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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Sports Areas Council To Apply For Grant

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 1

The Municipal Council has agreed to the sporting bodies' recommendations that, the council water and maintain the hedge surrounding the…

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Shire News

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 4

Owing to the absence of most of the Shire Councillors on well [?]arnt holidays the January Council meeting was abandoned…

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Australian Clubs Council Meeting

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1949 · page 4

The meeting of the Australian Council of State Rifle Associations held at Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, last week was…

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Municipal Council Officers' Reports Gas Manager Complains of Lack of Co-operation From Electricity Undertaking

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 2

BECAUSE co-operation was not forthcoming front the Wellington Municipal Council's electricity undertaking officers, a recent important test of the gasworks station meter and a leakage test of the holder and…

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Splendid Recovery by Gas Undertaking Sales Trebled Between 1940-48. Chief Gas Examiner Reports to Council and Visualises Further. Big Gains in Immediate Future

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

AT last Thursday night's meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council, the Chief Gas Examiner of the Department of Local Government, Mr. Brown, gave a most" comprehensive and favourable report to Council on the gas undertaking during the past year…

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"Waiting like Crows To Pounce on Council's Land," Says Narromine Alderman

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

The activities of the Narromine Municipal Council for years the only council in the State with a wheatgrowers' heence in growing…

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Council Sidelights

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 6

In reply to a letter from the Department of Lands, Monday night's meeting of the Narromine municipal council agreed not to offer any…

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County Council Finds Water Works Expensive

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

Central Tablelands County Council has spent £192,583 on district water supply works since the scheme was…

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Work On Main Roads In Narromine Municipality

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 6

The Town Clerk, Mr. N. Payten, informed Monday night's meeting of the Narromine Municipal Council that Main Roads Board approval has been…

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Shire Reports

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 1

The following reports from officers were submitted to the February meeting of the Gilgandra Shire Council:—…

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Municipal Council Correspondence

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 9

THERE was only a small amount of correspondence before last Thursday night's meeting of the Wellington Municipal Council. The following is a report of the matters dealt with and the decisions made by Council:…

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Cobbora Shire Engineer's report Council Defers All Expenditure Pending Rate Collections

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 8

BECAUSE the Cobbora Shire Council has exhausted its funds available for expenditure and because it is not expected that rates for 1949 will be received for about four or five weeks, Council, at its meeting at Geurie…

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Municipal Council Latest Activities in Brief

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 2

At last meeting of the Coonamble Municipal Council, a letter was received from the Government Insurance Office re…

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Sanitary Trouble Contract Cancelled By Council

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 5

Owing to the unsatisfactory state of the sanitary service in Coonabarabran, the Shire Council yesterday decided to cancel…

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Council Town Planning Programme Accepted by Works Committee

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 7

The programme and policy of the now defunct Town Planning Committee, is to be taken up by the Works Committee of the Municipal Council. This was the decision of a meeting of Council…

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Council Will Finance New Gas Retorts from Electricity Fund

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 2

THE Wellington Municipal Council will transfer up to £1,500 from the electricity fund to finance the installation of the new retorts at the Wellington gasworks, work on which is expected to commence in about six or…

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Excerpts From Council Officers' Reports Town Clerk (Mr. V. F. H. Matthews) Finance

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 2

Revenue, receipts for the past two weeks were: £3,022/0/7; Electricity, Works Trading Fund £1,864/0/6; Gasworks…

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Municipal Round-about

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 4

At the meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday night, His Worship, the Mayor, Ald. E. B. Serisler, presided and a…

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Those Absent Aldermen

The Western Herald · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 3

Aids. Tidmarsh and Collins stated that they both tendered their apologies to the Mayor before last meeting, and complained about the…

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Young Far Wester A.d.c. to Mayor

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 6

There is a very proud little eight years-old lad from Lake cargelligo being looked after at the Drummond Home at Manly, head[?]uarters of the…

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