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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Land Transfers Approved Big List Before Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 3

The following transfers of land were approved at last night's meeting of the Dubbo Municipal Council:…

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Council Seeking Allocation From Petrol Tax Fund

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1949 · page 1

A survey of the Municipality will be made immediately by the Dubbo Civil Engineer in an endeavor to establish a claim for an allocation from the Petrol Tax Fund…

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Shire Council October Meeting

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 6

At the October meeting of the Gilgandra Shire Council, it was decided to offer the local branch of the Red Cross Society the use…

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Privy Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 2

Sir.—Mr. Fadden was reported recently as saying that if the Labor Government was returned it would abolish appeals…

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Shire in Radio Communication with Employees

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 3

The Patrick Plains Shire Council has installed radio for communication with its outside staff…

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Council News in Brief

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 3

The driver of "crawler" or "spud-wheelers" tractors on bitumenous roads or a tar paved road surface within the Dubbo…

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Students to Attend Council Meeting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 1

Twenty pupils from the Wellington High School will shortly attend a Council meeting. A request for permission for them…

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Water Meter Adjustments Council Warning Suggested

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 1

Dubbo Municipal Council employees had tampered with his water meter without his knowledge, and had turned on several taps in his garden, Mr. E. Rawlinson alleged at last…

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Claim by Council For Lost Coal. Gas Manager's Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 7

The Wellington Municipal Council has made a claim against the Railways Department for the loss of…

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Council to Purchase Pole Lifting Plant. Electrical Engineer's Report

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 9

Following a recommendation to last Thursday night's meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council by the…

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Wet Weather Brings Flood of Complaints to Council from Mud-bound Citizens

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 October 1949 · page 7

THE recent heavy rain received in Wellington, which made a quagmire of many of the streets and footpaths, resulted in six letters of complaint being received at last Thursday night's meeting of the Wellington…

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What Are Vitamins? Research Council's Comments

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 4

The National Health and Medical Research Council. Canberra, state that there are five important vitamin. A B1. B complex (because…

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Delay in Erection of New Post Office Council Wants Work Expedited

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

Alderman at last Municipal Council meeting again de[?] the [?] in proceeding with the erection of the new post office in…

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Permanent Shire Maintenance Man for Yeoval Requested

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 7

During a discussion on the condition of the streets in Yeoval at last Tuesday's meeting of the Yeoval…

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Yeoval News Yeoval Honour Roll. "Shire Evading Responsibility"

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 7

The Amaroo Shire Council was evading its responsibilities by asking the Yeoval R.S.L. to provide an honour roll at…

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Shire Rating Mendooran Protest

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 3

The Mendooran Graziers' Association has rightly protested to the Coonabarabran Shire against being rated for…

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Australian Head Of IRO Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 3

Major-General F. O. Galleghan, head of the Australian Military Mission in Berlin. was unanimously elected…

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Yeoval News. Amaroo Shire Approves £20,600 Water Supply for Yeoval

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 9

PROVIDED it will be possible to install a filtration plant at a later date and that a subsidy will be available for such work, Amaroo Shire Council has approved a proposal for an unfiltered water supply for Yeoval from the Buckinbah Creek, the estimated capital cost of which is £20,600…

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Municipal Election Five New Aldermen and Two Old Members Elected. Four Old Aldermen Defeated

The Western Herald · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 6

Keen interest was evinced in the Municipal Election last Saturday, to fill the seven vacancies on the Council. The…

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Council Meeting

The Western Herald · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 4

We learn that the first meeting of the new Council will be held next Monday. The delay has been caused by the inability to fix a…

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