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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs
553 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 18 of 28
On July 9, 1879, the first Wellington Returning Officer for a Municipal election, Mr. W. S. Caswell, P.M., made the official declaration of the poll and named Mr. Joseph Aarons as the first Mayor of Wellington. It was stated at the time that, although the aldermen elected the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wellington Shire Council's Engineer will prepare an estimate of the cost of constructing a stock crossing over the Macquarie River. This was decided at the last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Following meetings of the Dunedoo Chamber of Commerce and the Progress Association, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →When two local businessmen were recently before the Gilgandra Court charged with having unclean premises —one a greengrocer and another a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mayor of Bathurst, Ald. A. L. Morse, declared officially open the 1953 Church of England Grand Blossom Ball in the Monarch Hall last night. The ball was a brilliant spectacle, with 720 dancers and spectators in attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In order that essential work may be performed on the system, supply of electricity will be interrupted in the EASTERN…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Joseph Aarons, J.P., first Mayor of Wellington, was born in Sydney in 1820. By the time he had reached the age of 29, he was the proprietor of the Travellers' Rest Hotel in Bathurst. Old hands in Wellington last century remembered Mr. Aarons in Bathurst and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More than 30 representatives of bush fire brigades in the Wellington Shire area met in the Parish Hall on Saturday afternoon to discuss problems concerning the administration and more effective use of brigades in fighting bushfires during the forthcoming summer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As a step towards [?] a greater area of the Marthaguy Shire in the [?] valley Country Council's area, the MVCC's chief electrical engineer, Mr. W. J. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The number of votes the peak Hill Municipal Council is granted on the Control west cousty Council, which is to control peak Hill's electricity supply, is a matter for the Minister for Local Government, it was authoritatively…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amongst matters dealt with at the last meeting of the Coolah Shires Council were the following:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Objecting to Shire Council data being made available to a solicitor, at the recent application for a licence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A block of land situated next to. the Commonwealth Bank, John Street, Coonabarabran owned.by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plans to have twin bo[?] put down at Ta[?] discussed at the [?] of the Timbre[?] [?] Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There were present at the monthly meeting of the Coolah Shire Council held on Thursday. Crs. E. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There were present at the monthly meeting of the Coonabarabran Shire Council on Tuesday, Crs. W. T…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A request that the Coonabarabran Shire Council supply 100 chairs for the Mechanics’ Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the Revision Court on Thursday last before Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M., the list of electors for all ridings of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It was reported in last weeks issue of the Times that Cr. Bruce had questioned the shire clerk, Mr. G. A. Gould…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coonabarabran town plan will be on exhibition at the Coonabarabran Shire Council chambers as from October until…
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