Council Notes
We learn that there will be no Council meeting for over 'a fortnight At the end of this week, the Council delegates will go to Sydney to attend…
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Council & local affairs, 1929
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Aldermen Awake! Footpaths in Bad State Municipal Apathy
Dubbo, proclaimed by its citizens, as the Hub of the West, should take stock of itself, and see that the condition that most of its…
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The Land Office, Dubbo, notified the council that £2/3/4 per acre was the value placed on two acves of A. G. Mugate's property which was to be…
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At the last meeting of the Gilgandra Shire Council every request or proposal for expenditure was given the cold shoulder, due to the bad…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bare-Leg Fad Spreading Mayor's Attack on Kneeshowing
WIMBLEDON clung to the conventions—and the stockings, but the holiday girl has taken up the bare leg idea with enthusiasm…
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THE public meeting of ratepayers and residents, convened by the Progress Association was held in the Council Chambers on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Water Store Drain Big Council Job At North Dubbo Nearing Complpetion
One of the biggest jobs undertaken by the Dubbo Municipal Council is the building of an underground water store drain at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wellington Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting
THE usual Fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council wan held at the Council Chambers on Thursday night last, there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Garden Plots Deputation Waits on Council. Plots to be Shortened in Main Road
THE garden plots which are being laid down in Wellington, and which have been the cause of considerable discussion of late, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The River Beautification Funds Urgently Needed Committee Replies to Council
The Beautification Committee is not receiving the financial support its activities deserve. Considering the importance of the work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dubbo Weir Changes the River Will Council Accept To-night?
The weir gates were dropped and locked-last Friday, and by Sunday a new Macquarie was viewed by all Dubboites in the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Inquiry Big Battle Next
All Gilgaridra is eagerly awaiting for particulars of the inquiry into the suspension of Mr. R. H. Treatt, a former Shire Clerk, by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ratepayers Flock to Town Hall Mayor's Move Means Meters Ald. Clark's Notice of Motion Defeated On Mayor's Casting Vote Packed Hall Hears Aldermanic Debate
Packed like sardines, a huge crowd of ratepayers flocked to the Town Hall on Tuesday night, when Council had to settle one of the biggest problems which has confronted it for many years--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Question Time at Council Meeting Sewerage Matters
The Mayor (Ald. G. Fitz Hill) had a busy few minutes at question time at Tuesday night's meeting. Ald. White supplied him with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good News for the Ratepayers Council To Consider Purchasing Water Meters Lightening the Burden
Now that the town is a-buzz over the question of installing water meters and everyone is talking over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Eyesore Unsightly Rubbish Heaps on Wellington Road Newtown Progress Association Protests to Council
Any visitor coming into Dubbo along the Wellington-road receives a very unfavourably first impression of the town from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Water Supply
According to the report of the waterworks engineer, which was submitted to and adopted by Council on Tuesday night, 6,290,000 gallons of water, using…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narromine Municipal Council. Monday's Night's Sitting
Present at the Council meeting on Monday night were the Mayor (Ald. Dundas), and Ald. Smith, Cox, Cusack, Everingham, Bishop, Murphy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timbrebongie Shire Monthly Meeting
Present last month at the monthly meeting of the Tlimbrebongie Shire Council were the President (Cr. T. M. Scott) and Crs. Heane, Gibson and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Meter Mandate for Municipality to Stay Intensely Interested Ratepayers Wait on Council Indignationists Led by a Lady Mayoral Casting Vote Retains Restrictions
"Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff, supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake." The Mayor of Dubbo (Ald. G. Fitz…
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