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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1943

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Marathon Report for Aldermen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 2

Probably one of the longest reports to be read to a municipal council, and certainly the most voluminous report read to a meeting of the local aldermen, will be tabled at a special meeting of the Dubbo Council on Monday night. Its…

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Footpath Maintenance As Council Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 1

Dnbbo Council's works programme for 1943 concentrates on footpath repairs and maintenance and already a number of footpaths have received…

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School "Council" Plan Valuable While New: Children and Authority

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 3

Formation of a "council" at the Grenfell school suggests an idea which might be applied to a number of other schools. With its "Mayor"…

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Public Opinion Flat Builder Replies to Council (To the Editor)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 4

I would like you to publish the for lowing in "The Liberal" on the subject of the lengthy and much criticised Gipps Street flats, and contrast the…

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Marathon Reading Helps Aldermen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 1

Dubbo council chambers is a place where words flow freely, and in great volume, but for all the eloquence it has known it is doubtful…

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Public Opinion Alderman and Flats (To the Editor)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 3

The violent outburst [?] me in your valuable paper regarding my premises at 90 Talbragar Street has not been any surprise to me as I…

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Council Defers Debate On Flats Prosecution

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 4

Due to absence of the sponsors from a special meeting of Dubbo Municipal Council last night, debate on a motion, notice of which had…

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Dubbo Council Dissatisfied with Lighting Co. Delays Bulk Power Available But No Move on Terms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 4

Although the chairman of the State Electricity Advisory Committee informed a conference in Sydney on February 10 that the way seemed clear for the extension of the bulk power line from Wellington to Dubbo, and the scheme lacked only…

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CO-OPERATION Shire Council’s Appreciation

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 1

In his monthly report to last Tuesday’s meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council, Overseer D. Hannon referred to splendid voluntary…

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District Council P, and C. Associations Election of Officers

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 1

The annual meeting of the District Council of Parents and Citizens Associations was held at the Gilgandra…

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A Man-size Job Beasley and the Supply Council What Our War Effort Represents

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 2

John A. Beasley, Australian Minister for Supply, is responsible for a vast field of supplies going all the way from…

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Municipality of Bourke. Action to Recover Outstanding Rates. Applications for Park Gardener

The Western Herald · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 4

A meeting of the Aldermen of the above Council was held on Monday evening last. Present: Alds. H. Kessey (Mayor)…

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Shire Council Monthly Meeting

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 1

The President (Cr. Christic) presided at the April meeting of the Gilgandra Shire Council, held on Thursday. Othres present were…

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Council Rejects Builder's Charges Against Conduct of Aldermen, Inspector

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 6

A complaint against the alleged conduct of the Mayor (Ald. Serisier), Ald. F. Gilbert and the Dubbo Council's building inspector (Mr. L. A. Simpson) in respect of premises 90 Talbragar Street, which are owned by Ald. Gilbert, has been…

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Draft Lighting Agreement Travesty Says Mayor: Council Wants Protection

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 2

"A travesty of an agreement." This was how the Mayor (Ald. E. B. Serisier) on Tuesday night described a draft agreement submitted by the Dubbo Lighting Company Limited to the Municipal Council on the…

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Hands Up! Ned Kelly Tacticts. Coonabarabran Shire Submits

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 1

The Coonabarabran Shire Council is evidently providing the sinews of war alright. The military authorities have cottoned on to…

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Council Brevities Bath Manager's Qualifications

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

The Department of Local Government and Mousing, in a letter before Dubbo Council this week, advised that an amendment to Ordinance 52 now provided that where council, in pursuance of an advertisement in the metropolitan and local…

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Question Time at Council Meeting

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 4

The following questions were asked at Thursday's Shire Coun cii, meeting: Cr. Foran: Certain road work…

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Council Byelection Day Fixed for May 1

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 1

Ald. W. R. Ames hits tendered his resignation, which has been accepted automatically, and a byelection to fill the vacancy in the Dubbo…

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Council Stands Firm On Prosecution of Dover Flats Builder

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

"Dover Flats" at 107-109 Gipps Street are now almost as famous as the white cliffs, of Dover after all the discussion they have provoked at meetings of the Dubbo Council in recent months. They recall the once famous "Callaghan's Castles"…

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