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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

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Macquarie Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council was held at the Shire office on Saturday last. Those present were Crs. A. Knowles (President), J. Goninan, W. Johanson, D. Brazier, H. Wykes and F. Hubbard…

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Lord Mayor's Fund Comforts Fund Appeal £83 Raised

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 3

The final meeting of the committee of the Lord Mayor's Special Appeal Day Fund, in connection with the recent…

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Pre-arrangement Talk Nonsense Chamber President on Mayor at Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 5

Anyone who said he knew some days before the last meeting of the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce that the Mayor (Ald. E. B. Serisier) would attend to address members was "talking utter nonsense," said the…

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Renewed Approach to Council Dubbo Saleyards Chamber of Commerce Views

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 3

The question of Municipal saleyards for Dubbo was again raised at last night's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, when it was…

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Gilgandra Shire

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

Tenders, endorsed as such, will be received By the undersigned up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, 3rd July, 1941, for Contract No…

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Timbrebongie Shire Council Discusses Road Maintenance Request for Speaker for Recruiting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 2

Necessary road maintenance works received the attention of Timbrebongie Shire Council, at its meeting on Monday…

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Shire Engineer Resigns Timbrebongie Officer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

The engineer to Timbrebongie Shire Council (Mr. W. B. Woolfe) tendered his resignation at Monday's meeting of the council, and…

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National Emergency Council

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 3

A National Emergency Services Council will be created and the Public Service Board will arrange for the appointment of an…

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Conserving Fuel Timbrebongie Council Plan

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

Realising the need for conservation of fuel, the Timbrebongic Shire Council has decided to obtain quotes for two 3000-gallons capacity tanks…

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Council Brevities Camp Sewerage Service

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

At its meeting on Tuesday night, the Dubbo Municipal Council received a letter from the Assistant-Director of Works, Eastern Command, A.M.F., in which a report on the camp sewerage was enclosed. The…

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Endowment, Basic Wage to Cost Council £600

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 8

The new child endowment tax will cost Dubbo Municipal Council £300 per annum, and, in addition, a similar increase in expenditure will be necessary as the result of the increase in the basic wage, this without allowing…

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No Land for Hall Council Tells Returned Men

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

Dubbo Council has no land that it will be able to make available to the local branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. for the erection of a combined…

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Council To Pay for New Rail Crossing at Raradine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 6

The Commissioner or Railways on asked the Shire Council on Tuesday to enter into an agreement to carry out the…

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Town Drainage Favourably Considered by Council Scheme to Be Prepared

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 6

The Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce asked the Shire Council on Tuesday what it proposed to do about the…

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Carpeted and Praised Council Complains About Engineer And Then Congratulates Him

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 1

The Coonabarabran Shire Council on Tuesday called upon the Engineer, Mr. A. J. Fitzherbert, to explain why he had put another contractor on to do a job that Cr. Sullivan had already employed a man to do…

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Council to Renew Bus Stop Case Sydney Control Farm in Adverse Decision

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 8

Dubbo Council, at its meeting on Tuesday night, decided to persist with its previous request that the military camp bus stand be transferred from Wingewarra Street to its original location in Talbragar Street, near…

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Can’t Get Out Without Aid of Horses Council to Give Access to Road

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 6

Mr. Carlyle Henderson made an application to the Shire Council some time ago for access to Napier road from his…

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Council Will Press For Extension Of Bulk Supply Relayed Electricity for Dubbo Believed Plan Cheaper Than Additional Plant

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

Dubbo Council has decided to take steps to influence the extension of the bulk electricity supply from Wellington to Dubbo, so that it can be used by the Dubbo Lighting Company…

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Lighting Co. Offer Council Advised Against Delayed Option Of Purchase Expert's Report Favors Big Deal Hint In Possible Rise In Price Of Consumption

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 3

The anxiety of aldermen who have used, without success, every endeavor to influence the Dubbo Council to purchase the Dubbo Lighting Company, has been justified by the report of Mr. A. H. Benjamin, deputy chief…

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Protest on Made-up Pay for Soldiers F. & S. Council View Conference Asked to Seek Modified Petrol Ration

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 6

A meeting of the Dublin district council of the Farmers it Settlers' Association, held last night, decided to urge the annual conference…

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