Noxious Weeds. Cobbora Shire Satisfied with Present Control Measures
The present method of controlling and eradicating noxious weeds in the Shire of Cobbora is considered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1948
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Cobbora Shire Engineer's Report. Little Prospect of Completing Works Programme by End of Year
COBBORA Shire Council, with £1,633 of unexpended votes, is now faced with the position where not enough labour is available to carry out this year's programme of work for which money has been voted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Health Inspector Resigns
Wellington Municipal Council, which is already handicapped by being unable to obtain the services of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mayor's Report on Festivities. Council Will Write Congratulatory Letters
Congratulatory letters will be sent by the Municipal Council to the three Wellington Festival Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aldermen Critical of Local Postal Deliveries and Telephone Service
"MY place is one of the last down that end of the town and think the postman unloads there. I get letters for people all over the town and I always seem to get the letters for the Aborigine Mission Station,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Community Hotel Still in Disfavor With Shire Councillors
At last meeting of the Coonabarabran Town Planning Committee it was decided, on a motion by Cr. D. L. Jones, to reserve only sufficient land on the corner of Dalgarno and John Streets on which to erect a town hall and lib…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Committee Recommendations (Works and Parks)
The following matters dealt with by this Committee were submitted to Council and adopted: Brisbane Street, Cadell Street, Rawson Street, Talbragar Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →C.P. Forms Bligh Electorate Council Mr. G. C. McKELLAR PRESIDENT
At a meeting of Country Party supporters held at Dubbo, comprising over 70 delegates and visitors from all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Party Prepares Delegates Form Electorate Council for Bligh Mr. C. G. McKellar Is First President
Over seventy delegates from Country Party branches within the proposed new Federal electorate of Bligh met at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Jottings Correspondence
Prom Railway Commissioner? stating in reply, to Council letter, that as the existing gates at Darling street level-crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Use of Rygate Park on Saturdays. Cycle Club Members Protest Against Council Decision. Meeting Considers Simultaneous Use of Park by Cricketers and Cyclists Would be Risk of Life and Limb
REFUSING to jeopardise the life and limb of any participating rider, members of the Wellington Cycling and Athletic Club, at a well attended special meeting in the Royal Hotel last night, decided that cycle races…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bourke Municipal Council Petition Re Hot Water Systems Held Over Till Next Meeting G. Honeyman Recommended for Taxi License
A meeting of the Aldermen of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening last. Upwards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macquarie Shire Council Move for Concerted Effort to Free Stock Routes From Noxious Weeds
MACQUARIE Shire Council will seek the co-operation of the Wellington Municipality and the Molong Pastures Protection Board in a concerted effort early next year to have stock routes to the Wellington Saleyards made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AMALGAMATION Macquarie Shire's Attitude to Proposals Defined
At last Friday's meeting of the Macquarie Shire Council, the Councillors decided, following consideration of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macquarie Shire Engineers Report. Shire's Appreciation of Railway Staff's All-night Effort to Restore Electricity Supply
THE Macquarie Shire Council will write a letter of appreciation to the Railways Department for the manner in which Railways staff worked throughout the night recently to restore the electricity service after the main…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Borrowing Planned By County Council For Electricity Extensions
At last week's meeting of the Macquarie Valley County Council it was agreed is proceed with arrangements for the construction of the transmission line from Narromine to Warren, on a basic suggested by the Electricity Authority of N.S.W., at an estimated cost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toot ! Shire Council's Time Signal
AN EFFORT TO ALTER COONA[?] POOWER HOUSE 8’clock [?] [?] defeated at the [?] meeting yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noisy Shows in Street Bank Manager Complains To Shire Council
A complaint against travelling shows locating on the vacant block next to the Union Bank and Shire Chambers, was dealt with at the Coonabarabran Shire Council meeting yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Employees Picnic
The annual picnic, organised by members of the Gilgandra branch of the Municipal and Shire Employees Union, was held on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Apology Council's Further Inquiry
A statutory declaration from Mr. C. Lemon was tendered at the Coonabarabran Shire Council meeting yesterday,…
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