Municipal Matters
Mr. E. Whitbread delivered an address to the ratepayers in the Bourke Park on Sunday night last, and there was a large attendance…
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Council & local affairs, 1949
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Council Sues Church Sydney
In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Street reserved his decision in a test case to determine the liability of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fine For Building Without Council Consent
For causing additions to be added to her house without consent of the Dubbo Council, Mrs. Kate Haggath, of Macleay…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Pay £4120 Bus Crash Due To Poor Road SYDNEY, Friday
The proprietor of a bus which overturned near Grafton in 1946, and victims of the crash, or their dependents, were awarded £4120…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reports to Municipal Council. Aldermen Impressed by L.g. Conference at Newcastle
AT the Municipal Council meeting on Thursday night last, the Mayor; Ald, A. P. Marshman, and Ald. F. C Thomas, who attended the Local Government Conference at Newcastle recently, highly praised the Newcastle…
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The Wellington Municipal Council will repair the surface of Kimbell's Lane, off Warne Street, providing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local Opposition to Transfer of Yeoval District Area to Amaroo Shire
YEOVAL residents who are likely to be affected by the proposal to transfer some of the Macquarie and Talbragar Shire areas to Amaroo Shire are divided in their opinions as to whether the effects would prove beneficial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gifts From Shire
The Timbrebongie Shire Council at its last meeting departed from its usual procedure of not making donations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SHIRE [?] Report To [?]
The acting [?] engineer[?] Stephens) reported on [?] month's road works to [?] shire meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bid for Cleaner Streets Alderman Asks For Council Probe
The Mayor (Aid. E. B. Serisier) was "right off the track" in claiming that 100 men would be needed to keep Dubbo streets clean, claimed Aid. L. H. Ford at last night's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Press for the Next Luxury Train
Although it was announced in Sydney yesterday that one of the new luxury air-conditioned trains would be placed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Dispute With Hospital Comes To A Head
A dispute of many years standing between the Dubbo Council and the Base Hospital came to a head at last night's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Cites Building Act to Bar Flats Plan To Convert Bushmen's Home Is Halted
A plan to convert the Bushmans' Home in Macquarie Street into residential flats has been, halted as a result of action by the Dubbo Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Municipal Abattoirs Will Be Monopoly
Private persons or firms will not be able to operate slaughtering yards when the proposed Dubbo abattoirs are brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contractors Object to Shire Council's Criticism
Two contractors to the Cobbora Shire Council's Rural Electrification Scheme, whose request for an increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Montefiores Electricity Consumers Dissatisfied. Change From Municipal to Shire Service Has Led to 70 P.C. Increase in Charges. Deputation Tells Shire Council that Rates in Montefiores Now Higher Than in Municipality
MONTEFIORES residents are far from satisfied with the costs of the electricity service supplied by Cobbora Shire Council under their .rural electrification scheme. A deputation of three Montefiores residents to the Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dnnedoe Sewerage. Citizens to Vote on Proposal. Conflicting Petitions Before Shire Council
Cobbora Shire Council will conduct a plebiscite of ratepayers in the proposed Dunedoo sewerage area to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Correspondence. Survey for Jobs for "New Australians."
Macquarie Shire Council will undertake a survey of the Shire landholders to ascertain how many desire to employ…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council Split on Residential Areas Question
The establishment of shops alongside dwelling's in residential areas will be discussed at the next meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Macquarie Shire Engineer's Report. Work Commenced on Old Cemetery Road
AT the request of the Wellington Municipal Council, the Macquarie Shire Council has commenced reconstruction of the old road to the rear of the Wellington cemetery. The road is being reconstructed so that funeral…
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