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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
840 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 42
THE Wellington Shire Council last year received £7,646 more for the sale of electricity than was received by the three former Councils in the same area in 1949. The increase in revenue rose proportionately with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WELLINGTON Shire Council last Wednesday adopted a new scale of rates for dues in respect to the sale of stock at the Wellington saleyards. The new charges are estimated to bring in an additional £2,000 per year if the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A grant of £7,210 has been made available to the Began Shire Council under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a conference which was held in Parkes on January 22, at which the Parkes and forbes Municipal councils and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The authority, provided certain conditions are carried cut, will be given to those who with wish to barn off stubble…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Churches, schools, railways and other Government departments should be forced to pay municipal rates, the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Because bricks and timber are in short supply, the Housing Commission will build only prefabricated houses in Dubbo for the time being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amongst matters referred to in the report of the acting engineer (Mr V. Brassil) at the last meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Minister for Public Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) writes as follows to Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Judging by the time it takes the Gilgandra Shire Clerk (Mr. J. B. Sword) to acknowledge Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →There was a full council present at the monthly meeting the Ulan County Council held at Gulgong last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →As soon as funds are available the Wellington Shire Council will provide an access road to Mr. E. Brennan's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At last week’s meeting of the Ulan county Council held at Gulgong, Cr. R. V. Home was re-elected…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Residents [?] in the Narromine Municipal Council's housing [?] scheme social conduct the Town Clerk. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Details of work the Dubbo Municipal Council intends to carry out in its 1951-53 loan programme are to be decided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the Aldermen of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Monday evening last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An example of co-operation between two local government bodies will be soon when the Narromine Municipal Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"We are just as much entitled to an aerodrome as Narromine and Dubbo are," said the Mayor (Ald. W. J. Woods) when the subject was again discussed at the last meeting of council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In an effort to obtain more timber for Nyngan home builders, representatives of the Nyngan Council are to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Narromine National Fitness Committee is to be asked by the Municipal Council to ascertain from sporting [?] whether or not they are prepared to finance a proposed sports pavilion, estimated to cast [?] by…
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