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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1941

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Repair Work in Full Swing Attending to Roads Council Active

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 16

The Wellington Municipal workmen are now busy carrying out important work on two of the main…

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Council Quarry Plant Sold for £325—And "Well Rid of It"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 4

Dubbo Municipal Council's quarry plant, municipal white elephant, at last has been sold. Purchaser was the Orange Blue Metal Quarries…

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Western Centres Narromine Council To Press For Munitions Factory Soldiers Entertained at Public Farewell

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 6

Following a suggestion by Ald. R. H. Barnett, at Friday night's council meeting that Narromine press its claims for the establishment of…

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Homes Trust Might Build Extra Houses in Dubbo Local Provision To Be Made For Pensioners? Council's Scheme

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 2

Dubbo Council is hopeful that within a short time It will be able to influence the Homes for Unemployed Trust to provide residences for a number of families residing in the East Dubbo unemployed area…

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Municipality of Bourke Civic Reception to Minister for Lands. Six More Town Lights to Be Installed

The Western Herald · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Aldermen was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last…

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Municipal Roll

The Western Herald · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 4

The Municipal Boll has been prepared, and is now open for inspection. There as still ample time for residents and tenants who…

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Dubbo Has Joined in "V" Campaign— Council Example Mayor Opens Fund For Camp Recreations

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 6

In answer to a telegram from the Lord Mayor of Sydney, inquiring whether Dubbo would cooperate in the "V for Victory"…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting Brief Session

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 11

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday night last. The sitting was brief, the whole of the business being finished at 8.50 p.m…

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Attending to Roads Council Activity Report of Overseer

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 3

The Wellington Municipal Council workmen have been busy of late attending to the streets in various…

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Talbragar Shire Lord Mayor Emphasises "V" Campaign Value Council To Renew Appeal For Funds to Destroy Weeds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 4

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Aid. Crick) told Talbragar Shire Council, in si letter yesterday, that the " 'V' for Victory" campaign would…

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Loan Council Will Widen Breach Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 1

It is reported that next week's meeting of the Loan Council is expected to widen the breach between the Commonwealth and…

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Sydney Council's Decision New Vans Will Save Petrol

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 3

Sydney Country 'Council last week approved the purchase of 32 motor parcel vans, of locwt. capacity, at a total cost,…

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Helping the War Effort by the Collection of Scrap Iron 200 Tons Gathered in by Cobbora Shire Mendooran's Recent Contribution Was 40 Tons

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 1

At last monthly meeting of the Cobbora Shire, the Clerk (Mr. Pruden) reported that Mendooran had collected an…

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Deputation From Bourke Council

The Western Herald · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 4

The Bourke Council submitted the following requests to the Minister:—Council asks that you submit to…

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Two Legislative Council Nominations Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 1

When nominations closed today for the election of a member to the Legislative Council, rendered necessary by the death of Mr. Frank Edgar Wall,…

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[?] Shire [?]Ting [?]Ting

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 August 1941 · page 8

[?] of the macquarie [?] Shire office on Satur[?] o'clock before the [?]…

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Maintaining Roads Engineer's Report To Macquarie Shire

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 August 1941 · page 11

At the monthly meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council on Saturday last the engineer, Mr. K…

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Show Chief Replies to Mayor of Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 4

Following an open letter from the Mayor of Dubbo (Ald. E. B. Scrisier) to the president of the Dubbo P.A. and H. Association (Mr. L. S. Clark), the latter has replied on the matter of the sale of "lucky envelopes" at the Show…

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Poor Town If No Camp Here Mayor Tells Meeting in Appeal for Funds

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1941 · page 2

"The business people of Dubbo should realise that it would have been a pretty poor town to live in had the camp not been opened here during the war years," said the Mayor (Ald. E. B. Serisier) at a public meeting in the Council Chambers on Friday night…

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Shire Rolls

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 August 1941 · page 5

A notice appears in this issue relative to the compilation of a list of electors by the Coonabarabran Shire Council All claims for…

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