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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

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Brick Area Provisions Coolah Council Adamant

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 14

Councillors of the Coolah Shire Council are not prepared to deviate from the use of fireproof material…

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Yeoval-Cumnock News Inspector Says Faulty Electrical Installations Were Hazardous Report to Council on Yeoval, Cumnock and Molong Inspections

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 2

FAULTY electrical installations, which were described as hazardous, were discovered by an inspector from the Electricity Authority of N.S.W. at Yeoval recently. This information was supplied in the inspector's…

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Molong Shire Engineer's Complete Review of Council's Plant Requirements Council Faced With Expenditure of £19,400 for Plant and £10,000 for Works Depots at Molong and Cumnock

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 6

IN a most comprehensive review to last Monday's meeting of the Molong Shire Council, the Shire Engineer, Mr. C. D. Williamson, recommended that Council purchase new plant estimated to cost £19,400 during 1953. Mr. Williamson's report, which was intended to give…

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Council Reduces Rental on Rygate Park Cricketers' Efforts to Raise Extra Finance Impressed Councillors

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 1

WELLINGTON Shire Councillors were so impressed at last Wednesday's meeting at the practical manner in which the Wellington Cricket Association is arranging to pay ground rentals that they reduced the rental on Rygate…

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Ald. Grant Resigns From Council

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 1

Ald. Grant has resigned from the Dubbo Municipal Council as a protest against procedure adopted by the Mayor (Ald…

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Council Brickworks May Close (Continued From Page 1)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 3

"Regardless of our position now. I don't think we should throw the brickworks away — or give it to private enterprise…

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Council Brickworks May Be Shut Down to Cut Big Losses Venture Colossal Failure, Says Ald. Serisier

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 1

Dubbo Council will seriously consider a committee recommendation that the council brickworks be closed down to cut heavy losses incurred since council bought the works in…

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Grant for Shire

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 9

Following an inspection by the District Engineer at Bathurst in consequence of an application by the…

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Shire Boundaries Gwabegar Suggestion

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 11

In a report submitted to the last meeting of the Namoi Shire Council by the president (Cr. E. K. Vickery) he,…

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Shire Zoned Bush Fire Fighting

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 2

The conference of officers of bush fire brigades held at Coonabarabran on Saturday adopted the report of the shire clerk (Mr…

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Council Election Soon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 1

Dubbo Council will conduct an extraordinary election within the next month to fill the vacancy on the council…

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Coolah Shire Hall Ouestion Re Orchestra

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Coolah Shire Council a question was asked whether the lessee of the Coolah Shire Hall, Mr…

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Goolhi Roads Full Council Inspection

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 9

Although there was a full inspection by the Coonabarabran Shire Council, recently of the roads in the…

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Council Defers Request for Street Lights

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

Dubbo Council will inform Buninyong Agricultural Bureau that owing to overloaded transformer equipment and the lack…

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Letters to the Editor Council Brickworks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

Mr. William Fuller, Hopetoun, Street, writes to the Editor: "The use of recriminating about the past is to ensure…

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Building Applications Approved of by Council

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 11

Building applications totalling £15,660 were approv-for Coonabarabran at the last meeting of the Coona…

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Indignant Landholder's Objections Frightened Surveyor Council Told

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

WELLINGTON Shire Council was informed at last week's meeting that a landholder through whose property a proposed road would pass had objected so strongly that the surveyor planning the route of the road had been…

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Council Fails to Eject Man in Brickworks House

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 1

An application by Dubbo Council to eject a tenant from one of its houses at the brickworks failed in Dubbo Court yesterday, when Mr. Palmer, SM gave his reserved judgement…

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Council Will Take Action on P.a. & H. Pavilion

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

The Mayor (Ald. Ford) will confer with the president of the Dubbo P.A. & H. Association in an effort to expedite the provision of adequate facilities at the pavilion on Dubbo showground…

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Line to Cost Extra £1000 Dubbo Council Give Vital Information

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 8

An extra £1000 had been added to the cost of the Dubbo- Gilgandra power line by Talbragar Shire…

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