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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1968

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Voluntary Contribution to Darling Shire

The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 12

The Manager of the Bourke Branch of the Rural Bank, Mr. C. F. Jepsen this week stressed…

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Town Topics Lack of Interest by Shire Councillors in Regional Tourism

The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 6

It was disappointing to note that not one Councillor from the Darling Shire Council saw fit to travel to Nyngan for the recent meeting which formed a Regional Tourist Association covering the areas of Nyngan…

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Shire Council News

The Western Herald · Friday 10 May 1968 · page 10

The following are extracts from the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Darting Shire…

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Louth Requests to Darling Shire

The Western Herald · Friday 10 May 1968 · page 12

The Louth Chamber of Commerce made the following request to the last meeting of the…

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Deputation of Explorers School Delegates to Shire Meeting

The Western Herald · Friday 10 May 1968 · page 12

The Darling Shire Council received a deputation and Cr. Davis, the President, welcomed, Mr…

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Grant to Darling Shire Council

The Western Herald · Friday 17 May 1968 · page 10

The Minister for Local Government (the Hon. P. H. Morton, M.L.A.) announced this week that…

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Parliamentarians Interested in Far West Shire Protest Submissions

The Western Herald · Friday 17 May 1968 · page 5

Approximately 50 Parliamentarians of the N.S.W. Government have replied to the letters received by them if rom the Grazier's Protest Assta. of Darling Cobar, Central Darling and "E" Riding…

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Council of The Shire of Darling

The Western Herald · Friday 21 June 1968 · page 2

The Darling Shire Council cordially invites all members of the public to attend the Official opening of the Shire's new Dental Clinic, situated next to McGregor's Store in Hope Street, Bourke, on the 29th June, 1968, at…

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Shire Meeting in Brief Police Parking Richard Street

The Western Herald · Friday 21 June 1968 · page 5

Resolved on the motion of Crs. Whitbread and Williams that the Superintendent of Traffic be advised…

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Only one Nomination for Council Vacancy

The Western Herald · Friday 28 June 1968 · page 1

At the closing date of nominations, for vacancy on the Darling Shire Council, caused by the…

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Shire Council News

The Western Herald · Friday 5 July 1968 · page 8

Correspondence items clipped from minutes of Darling Shire Council on June 25th :-…

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Dignitaries at Shire Reception

The Western Herald · Friday 5 July 1968 · page 6

Pictured Sit Saturday nights reception for guests at the Dental Clinic Opening, are from left to right: MR. LEO CONNELLAN, President, Shires Association of N.S.W.; The Hon. J. B. BENSHAW, M.L.A., Leader of the Opposition; The Hon. P. H. MORTON, Minister for Local Government and Highways; and Cir. L. D. DAVIS…

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Brewarrina Shire To Provide Fluoridation

The Western Herald · Friday 5 July 1968 · page 4

Brewarrina Shire Council will go ahead with fluoridatfon of the town water supply when the…

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Pictured at the Shire Reception

The Western Herald · Friday 5 July 1968 · page 3

Official guests at the Western Shires Dental Association Bourke Clinic Opening last Saturday are pictured above. They are, from left to right: MR.W. HAITMET, Director of Dental Services, Department of Public Health; MR. R. REYNOLDS, Darling Shire Clerk and Sectary Northern Section of Scheme; MISS NORMA MALE, Shire Clerk Bairanald and Secretary, Western Shires Dental Service; MR. JOHN McKEOWN, Balranald, President Western…

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Fords Bridge Items from Shire Meeting

The Western Herald · Friday 5 July 1968 · page 4

Extract from minutes of Shire Council Meeting on June 25:- Fords Bridge Progress…

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Darling Shire Council

The Western Herald · Friday 2 August 1968 · page 8

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Darling Shire Council held at the Council Chambers, on…

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Upper Darling District Council Doohan Addresses Cobar Meeting

The Western Herald · Friday 2 August 1968 · page 5

Recurring periods of drought had been, and would continue to be, one of Hie major components of the cost-price problem confronting woolgrowers in the Western Division of N.S.W…

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MacDiarmid Council

The Western Herald · Friday 30 August 1968 · page 9

Mr. F. M. MacDiarmid, of Canberra, was last week elected president of the general council of the…

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Darling Shire Council

The Western Herald · Friday 6 September 1968 · page 8

Following are extracts from the minutes of the ordinary meeting of the Darling Shire Council held…

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Shire to Prime Minister Re Television

The Western Herald · Friday 6 September 1968 · page 6

Last weeks Meeting of the Darling Shire Council endorsed the Shire President's action in instructing the Clerk to write to the Prime Minister of Australia on the question of Television…

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