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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
666 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 24 of 34
WELLINGTON Shire Council will endeavour to raise a loan of £6,000 in Wellington from public subscriptions for urgent sewerage and water extensions required in the town. Permission was granted at last week's meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"THERE is a desperate urgency about the need for a hostel for treatment of country spastic children. Every month, every week, indeed every hour that goes by reduces their chances to become healthy, useful members of the community." This statement was made by Mr. C. Milnes, Country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Council is considering a plan of proposed Dubbo residential areas which will soon be made public, the Mayor (Ald. Ford) told a Combined Progress Association…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Apart from awarding prizes in a school poster competition, Dubbo Road Safety Council had accomplished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Following are news items in brief from this week's meeting of Dubbo Council: A letter from South Dubbo Prowess Association seeking ad-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the above Council was held on Thursday, 25th September. Present: Mr. H. W. Dane,…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dubbo branch of the CWA will present Dubbo Council with an United Nation's flag on October 24 to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At least 70 per cent of cerebral palsy—the brain condition that produced the spastic child—was caused by injury accidentally inflicted at birth, the country liaison officer of the Mosman Spastic Centre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Main Roads Board at Parkes has reduced by £3,773 the 1952 allocation which it made earlier this year to the Wellington Shire Council for maintenance and improvement of the 72 miles of main road within the Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A 10 per cent surcharge unavoidably shown in the "rentals" column of council electricity accounts had proved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The purchasing of the brickworks by the Dubbo Municipal Council in an effort to make cheaper bricks has turned out to be a miniature "South Sea Bubble" and the best thing for the council to do now was to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Dubbo Progress Association will ask Dubbo Council to number houses in several streets in North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newtown Progress Association had been "sold out" by some candidates who had stood on the association's progress ticket at the last council elections, members of the association were told last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A statement by Ald. Beddoes at a recent meeting of Dubbo Council that progress associations should be concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The president of the South Dubbo Progress Association (Mr. A. Berruex) may stand as a South Dubbo candidate in the Dubbo Council extraordinary election late this month…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coolah Shire Council has been advised by the Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. B. Renshaw. MLA) that he has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bush Fire Committee has advised the Coolah Shire Council that a bush fire danger period was proclaimed for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The community spirit, witnessed throughout the day, brought out the best of sportsmanship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce, at its meeting on Thursday night, decided to ask the Minister for Local Government to hold ft full enquiry into the present state of the Ulan County Council, setting…
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