cobar Council. a Good Move Started

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 4

We are very pleased to see that the aldermen of the Cobar Council are alive to the matter of agitating for the connection of Broken Hill…

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Cobar's Water Supply. Action in the Council. Only 19 Inches in the Reservoir

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 4

The low state of the water vin the Cobar reservoir caused Aid. Hogan to come forward at the meeting of the Cobar Council on Wednesday night…

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Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 3
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

As stated in our last issue a substitute ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council in place of the meeting that lapsed an 17th instant will be hold on Monday evening…

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THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Saturday, February 22, 1908. Council, or No Council?

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 4

As we have already reported the last attempt at a municipal election in Bourke was abortive. It could hardly have been otherwise,…

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The Recent Storm. A Bullock Struck Dead In the Municipality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 3

DURING the heavy storm of Monday last, a bullock in a team stationed in what is known as Fitzpatrick's paddock (between the Dubbo Wellington road and the polo paddock, in…

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Cobbora Shire Council

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 4

A special meeting of the above Council was held at Geurie on Saturday, February 8th, 1908. Present:—Councillors Patrick, Wise, Ross…

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Those Three Aldermen

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 2

The three aldermen required to constitute the Wellington Municipal Council have at last been appointed. The names submitted to the…

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Election of Mayor. More About That Attempted Appointment

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 3

Alderman G. B. Brown asks us to contradict a statement in last Monday's issue that he came in at the "tale end of the hunt" at Friday week's meeting…

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