Council Stenographer
Miss J. Maxwell has been chosen from five applicants for the position of stenographer at the Coonabarabran Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1946
697 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 20 of 35
Anzac Day Service Protest From Shire President
At the last meeting of the Gilgandra Returned Sold iers League a strong protest was made by Mr G. Christle, Shire President, against the action of the lea gue in passing a resolution that in future the league…
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At last meeting of the Gilgandra Progress Asso ciation it was decided to further protest to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Office to Close on Saturdays
The Coonabarabran Shire Council at its meeting on Tuesday, decided to adopt the clerk’s suggestion that the shire office…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Resume King St. “Fowl Runs”
Coonabarabran Shire Council is to proceed to resumption of the whole of the land in King Street required to build…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disposal Commission’s Road Plant Is Junk Says Coona. Shire Engineer
According to the Coonabarabran Shire Relieving Engineer (Mr. Priddle) machinery made available for councils by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Montefiores. Progress Assn. Active. Requests to Council for Improvements
After a lapse of a number of years, the Progress Association has reformed, and is meeting once a month. At the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Perturbed About Water Supply Council Deputation May Interview Premier
Baradine Progress Association is perturbed about the delay in commencing work on the town water supply and has written to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Meaning of the Upper House Recent Legislative Council Election
The fact that the Labour Party increased its representation in the Legislative Council at the recent triennial election was wrongly interpreted, in some sections of the city press, as an indication of a continued swing to Labour, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clash in Security Council Between Australia and Russia M. Gromyko's Attempt at Veto Meets with a Snub New York
Dr. Evatt and the Russian, M. Gromyko, were again, the principal figures in a clash in the Security Council, when Canada applied for permission to sit in the Council, without voting rights, while matters concerning atomic energy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Longer Franchise If Shire Wants Electricity Municipal Council Willing To Serve Whole Area
If the Timbrebongie Shire Council wishes the Narromine Municipal Council to build the electricity extensions throughout the shire, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Items From the Shire Meeting
There was a full attendance at the Timbrebongie Shire Council meeting on Tuesday, those present being the President (Cr. W. M. Walker) and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayor's Offer to Flour Mill Adopted ' Against Opposition
Despite considerable opposition Tuesday night's Municipal Council adopted the proposal of the Mayor (Ald. R. C. Tancred) that the Narromine flour mill should be offered electricity at 1.7 pence per unit, on the condition that the mill pays for al least 4000 units a mouth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Open Go," Says Mayor "Straying Stock Cost Me £20"
"Straying stock cost me about £20 this week. I had my front gate smashed in my lawns pulled out beds of cabbages and cauliflowers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Decides Against Increased Rates Decisions of Bush Fire Captains Discussed
Tuesday's meeting of die Timbrebongie Shire Council dealt with recommendations made at a conference of captains of bush fire brigades and others held at Narromine on June 28 A recommendation that the Shire levy a special rate to cover the coat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lean Time Ahead Check on Municipal Spending
The Narromine Municipal Council has several banking accounts and must of them are overdrawn. Rates have been collected and spent as they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.L.P., Bourke Branch H. R. KESSEY & F. A. Kennedy Recommended for Hospital Vacancies Mr. J. McCANN Selected As A.L.P. Candidate for Municipal Vacancy
A well attended meeting of members of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Sunday morning last. Mr. E. Whitbread…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shire Loan
Advice is received through Mr. C. G. Robertson, M.L.A., that Talbragar Shire Council's application to raise a £7,000 loan has received the necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Dubbo Water Supply to Be Put in Hand Talbragar Shire Council Decisions
A Government grant of £500 to provide an extension of the water supply to West Dubbo was accepted by the Talbragar Shire Council at a meeting yesterday, at which the President of the Council (Cr. J. T. Griffiths) presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move To Incorporate West Dubbo Within Municipal Area Chamber of Commerce Takes Action Opposition by Talbragar Shire Clerk
Action to have West Dubbo incorporated in the Municipality will be taken by the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce, following a meeting in the Mechanics' Institute on Monday night…
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