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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1929

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Winding Up Maters Meeting of Gwydir Electorate Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 1

As we go to press members of the Gwydir Electoral Council have assembled at the offices of the Country Party for the purpose of adopting the…

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Federal Country Party. Electoral Council Meeting. The Hon. C, L. A. Abbott Present

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 1

There was a large meeting of the Country Party Council held in the Protestant Hall yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. M. Scott presiding. The…

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Bourke Municipal Council. Stormy Meeting. Dual Position Finalised

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 2

The Meeting held last night in the Council Chambers was interspersed with lively scenes, and there was a very large audience of ratepayers…

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Narromine Municipal Council Monday Night's Sitting Electric Light Discussion

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 9

Present at the above meeting on Monday night were the Mayor (Ald. A. B. Dundas) and Aid Bishop, Cox, Tuck, Smith, Everinghanm, Ranigan…

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Municipal Council Aldermen Meet Little Business

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 8

Contrary to usual, the Council meeting on Tuesday night lasted only about on hour and a half, aldermen apparently forgetting…

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Sign Posts Needed. Shire Council Should Act

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 4

The following from the pen of our Eumungerie correspondent is a matter well worth the attention of the Gilgandra Shire Council, and it…

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Municipal Council [?]

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 8

FAILURE to attach a duty [?] to a receipt given to t[?] Grafton Town Council be[?]…

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Letters to Council

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 6

A number of letters which were received by the Town Clerk too late to be included on the business paper at Tuesday night's Council meeting, will…

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Cobbora Shire. Floods Hold Up Councillors

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 9

THE Cobbora Shire meeting which was put back from the previous Tuesday, did not take place on Tuesday last, owing to the President…

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Council's Grant to Bands

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 6

Recently the Model Band applied to the Municipal Council for a grant of £26, and our civic fathers decided that the matter be referred to the finance…

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Delegates to Beautification Committee Discussion In Council None To Be Appointed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 6

At the Council meeting on Tuesday night a good deal of discussion took place over the election of three delegates to the…

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Municipal Meeting

Western Age · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 2

Cobar Municipal Council meeting, is set down for Tuesday, February 25, and as a lot of important business is to be dealt with a full roll up of…

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Municipal Employees' Picnic

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 6

The Municipal employees intend to hold their annual picnic at Butler's Falls on March 3. This is their big day of the year and one for which…

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Latest Telegrams. Communists on the Warpath. They Raid the Labor Council. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 1

The Labor Council, after a lengthy discussion, failed to reach finality on a motion aiming at the withdrawal of Garden and Rools from the Peace…

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Bourke Municipal Council. Monday, February 18th. Lengthy Meeting. Dual Position Finalised. Town Clerk Receives a Month's Notice

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 2

A meeting of the Council was held on above date. Present: Alds. Kessey (Mayor), Francis, Dawson, Lee, Morrall and…

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Local Jottings. Amaroo Shire

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Amaroo Shire was held at Camnock on Monday of last week. No matters affecting the Wellington end of…

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Stopped by Floods Cobbora Shire Councilolrs Meeting Postponed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 5

Owing to several of the Councillor:. being unable to negotiate the swollen creeks and washouts, the meeting ol the Cobbora Shire…

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Timbrebongie Shire Council. Postponed Meeting

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 10

The postponed meeting of the Timbrebongie Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday, 25th instant, those present being…

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Cobbora Shire Council Big Flood Damages in all Parts of the Shire

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 15

THE meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council which had been previously postponed on account of flood waters preventing some of the Councillors…

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Claim on Council

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Lithgow Town Council a lady resident of the town sought recovery of the cost of a black silk dust coat, which she…

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