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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
778 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 34 of 39
Dubbo Municipal Council had cast an unjustified slur on the ability of the Talbragar Shire Council and himself to carry out the functions of local government within its own area, said the engineer (Mr. J. P. Holmes) at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chief Secretary advised yesterday's meeting of the Talbragar Shire Council that arrangements could be made for bush fire brigades to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Members of the Australian Advisory National War Council and the Governor-General photographed after the swearing in ceremony in Melbourne. From loft (scated): Mr J. Beasley, Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister (M[?]), Lord Gowrie, Mr J. Curtin and Mr F. M. Forde. Standing (from left) : Mr N. J. Makin, Mr P. Spender and Mr A. W. Fadden…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Prime Minister (Mr Menzies) announced recently that the Government had accepted the proposal of the Labor Party for the establishment of a purely advisory War Council. The Prime Minister will be chairman, but the Government parties' representatives will not be rigid and appropriate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There have been recent meetings of the new Menzies Cabinet and of the Advisory War Council in Melbourne. Parliament meets in Canberra on Wednesday, and the Government is now considering its programme. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There wu a very happy gathering at the Hotel Wellington on Saturday night last, when Mr. James Birchall, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two hundred and thirty men of the 2/10th Field Ambulance arrived in Dubbo this morning to take up their quarters in the military camp…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the last meeting of your august brtfly you very graciously stated that the fund for concreting footpaths was now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. Sullivan, of Percy Street, has received a letter from her son, Private Victor Sullivan, who is with the A.I.F. in Palestine. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the U.C.P. Castlereagh Electoral Council will be held at Coonamble on Thursday, 5th December, for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Postponement of the Shire and Municipal elections was mentioned, at last week’s meeting of the Coonabarabran…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mayor's report read as follows.—Alderman Francis and I at tended the Conference of Local Government Association recently,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Officially opening the entertainment hall at the Dubbo military camp on Thursday night, the Mayor (Aid. E. B. Serisier) paid tribute to the war work of the women of the town and district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the monthly meeting of the Shire of Cobbora, held in the Shire Hall, Geurie, on Thursday, the question of opening the silos for the new season's wheat was discussed, Councillors Nott and Yeo stating that farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The usual fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday night last, there being present the Mayor (Dr. V. W. Savage), Alds. J. P. Dowd, F. Thomas, J…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narromine Municipal Council, at a special meeting held on Monday afternoon, unanimously agreed to ask…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Every member except one of the Yass Council resigned last night, following the State Government's intention to postpone all shire and municipal elections for a year. As a result of this action Yass will have what will in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After lengthy debate, Dubbo Council on Tuesday night decided to point out that a letter which it had written tot he Talbragar Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The council has defined its policy, and definitely there will be no extension of the franchise of the Dubbo Lighting Company. The residents of Dubbo need have no worry on that score."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Action taken for the replacement of the damaged tile roofing at the baths was endorsed by Tuesday night's Council meeting. A statement of the cost…
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