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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
1,018 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 51
When the Municipal Council considered the works proposed for 1938, at the special meeting last Friday night, the Mayor (Aid. J. W. Smith) pointed out that no provision had been made for the lease of the Narromine aerodrome from its owner, Mr. T. E. Perry. After…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A number of questions at Council meeting on Tuesday night were about trees. Aid. Wilson asked if the engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Municipal Council, at Tuesday's being, agreed to affix its seal to an [?][?]ation for a loan of £2363, which [?]ides £863 for the completion of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following story of a sweated telephonist who works 78 hours for £1, at the Narromine Post Office, comes from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The unanimity of the present aldermen over the new Council Chambers question is a pleasing contrast to the indecisive attitu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Tuesday's meeting, Dubbo Municipal Council adopted a works programme for kerbing and guttering throughout the town. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There were many divisions of opinion at Monday night's ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council but they were all in good part. A number of matters of importance were dealt with, probably the most interesting to town residents being the decisions to carry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The shortage of water in part of North Dubbo was brought under Council's, notice at its meeting on Tuesday night, through a petition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Included in the report submitted to Council on Tuesday night, by the Works Committee, was a recommendation regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although the Minister for Works and Local Govern-debts on the water and sewerage by approximately merit (Mr. E. S. Spooner) has offered to reduce the capital £35,000, Dubbo Municipal Council is not satisfied that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The usual fortnightly meeting of the Aldermen was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Elder, of Neutral Bay, who, with their infant son, have been holidaying in Narromine, returned home on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Morse Police Court last week, before Mr. V. H. Wells. P.M.. John Thomas Sweeney was charged with travelling stock along a formed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The following letter caused discussion at the last Municipal Council meeting:— "I wish to ask permission of your…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A particularly amusing incident at Junee, in 1913, is recalled by the Wagga "Daily Advertiser". It concerns a "ring-in of water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Crawford, of "Edenvale," Narromine, who have been spending a holiday on the South Coast, returned home on Sunday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recently an Education Department instructor very caustically criticised the Orange baths, which, among other things, he classed as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The monthly meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council was held on Saturday morning last, there being present Crs. H. Wykes (President), J. Goninan, W. Johanson, J. Brazier, T. J. Edwards, A. T. H. Knowles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The usual fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday night last, there being present the Mayor (Ald. V. W. Savage), Aldermen J. M. Whiteley, T. Kelly, W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The usual monthly meeting of the Gilgandra Shire Council is listed for Friday next. One of the most important matters for councillors to…
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