Cobar Electoral Council Ban on Communism Favored Bourke Representatives Elected to Executive Offices
A lengthy agenda was dealt with at the Annual General Meeting of the Cobar Electoral Council, held at Cobar on…
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Council & local affairs, 1949
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Legislative Council Counting Continues SYDNEY Friday
Counting is still continuing in the selection of members for the Legislative Council. Eight Labour men appeared certain to be…
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The visit of the Commonwealth Auditor General at the recent Baptist Tea, the inspection of the Tennis Club…
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MATTERS arising from the correspondence and questions from Aldermen at last Thursday night's meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council were dealt with as summarised below:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opposition to all Amalgamation Proposals Counsel for Cobbora Shire Addresses Commissioner
FOLLOWING the hearing of evidence from witnesses at the Local Govt. Inquiry in Wellington which concluded last Thursday, the legal counsel representing the three Local Govt. bodies addressed the Commissioner at length. The three addresses occupied two days of the…
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Only five of the nine Narromine aldermen were present at the last regular meeting, which ended at 9 p.m. They were the Mayor (Ald. M…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New London County Council Flats
Needwood House, Woodberry Down, London, is the first eight-story block of flats erected by the London County Council. It was opened recently by Mr. John Edwards, O.B.E., M.P., Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Court House Council Asks For Fresh Tenders
The Narromine Municipal Council on Monday night agreed that the Justice Department be written to asking that the £8000 set aside for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aldermen Delighted with Huge Taxation Rebate
Seldom has such a sense of elation been manifested by aldermen as that displayed in Dubbo Municipal Chambers on Tuesday night after perusal of that section of the Mayoral Minute dealing with the…
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Apart from receiving the Engineer's report and correspondence, very little business was discussed at last Friday's…
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The assistant engineer, Mr. B. W. King, presented the monthly report to the Macquarie Shire Council, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Grant for Playground
A Government grant of £150 has been offered the Timbrebongie Shire Council towards the cost of [?]oviding a children's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mary Vale Line Municipal Council Supports League
An entirely new angle on the question of the completion of the Mary Vale-Sandy Hollow railway line was given at last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recommendations Of Council Committees
The following recommendations submitted by the committees named were adopted in open Council meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Hot Dogs' Stall Council Grants Permit In Busy Meeting
Before being adopted, the recommendation from the Works, Health and Building Committee that a permit be granted for…
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From Civil Aviation Department notifying that a public address system will shortly be installed at Dubbo aerodrome…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipality's Case for Outright Amalgamation
MR. F. A. Davidson, who represented the Wellington Municipal Council at the recent amalgamation inquiry, addressed Mr. Commissioner Halton after Cobbora Shire's case had been presented. Mr. Davidson pressed for first preference for the outright amalgamation of the Municipality with Macquarie Shire and "B" and "C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Brief Molong Aldermen Get Heated
A heated exchange of opinions took place at Tuesday's meeting of Molong Council before the matter of which ground would be…
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In presenting his report to Council, the Deputy Town Clerk (Mr. R. L. Niven,) said the aggregate deficit wa£ £4,234…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Dubbo Progress Assn. Requests to Council
The first meeting of the year to be held by North Dubbo Progress Association was notable for the number of requests formulated for passing on to the Municipal Council. Held in the School Hall last…
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