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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

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The Shire's Finances

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1925 · page 2

The minutes submitted by President Bennett to the Shire Councillors at the meeting on Friday Cast show a very healthy financial state of affairs. The…

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Municipal Nominations

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1925 · page 2

The poll for the election of nine aldermen for the Municipal Council of Narromine will be taken at the Court House on Saturday, December 5,…

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Wellington Municipal Council Last Meeting of Old Council

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 9

The last meeting of the retiring aldermen was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night last, there being present, Alds. J. F…

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That Admiration Vote in the Cobbora Shire Council. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 7

Sir.—"Fools rush in where angels fear to trend," that is my excuse for this letter; but, as the mover of the motion, "That it be recorded in the…

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Cobbora Shire. (To the Editor.)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 3

Sir.—"Mr. Whiteley is not offended." This seems in keeping with the rest of his statements. Mr. W. has allowed the baser instincts of an…

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Yarandale Settlers and Shire Rates

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 December 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. Clark, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under Secretary in reference to the payment of rates by soldier settlers on…

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Municipal Council. Last Meeting of the [?]Eriod

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 2

The Mayor, Alderman J. B. Macdonald, presided last Tuesday night at the last meeting of the present Council Others present were: Aldermen J…

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Aldermen Fraternise Jolly Good Fellows All. Parting That May Be Farewell

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 3

With something of the spirit with which adversity makes strange bedfellows aldermen of the different…

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Council in Retrospect. Old Times Reviewed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 2

At the conclusion of the last of the present Council's fortnightly meetings a smoke social was spent, with his Worship the Mayor as host…

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Industrial Amendment Bill. in Council. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 6

The Legislative Council inst night, on the voices, agreed to the second reading of the Industrial Amendment Bill, but there will be a number of radical…

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Eyes Face the Elections Dubbo Council's Last Night of Meeting. Footpaths Get a Turn

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 2

It was a very discreet and sober council that sat for the last night of its term at the Dubbo Council Chambers on Tuesday night. With one eye on…

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Municipal Elections Candidates Nominated

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 2

On Friday last the Returning Officer announced that ten nominations had been received for the Aldermanic vacancies, but the nomination of…

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Municipal Elections [Lo the Editor]

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 December 1925 · page 4

Sir,—Mr. Bloxam's splenetic attack on the " Labor Six " Aldermanic candidates would ring truer if it emanated from the less biassed source,…

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The Municipal Council

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 5

The Wellington Municipal Council elections this year aroused more enthusiasm than for many years past, there being, fifteen candidates for…

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The Macquarie Shire. President and Ex-president Defeated

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 December 1925 · page 5

The Macquarie Shire elections resulted in a surprise packet, for three of the retiring Councillors, including the President were defeated. Cr…

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Electors' Verdict. Confidence in Old Council. Mayor Macdonald on Top

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 3

Only one of the team of sitting aldermen lost, his position At the municipal elections on Saturday. Ald. Francis, who recently took the seat vacated by…

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Talbragar Shire Old Councilors Returned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 2

There is no change in the representation of the Talbragar Shire as a result of Saturday's election. For two of the ridings the retiring members…

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Local and General Peak-hill Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 2

The following were elected unopposed:--John Sidney Albert, Edward Comber, Robert Harvey Howard, John Zeigler Hide, Douglas Lampett…

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Municipal Elections. One New AlDERMAN ELECTED

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1925 · page 2

The poll for the election of nine aldermen to represent the ratepayers of Narromine for the next three years in the Municipal Council was held on…

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Municipal Council. Their Last Meeting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1925 · page 2

The last meeting of the aldermen of the present Council was held at the Town Hall on Monday, December 1st. There were present:—Aldermen J. W…

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