Engineer's Report Work in Shire
The engineer, who returned from his annual holidays on January 7. [?]ed as follows on the vari[?] work carried out in the Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1930
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Junior Clerk for Council
There were 14 applications for the position of Junior Clerk for the Wellington Municipality, and the applications were dealt with on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Civic Circle Fortnightly Business Water Matter,--North Dubbo Needs--Objection to Visiting Alderman's Statements--General Municipal Problems
A buzzing electric fan kept the [?] Council cool at Tuesday night's meeting, where aldermen peeled their coats off and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dubbo on the Air Map Thanks to Action of Public Spirited Shire Council Narromine Omitted
Probably due to the action of the Talbragar Shire Council, which has used every endeavour to establish an aerodrome at Dubbo, our town has been placed on the aerial services route to be opened by Australian Aerial Services this year. When…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carrington Avenue Should Be Excluded From Brick Area Mayor's Opinion
Dubbo's Mayor (Ald. J. Barden) does not think that the brick area restrictions should apply to Carrington-avenue. He holds that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Exceptions Council Will Not Allow Wood In Brick Areas
Judging by the remarks passed in Council on Tuesday night, the Civic Fathers will not allow any wooden buildings to be built in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Staff Sequel to Complaint Engineer Explains Why Large Number of Men Load Truck
Following the remark, made by Mr. J. E. Serisier at a recent meeting of the Newtown Progress Association, where he commented…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Annoyed Resents Remarks Passed by Prominent Citizen "Neither 'Duds' Nor 'Backsliders'" Says Ald. Duffy
"There is no getting away from the fact that the only inference that can be taken from this man's remarks, it that Council are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What a Thirst Dubboites Consume 8½ Million Gallons of Water a Fortnight Council Discusses Engineer's Report
According to the report of the waterworks engineer, Dubboites consume over 8½ million gallons of water every fortnight. When this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Old-Age Pensioners Fight Between Narromine Council & DUBBO P.P. Board Camping Site, Bone of Contention
The fight between the Narromine Municipal Council and the Dubbo P.P. Board, over land for old-age pensioners to live upon,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bucket Brigade at Dubbo District Hospital Nurses Over-Worked Carrying Water Council Will Endeavour to Bring Relief
That the dainty nurses at the Dubbo District Hospital had been compelled to carry in buckets all the water needed for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Works Engineer's Report Park Water Supply
Works dealt with in the municipality during the past month are concisely dealt with in the following report submitted to Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Finance
According to the Town Clerk's report submitted to and adopted by Council on Tuesday night, the rate collections for the fortnight were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macquarie River for Dubbo's Water Supply Council at Last Moves in Right Direction Acknowledges Boring Unsuccessful Reservoir on Bourke Hill Minister for Works and the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby to Be Invited to Public Meeting
At last Council has realised that the Macquarie River is the only salvation as far as Dubbo's water supply is concerned. For years the inevitable step has been postponed and boring experiments have been curried out in the effort to secure a sufficient underground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"How Dare He Say It!" Aldermen Indignant Demand an Apology
"The ratepayers could not look to men who could not make a success of their own business to successfully attend to the affairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Question Time in Town Council
Aid. Fitz Hill suggested the advisability of obtaining estimates for the full equipment of Council's quarry plant. He pointed out the amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Officers' Reports At Dubbo Council Every Man at His Post
The following reports were tendered at Tuesday night's Council meeting. All calls were well attended, and the sub-teams and officers are working…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Land for the Old Men. Discussion At F. and S. Meeting. What Will Happen If Council Closes Watering Reserves?
A meeting of the Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Walker's Court House Hotel on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dubbo Council Decides on Macquarie River Water Supply After Lengthy and Most Animated Meeting Fought for Fifty Long Years Ago Ald. Fitz Hill's Scheme Unanimously Adopted
Tuesday night's meeting of the Dubbo Local Authority will go down in history as an epochal effort. The day and date mark a world-wide event in the Old Land, with the opening of the Naval Conference in England, from which a prolonged period of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Open Letter. To the President and Councillors of Cobbora Shire
Gentlemen,—I have to acknowledge, without pleasure, receipt of your billet doux, the blue rate notice. I must say that it is with surprise…
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