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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1914

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Local Government Elections Municipality of Dubbo. Triumph of the Labor Bunch

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 3

The Labor organisation scored a distinct triumph in the Municipal election in Dubbo on Saturday, nine of the candidates whom it took under its aegis…

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Municipal Council. Election of Mayor

The Cobar Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

An extraordinary general meeting of the recently elected Council was held at the Chambers on Wednesday last for the purpose of…

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Popular Alderman

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

The brothers of the Rev. M. Bernbrick arc in high favor as municipal councillors, and from a Harden paper we learn that Mr. W. Bembriek topped…

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NARROMINE. Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 1

The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday last, under unfavorable circumstances…

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A Shire Councillor's Record

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 6

President E. J. Lowe, of the Wyaldra Shire Council, has a record of which he can probably boast. For seven years he has never missed a…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents). Narromine. Municipal Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

A meeting of the newly elected Narromine Council was hold on Monday night, when some of the actions of the Clerk were adversely criticised,…

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Occasional Notes. the Municipal Election

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

The Municipal election is now a thing of the past, and it is more sincerely than ever to be regretted that it was run on political lines pure and…

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The New Mayor Alderman Thomas Kennard Unanimously Elected

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 3

At nine o'clock on Thursday evening last the ordinary business of the municipal council was suspended for the purpose of the council resolving themselves…

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Macquarie Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 2

The first meeting of the recently-elected Macquarie Shire Council was held on Saturday, there being present Crs. Fuller (President), Wilson, R. B. Suttor…

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Wellington Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 2

The members of the municipal council held the first meeting of the new term on Thursday evening last. The Mayor presided, and there were also present…

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Water Shortage Question Another Discussion in the Council

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 3

There was another discussion in the municipal council at the meeting on Thursday evening last, consequent upon a letter from the Director of Public…

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Narromine Council. Alderman Dundas Re-elected Mayor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

A special meeting of the Narromine Council was held on Monday night, mainly for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the year. There were…

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Alderman Barden's Spleen and Spite

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 5

Alderman [?]arden owes his re-election to the Dubbo Council to (1) the operations of the political machine of the Labor party; (2) to the apathy of…

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Municipal-council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 1

At a general meeting of the Council, on Monday night, Ald. Barden will move that a resolution recently adopted granting permission to the…

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MAYOR McLEOD

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

Speaking to Mayor Murdoch McLeod, of Wellington, on Wednesday a representative of the "Liberal" learnt that the burly Scot will not be sorry to be…

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NARROMINE. Municipal Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

More than ordinary interest has been taken in municipal affairs recently, and as a result the special meeting called for Monday, for the election of…

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The Council Flouted

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 3

If my memory serves me right—and I have seldom reason to quarrel with it—the Municipal Council unanimously passed a motion some 15 months ago…

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Smoking at Council Meetings

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

During the reading of a long document at a meeting of the Murwillumbah Municipal Council, one Alderman asked the Mayor if he might smoke. The…

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Municipal Election to Be Tested

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 2

There is reason to believe that Mr. J. F. Walker, who was defeated by three votes at the recent municipal elections, is taking steps to have a recount of the…

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Municipal Council Election of Mayor. Ald. Ritter Re-elected

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 2

A special meeting of the Dubbo Municipal Council was held last Friday evening, for the purpose of electing a mayor for the ensuing year…

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