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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

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Conference Proposed Alteration of Shire Boundaries

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 13

At the last meeting of the Coolah Shire Council after considering a letter from the Department of Local Government…

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Council’s Assistance Appreciated

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 2

Expressing appreciation of the Coonabarabran Shire [?] assistance daring the recent Jubilee Celebrations, the…

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Roads Grant £8000 to Be Spent by Wingadee Shire

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 4

An amunt Of £8,009 is to be expended by the Wingadee Shire Council for its 1951-52 Federal Air Grant,…

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Unauthorised Dwellings Council Offers Cheap Blocks

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 12

[?] dwellings on the Pastures Protection Board stock rout near the Coonabarabran showground…

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Coolah Council Chambers Permission to Raise Loan Sought

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Coolah Shire Council, on the motion of Crs. W. L. Greenhaigh and J. S. McClelland…

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Council to Seek £35,000 Loan for Electricity Undertaking

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 May 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON Shire Council yesterday decided to immediately seek a loas of £35,000 for the Council's electricity undertaking. The money is needed for—…

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Shire Works Programme of £10,400

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

The Timbrebongie Shire Council has approved a programme of works to be carried out under the Aids Road Act…

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Shire Still Has Long List of Road Works

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

The Timbrebongie Shire Council is still faced with a long list of road works, and at every meeting requests for…

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Destruction of Trees Upsets Council Cowra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

The ruthless destruction of trees along the new telephone trunk line route to Sydney is worrying the Waugoola Shire…

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Nyngan Council Decide on a Power Survey

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 3

A Consulting Engineer will be engaged hy the Nyngan Municipal Council to advise on the future electricity…

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Bourke Municipal Council Lease of Spark Area to Bourke Bowling Club. Deputation to Premier and Minister for Works. Large Number of Applications for Additional Taxi Licenses

The Western Herald · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 3

A meeting of the Aldermen of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last…

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Nyngan Council Briefs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 3

Nyngan Municipal Council will extend water and electricity services to the eastern end of Pangee Street, where the Bosan…

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Agricultural Bureau Council Meets

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1951 · page 3

Wheat valued by agents as F.A.Q. should be exempted from dockages of any kind as it could not be shot and…

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Council Seeks Power Station at Dubbo One Bomb Could Paralyse West Declares Mayor

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

One bomb dropped at a vital point in Sydney could paralyse industry in western N.S.W. and disrupt water and sewerage, the Mayor (Ald. Ford) told Dubbo Council last night. Council adopted a proposal by the Mayor that the State…

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Dubbo Council Meeting News in Brief

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

Dubbo Council last night granted permission to L. Lamb, of Boundary Street, and C. W. McKenzie, of Whylandra Street,…

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Appliances at Cost for Dubbo Council Employees

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 1

The Finance Committee of the Dubbo Council last night recommended that there be extended to all employees of the…

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Mayor's Visit to Sydney a Report On Work Achieved

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

At a meeting of Dubbo Council on Tuesday night the Mayor (Ald. L. Ford) read a minute in which he referred…

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Police in the Wrong Claims Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

Alderman E. A. Tink said at the Dubbo Council meeting on Tuesday that police were wrongly moving on lorries in…

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Council, Wants to Buy Power From Consumers!

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

Dubbo firms with auxiliary power plants will be asked to sell surplus current to the Municipal Council…

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Council Action to Overcome Lag in Abattoirs Work

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

Progress of work at the Dubbo abattoirs disappointed a Department of Agriculture official who visited the site recently. However, the Dubbo Municipal Council has taken…

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