Additions to Shire Plant Motor Grader and Excavator Loader Purchased
Reporting to Tuesday’s meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council, the engineer, Mr. G. J. Cliff referred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1947
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Macquarie Shire Plans For Electrification Engineer Advises Intending Consumers to Wire Homes Now
AT the monthly meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council on Friday last, the Shire Engineer, Mr. H. Bode, advised intending consumers in the area of the proposed electricity scheme to have their homes ready wired for the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Council Housing Costs Working Out Satisfactorily Cheaper Than Housing Commission Homes
Although no accurate costs are yet available, houses being built at Binnaway by the Coonabarabran Shire Council under its home-building scheme, are. according to a statement made by the building inspector, Mr. G. Young, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Binnaway News The Roads on Roper’s Run Binnaway Resident Writes to Council
Mr. K. Whitfield, mail contractor, of Binnaway, took up his pen recently and wrote the following: letter to the clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Bus To Belar Creek Council To Put Case To Govt, and Apply For Subsidy
At Tuesday’s meeting of the shire council it was decided to put council’s case for a school bus being run from Belar Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Funds for Sport Shire Refuses, "With Regrets"
An application for financial assistance from the Narromine sporting bodies board of control was discussed at last week's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Municipal Council Correspondence and Discussion
The Mayor (Ald. W. A. Nelson) occupied the chair at the regular fortnightly meeting of the Wellington Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mayor Moving for Extension of Town Boundaries
At the Municipal Council meeting on Thursday night last, the Mayor, Ald. W. A. Nelson, discussed the need of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cobbobra Shire Roads Engineer's Report. £7,00 Voted for Road Repairs
At last Tuesday's meeting of Cobbora Shire, £710 was voted for repairs to roads within the Shire, same having been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cobbora Shire Approval for Loans to £13,300 Provisions for Plant, Culverts, Causeways and Water Meters
AT the monthly meeting of Cobbora Shire Council, held in the Council Chambers, Geurie, on Tuesday last, Council approved of loans of £6000 for construction of culverts and causeways; £6030 for purchase of additional…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Municipal Engineer Resigns. Gas Manager Also Needed
At the regular fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council, held in the Council Chambers on Thursday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narromine River Flat to Be Leased by Council
The rich river flat between Narromine romine and the river will be leased and put to use. if plans of the Municipal Council are realised…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →By-election for Goobang Shire Council
Four nominations have been received for the ballot to be conducted to fill the vacancy on the Goobang Shire caused by the sudden death of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mendooran Requests to Cobbora Shire Council
Mendooran Chamber of Commerce sent along the following requests to last meeting of the Cobbora Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipal Council Engineer's Report
The Municipal Engineer (Mr. J. P. Shine) presented the following progress report for period ended 14/4/47:…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Municipal Council Officers' Reports
The following reports from Council's officers were received and adopted at the regular fortnightly meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Tax on Airlines Forecast by Narromine Alderman
A tax on aerodromes or commercial airlines using them was forecast by Aid. Alex Moss at this week's meeting of the Narromine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aldermen Opposed to Gentlemen's Agreement with New Engineer
"Gentlemen's agreements are no good—we've tried them before," declared Ald. M. Sharpe at Monday night's meeting of the Narromine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Houses for £1150 Shire Council Engages Building Foreman Six Homes Within Six Months
Mr. J. McCarty, foreman builder with the Department of Public Works, who has just completed the construction of 51 houses in Sydney for the Housing Commission, has agreed to come to Coonabarabran as foreman in charge of council’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Security Council Documents Disappear
Lake Success, (New York) Thursday The Secretary General of U.N.O. (Mr. Trygve Lie) revealed that a suitcase filled with documents…
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