Brick Cottages Housing Commission Considers Council Request
A request by the Narromine Municipal Council for the next 11 homes constructed by the Housing Commission to be built of brick is being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
Council & local affairs, 1949
640 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 32 of 32
Death of Shire Overseer Was Accidental
After hearing medical evidence into the death of Dennis Edward Harmon, 64, of Mitchell Street, Geurie, the District…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Term for Cr. Roberts Talbragar Shire President
Councillor J. T. Roberts was re-elected President of Talbragar Shire Council for his second term at a special…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yeoval Advisory Committee. Recommendation to Shire Council to Double Town Improvement Rate
ON Monday last the Yeoval Advisory Committee decided to recommend to the Amaroo Shire Council that the Town Improvement rate for Yeoval be increased from 3d to 6d in the £. This decision was made because…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Final Meeting of Macquarie Shire. Council's Affairs and Finances in Good Condition
MACQUARIE Shire Council will enter the new amalgamated Wellington Shire on January 1st as a financial unit. This was revealed by the Shire President, Cr. W. L. Johanson, at the final meeting of the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →EDITORIAL. The Shire of Wellington
THE announcement by the Minister for Local Government that the amalgamation of our Local Government bodies is to be gazetted forthwith and that the new Wellington Shire will come into being within…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Officers' Reports Electrical Engineer Secures Materials
The Wellington Municipal Council's Electrical Engineer, Mr. F. L. Such, who was recently granted permission to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Correspondence. Plans to Improve Grand Hotel
A Sydney architect will shortly visit Wellington to inspect the Grand Hotel and will prepare a report of recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Council Employee Injured
Mr. Ken McKay (23) of 181 Wingewarra Street, Dubbo was admitted to the Base Hospital yesterday, morning for treatment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Rural Development Programme "Window Dressing" Says Mayor, But Deputy Hopeful
"Personally I look upon it as a window dressing and there may be nothing in it," said the Mayor of Dubbo (Ald. E. B. Serisier) yesterday commenting on the new Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Meeting of Municipal Council Aldermen Unanimously Pledge Full Support for Wellington Shire
SEVENTY years of Municipal administration came to an end on Tuesday night last when the final meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council was held. On January 1, 1950, Wellington will become a part of the new…
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The Engineer (Mr. Hinter) reported to last Council meeting: Two five ton lorries are employed at D.M.R. contract haulage rates…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cobbora Shire President Voices Objections to "Carrying" Municipality
"WE know that the Municipal Council is not in a good condition, because the aldermen are hesitant to raise the rates for fear that they will lose their positions. Cobbora Shire has not been frightened to raise the rates…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire President Re-elected
At last Wednesdays meeting of the Gilgandra Shire Council, Cr. G. Christie was re-elected president and Cr. D. M. Kennedy deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Uncompleted Works Cobbora Shire's Problems in Amalgamation
Cobbora Shire Council will enter the new Wellington Shire with over £14,000 worth of voted works uncompleted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cr. J. E. Whiteley Shire President to the End
Cr. J. E. Whitetey was reelected President of the Cobbora Shire Council for the thirteenth successive year at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Tribute to Mr. MacMANUS
On the eve of his retirement as Editor of the Dubbo "Dispatch," Mr. P. J. Mac-Manus was presented with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cr. Reynolds Commences Sixteenth Successive Year As Amaroo Shire President
FOR the sixteenth year in succession, Cr. S. R. Reynolds was re-elected President of the Amaroo Shire Council at last Monday's meeting. Cr. Reynolds was reelected unopposed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Yeoval Water Scheme. Council Approves Final Details for Unfiltered Supply
AMAROO Shire Council, at last Monday's meeting, approved final details of an unfiltered water supply for the township of Yeoval. The scheme is estimated to cost £20,000 and the Public Works Department will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Amicable Settlement of Council's Dispute With Dredge Wellington Alluvials to Pay £198 for Excess Water Filtration Costs for 3 Months' Contact With River
AFTER a long period of bitter wrangling, the Wellington Municipal Council, at its final meeting on Tuesday night last, arrived at an amicable settlement for payment by the Wellington Alluvials Dredge of an…
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