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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1912

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Macquarie Shire Road Plant

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 4

The road plant purchased by the Macquarie shire council is expected to arrive in Wellington about the 14th inst. Mr. Hoskins, the engineer, has been to…

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Wrightville Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 5

Aid. Iredale having resigned his position as Mayor of this Municipality, a special meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday…

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An Economic Shire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 3

The Nattal Shire councillors claim to have introduced a system by which they have saved the Government of New South Wales the sum of £1000, by…

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Western District Farmers' Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 8

At a meeting of the Western District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association held at Peak Hill last week a letter was road from the…

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Macquarie Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Macquarie shire council was held at the shire offices on Saturday, there being present Councillors Fuller (President)…

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Dubbo Selfishness. Opinion of Wellington Aldermen

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 3

The action of the Dubbo municipal council in blocking the drivers of motors in Welington who wanted to go to Dubbo in order to convey passengers to the…

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Wellington Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Wellington municipal council was held in the council chambers on Thursday evening, there being present Aldermen…

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Dubbo Council. Progressive Move by Alderman Hawke

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 3

The regular meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Dubbo was held last night, when there were present: His Worship the Mayor (Alderman J…

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Talbragar Shire Council Saturday, May 4th

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 4

Present: Councillors Wake, Matthews, Grahame, Baird and Cummins. Correspondence. The outward correspondence was read…

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Talbragar Shire Council (Continued from page 4). General

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 3

Cr. Baird said he had a matter of great concern to Councils to bring before the meeting, and that was the necessity of reserving gravel depots on…

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Municipal Council. Monday, May 6th, 1912

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 3

Present: Aldermen Bitter (Mayor), Hawke, Corbett, Ley, Bardon, Hill, Wheeler and Cadell Correspondence…

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Macquarie Shire Council. an Important Matter. the New Valuation and Rate

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 May 1912 · page 2

The following is the President's minute, presented at the meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council on Saturday last:—…

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Shire Council Deputation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 2

The proceedings of the civic welcome being at an end, the Premier was waited on by several deputations, the first of which was that of the Shire…

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NARROMINE. Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the above council was held on Monday last. Present: Aldermen Berryman, Dundass, Atkinson, Hives and Byrne…

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Shire Conference

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

The Shires conference earned a motion for a special endowment to shires to put national roads in order…

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Talbragar Shire Council. Deputation to the Premier. Presentation to the Olerk

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

The regular meeting of the Taibrugar Shire Council was hold on Saturday when there were present: Councillors F. C. Wake (President). T. H. Mathews,…

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The Council and the Jockey Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

Mr.J. Field, [?] of the Dubbo jockey Club, desires us to stnte that the club had the use of the Council's [?] watering the [?] course for…

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Removal of District Works Office. Council Decides to Approch Minister

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 3

At Wednesday night's meeting of the Cobar Municipal Council, a reply was received to the Council's protest against the removal of the District Works…

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Bourke Municipality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 6

Bourke "Banner", learn from an outside source that the principal creditor of the Bourke Municipality is seriously considering the necessity of appointing…

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Macquarie Shire Valuation

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 2

In the course Of a discussion on the valuation at the last meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council one of the councillors remarked that he had not…

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