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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

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Public Risk Insurance. Municipal Council Makes Decision. Ensured Against Claims Up To £500

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 5

The matter of public risk insurance has been before the Municipal Council for some time, the aldermen feeling that it should not be necessary to have different policies for different Council undertakings…

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Road Safety. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales). Skids Cause Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 2

Road accident reports from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due'to skidding and in the coming…

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Wellington Municipal Council Reports of Officers

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 3

There was little of importance in the reports of the various officers of the Council, viz., the fact that they were all received…

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Cycling Track Request to Municipal Council Parties to Meet

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 1

The Deputy Mayor (Ald. Thomas) informed the Wellington Municipal Council on Thursday right that he had been…

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Straying Stock Council Advertising For New Man

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 2

"What are we doing about straying stock?" asked the Deputy Mayor (Ald. Thomas) at Thursday night's meeting of the…

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Wellington Has a Traffic Problem Council and Police to Confer

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 3

The Municipal Council is going to consult with the police with a view to regulating traffic at the Western Stores…

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Narromine Council Report Wanted Electricity Undertaking

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 5

The Town Clerk (Mr. N. Payten) reported to the Narromine Municipal Council last night that the Department of Works and Local…

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Municipal Council Discusses New Way Of Getting Aerodrome. to Be Considered for Two Weeks. Suggestion To Exchange Common For A Reserve Which May Be Exchanged For Aerodrome

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

There are more ways or killing a cat than choking it to death with butter, and the Municipal Council is discovering that there are more ways of acquiring the Narromine aerodrome than having to strike a special rate to buy it…

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Dubbo District Agricultural Bureau Council Meeting Noxious Weeds Soil Erosion Menace

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 3

Several matters affecting the welfare of the man on the land were considered at the meeting of the Dubbo Sub-district Council of…

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Accidents At Corners. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 6

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the…

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Narromine Council Exchange of Land For Aerodrome P.P. Board Opposes Transfer of Reserve

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

At last night's meeting of the Narromine Municipal Council, a letter from the Lands Department intimated that Dubbo Pastures…

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Dubbo Council And Noxious Weeds Retort Courteous to Talbragar Shire Mayor's Statements

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

Talbragar Shire Council has written to the Dubbo Municipal Council, drawing attention to the existence of noxious weeds within…

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Narromine Council Water Filtration Mayor Impressed With Peak Hill Plant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

Reporting to the Narromine Municipal Council on Monday night, the Mayor (Ald. M. V. Duffy) slated that while at the…

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Shire Elections

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 11

A matter which has agitated the minds of Cudgegong Shire councillors came up for discussion at the P.P. Union meeting at…

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Proposed Works for Gulargambone Electricity Water Supply and Sewerage Minister's Letter to Wingadee Shire Council

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 8

At a meeting held on Friday, at Cooriamble, of the Wingadee Shire Council, the following important communication was received from Mr. E. S. Spooner (Minister for Works, and Local Government) in connection with the…

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Wellington's Need-Irrigation! Municipal Council Makes Progressive Move Conference To Be Held

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

By the unanimous decision of the Wellington Municipal Council, the Town Clerk (Mr. J. H. Truman) will contact people concerned in the proposal to build the Burrendong dam or, alternatively, weirs along the Macquarie…

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Gasworks to Close Down Municipal Council's Decision Action Causes a Stir Public Not Approached

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Municipal Council on Monday night last it was decided to close the Wellington gasworks undertaking as from the 31st December next…

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Mumford's Store Official Opening by the Mayor Faith in Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

Reference to the confidence shown in Dubbo by the new management of Mumfords was made when the Mayor (Ald. E. B…

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Burrendong Dam or Weirs to Conserve Macquarie River Waters Conference of Western Municipalities and Shires Dubbo Council Agrees to Co-operate

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

Believing that it is necessary to conserve the waters of the Macquarie River, either by the construction of the Burrendong Dam or a series of weirs, the Wellington Municipal Council has written to various Western shires…

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Bureau Sub District Council Meeting at Dubbo

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Sub District Council of the Agricultural Bureau was held on Saturday last, when…

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