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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

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Talbragar Shire Council Monthly Meeting

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

Councillor W. H. Godwin, in the absence of the President (Councilor F. W. Brownlow), occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of the Talbragar Shire…

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Municipal Council

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1928 · page 5

The Mayor (Ald. A. B. Dundas) and Ald. Bishop, Cox, Tuck, Cusack Smith, Guiding and Murphy were present at the above meeting, held…

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Shire Facts. (To the Editor)

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

Sir,—Mr. Scott's feeble effort to justify the spending of road money on house building will not cut much the, but as an explosion of "Mug"…

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Shire Councillors Meet

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 6

Councillor Godwin presided over the deliberations of the Councillors of Talbragar Shire at a meeting held at the Shire Office on Friday evening…

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Work on Shire Engineer Lawson's Report Coalbaggie River Crossing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 8

At the meeting of councillors of Talbrager Shire held at the Shire Office on Friday night. Engineer Lawson submitted the following reports:--…

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Council Takes Exception Not a Frivolous Way Little River Crossing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 8

Included in the correspondence submitted by Shire Clerk Stevens at the meeting of Talbragar Shire Council held on Friday evening was one which…

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Municipal Audit

Western Age · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 2

Messrs. Allen and Allen, Local Government auditors to the local Municipal Council, were in Cobar during last week and completed the audit of…

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Municipal Elections

Western Age · Thursday 8 November 1928 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

The attention of Electors is drawn to the Municipal notice in this issue respecting the forthcoming Triennial Election of Aldermen, to be held on…

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Bourke Municipal Council. Monday, November 5

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 4

A meeting of the Council was held on above date. Present : Alds. Kessey (Mayor), Doyle, Jones and Clifford, and the…

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Our Shire Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 2

The following gentlemen have been elected unopposed to the seats on the Talbragar Shire Council: A Riding. J. Roberts and W. H. Godwon, Messrs…

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Amaroo Shire

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 3

A Riding—G. H. Bowhay and J. Sherringham (re-elected, unopposed). B Riding—G. E. Bradley, Geo. H. Caldwell, S R. Reynolds…

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Cobbora Shire

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 3

The personnel of the Cobbora Shire is not likely to be greatly altered as a result of the elections, as there will only be a poll in two…

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Dubbo-mendooran Road Deputation Waits on Shire Council Will Help Our Town

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 3

For twenty years the Dubbo-Mendooran road hat been allowed to drift into a state of disrepair, and motorists, chary of coming…

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Local Government Elections. Shire Nominations. Eleven Candidates for Macquarie

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 3

THURSDAY last, at five o'clock in the afternoon, was the closing time for receiving nominations for the forthcoming elections in the…

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The Jingle of Bingle The Municipal Elections

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 12 November 1928 · page 5

Bingle has aspirations to set himself in the seats of the mighty and win an aldermanic election He writes My old friend Watkins has presented our…

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Persistence Must Have Result. The Dubbo-Mendooran Road. Mendooran Comes to Dubbo. Deputation Waits on Shire and Municipality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 7

The benefits that will accrue from the opening up of the old direct route from Dubbo to Mendooran was again plainly set out on Friday last by the…

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Timbrebongie Shire Council. Triennial Election. Notice to Election

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1928 · page 2

In pursuance of the requirements of Ordinance 10, Ctause 9, Electors ore here by notified that the following is the reading of Section 65 of…

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Municipal Council Monday Night's Sitting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1928 · page 2

Present at the above meeting on Monday night were: The Mayor (Ald. A. b. Dundas) and Ald. Sharpe Tuck, Cox, Cusack, Smith, Golding…

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Narromine Municipal Council. Triennial Election

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1928 · page 2

Notice is hereby given that the tri-ennial election of Aldermen will be held on Saturday the First of December, 1928. The polling place…

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