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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

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Intends to Appeal. Against Recent Shire Prosecution. Mr. Trescowthick and the Shire Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 9

Mr. C. W. Trescowthick, of Woodlands, intends to appeal against the conviction the Shire Council recently obtained against him for having…

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"Give Us a Crossing" "To Get Our Wheat In." Cealbaggie Residents Wait On The 'Shire Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 10

"We hare about 35,000 acres under crop, and we will have about 20,000 bags of when to cart over the crossing, and in…

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Stormy Shire Meeting. Another Lengthy Sitting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 7

The meeting Friday last was another of her long dreary sittings of the Timbrchongie Shire that the Council has lately become famous…

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Shire Engineer Resigns Mr Baker Will Not Tolerate Continual Criticism. Resignation Accepted Wits. Regret

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 5

The storm of criticism that has been buried at Mr. H. Baker, Shire Engineer, during the last four or live Shire Council meetings came to an…

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Further Graft Alleged. City Council Coal Contracts

Western Age · Thursday 2 August 1928 · page 1

The terms of the reference of the commission empowering Judge Thomson to investigate the City Council's contracts has been announced by the…

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The City Council. Coal Contracts Commission. Graft Alleged. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 August 1928 · page 1

Judge Thompson this morning opened an inquiry into the coal contracts made by the City Councils during the past 20 years. Mr. Barlow announced that…

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Talbragar Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 8

Councillor Brownlaw, President, was in the Chair at the meeting of the Talbragar Shire Council held last Friday night. Others present, making a fall…

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The Wave of Crime. Shire Council Takes Action

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 5

At the Shire Council meeting last Friday a circular letter was read from the Abercrombie Shire Council stating the grave view that was being taken of the…

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President Brownlow Retiring. Talbragar Shire's Loss Eulogised by Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

At Friday night's meeting of the Talbragar Shire Council, the President (Councillor F. W. Brown[?]) inti[?] that as that [?] he the last meetings…

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Assistance for Shire Clerk

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

A very conseinentio[?]s officer is [?] clerk of Talbragar Shire (Mr. E. J. Stevens) He has held the position, since the shire was first established in…

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A Tentative Farewell. Shire President on Leave

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 6

At the Talbragar Shire Council meeting last Friday night, the President (Councillor F. W. Brownlow) said that it was possibly his last meeting, so he…

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Council and Newspaper Man. a Farewell to Mr. Maliphant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

Councillor Brownlow, the President of the Talbragar Shire Council, last Friday night said good-bye to Mr. G. C. Maliphant, late of the Dubbo…

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Parlous Position re Roads. Talbragar Shire Out in the Cold. No Loan—No Grant Available Appeal to Main Roads Board

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 1

At the Talbragar Shire Council meeting last Friday the Clerk read a long letter that had been sent by the President to the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby…

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Municipal Reds. Expected to Sweep the Poll. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 1

The pre-selection ballot in connection with the forthcoming Glebe Municipal Council shows, according to progress reports, that the Reds, who ran a full…

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Timbrebongie Shire Council. Correspondence

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 6

The following correspondence was read and dealt with at the meeting of the Timbrebongie Shir Council on Friday, July 27…

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Municipal Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 4

Present at the ordinary meeting of the above on Monday night, July 30, were the Mayor, (Ald. Dundas), and Ald. Bishop, Sharp, Cox, Cusack…

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A Fair Dinkum Boss. What Council Employees Think of Mr. Baker

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 10

Every man employed by the Tin[?] brebongie Shire expressed his regret when he heard that they were losing their Boss, and they quickly decided…

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Good-Bye to Mr. Baker Shire Engineer Entertained by his Friends Eulogistic Speeches—musical Items—and Presentation a Departure That Is Deeply Regretted

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1928 · page 10

The news of Air. H. M. Baker's resignation as Engineer to the Timbrebongie Shire was received with general regret by residents in Narromine, Trangie and the whole of the Shire area, and as soon as it was definitely known that he intended leaving this town, a movement…

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Cobbora Shire Council Monthly Meeting. Progress Stopped by Tree

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 August 1928 · page 8

COUNCILLORS H. E. Morley (President), Conn, McLeod, Greenhalgh, Yeo and Whiteley were present at the usual monthly meeting…

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