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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1913

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Municipal Council. Monday, December 30

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

Present: Aldermen J. H. Ritter (Mayor), Ley, Lewis, Hawke, Barden, Hill, Corbett, Palmer and Wheeler and the Town Clerk (Mr. W. J. Lake)…

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Songs at Council Meeting

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 3

When the chairman.(Mr E. Murphy) at a meeting of the Thurles Urban Council refused to make an order evictins cottage tenants for non-payment of…

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Council Meeting

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 2

A lengthy meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Bourke was held in the Council Chambers on Monday coming. Owing to pressure on our space we…

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Canoblas Shire Plant. a Good Investment

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 January 1913 · page 11

Councillor M. F. Dalton, President of the Canoblas Shire Council, said some things anent the shire Council's road plant which are of more than passing…

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Cobar Municipal Finances a Successful Year

The Cobar Herald · Friday 10 January 1913 · page 5

If there is one thing above another in which Mr. Mayor Duffy excels, it is in watching finances, and this is very marked in the Council's finances…

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Wellington Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

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

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Municipal Council Employees a Question of Authority

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

There was an animated discussion at the meeting of the municipal council on Thursday evening, arising out of a letter from A. Johnson to the following…

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Shire Council Saturday, January 11

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 4

Present : Councillors Wake (President), Grahame, Wheaton, Roberts, Baird and Mathews. Correspondence…

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Municipal Council. Monday, January 13

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

Present : -- Aldermen J. H. Ritter (Mayor), Palmer, Corbett, Barden, Hill, Wheeler, Hawke, Cadell, Ley, and the Town Clerk (Mr. Lake.)…

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Cobbora Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council was held at Geurie on Tuesday, there being present Crs. Whiteley (President), Ross, Manusa,…

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Cobboba Shire Rate

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 5

The Cobbora Shire Council sat until 11 p.m. on Tuesday considering the estimates for the year, and the rate to be struck. There was a large amount of…

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Cobar Municipal Council

The Cobar Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

The usual fortnightly meeting of the above was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor (Ald. M. J. Duffy),…

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Macquarie Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 3

The monthly, meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council was held at the shire office on Saturday, there being present Crs. Fuller (President), Wilson, R. B…

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Wages Boards and Shire Councils. Opinions of Councillors

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

At the meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council on Saturday there were several letters from the Shires Association in regard to the application by the…

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The Shire President

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

The election of a President for Talbragar Shire Council for the ensuing year will take place on Saturday, February 8th, the date of next monthly…

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Wellington Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the municipal council was held on Thursday night In the absence of the Mayor, Ald. Cameron occupied the chair, and there were…

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Cobar Municipal Council

The Cobar Herald · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held in the Chambers on Wednesday. Present: Ald. M. J. Duffy (Mayor). W. G. Phillips. D…

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Commonwealth and Municipalities

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Before Federation the State Government paid to the City Council rates [?] all its city properties, which amounted to thousands of pounds yearly, When…

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Local and General Shire Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

The monthly meting of the Talbragar Shire will be held on Saturday Morning, when the President's allowance for the ensuing year will be…

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Municipal Council. Monday, February 3

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

Present: Aldermen J. H. Ritter (Mayor), Hawke, Lewis, Ryan, Palmer, Hill, McGulnn, Barden, Corbett, and the Town Clerk (Mr. Lake). An…

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