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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1969

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Grazing Crops for The Darling Shire

The Western Herald · Friday 4 April 1969 · page 2

The Shire of Darling is outside the usual farming country. However there is still a place for Winter…

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Kindergarten Awaits Council Decision

The Western Herald · Friday 11 April 1969 · page 1

Directors of the proposed Kindergarten for Bourke are waiting on a Council decision to make available…

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Darling Shire Council

The Western Herald · Friday 18 April 1969 · page 8

The following arc extracts from the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Darling Shire Council held at the Council Chambers, Bourke on Tuesday, 1st April, 1969. Present: The President…

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Halfpenny Resigns — Who will he Next Shire President?

The Western Herald · Friday 25 April 1969 · page 1

Councillor A. A. Halfpenny has resigned from his position as President of the Darling Shire Council. The resignation of Councillor Halfpenny came as a shock to followers of Local Government proceedings within the Shire…

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Clr. John Ridge New Shire President

The Western Herald · Friday 2 May 1969 · page 1

Cir. Ridge replaces Cir. Halfpenny who resigned the position duo to pressure of private business…

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Town Topics Shire Council Rates

The Western Herald · Friday 9 May 1969 · page 6

At a meeting of the Darling Shire Council held on Thursday, 30th April, the question of arrears of rates was discussed in Open Council. The minutes of the meeting refer to this debate…

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Darling Shire Council Dog Catcher Impounding Officer

The Western Herald · Friday 9 May 1969 · page 7

Applications closing with the undersigned at 4 p.m. on the 26th May, 1969, are invited from persons…

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Darling Shire Meeting

The Western Herald · Friday 9 May 1969 · page 4

Two Items extracted from the Presidential Report to the Shire Meeting held on April 30th:…

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Darling Shire Council

The Western Herald · Friday 16 May 1969 · page 8

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

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Shire By-election

The Western Herald · Friday 16 May 1969 · page 6

An advertisement appearing elsewhere in this issue advises that an Extraordinary Election for the purpose of electing one Councillor for "B" Riding, will be held on Saturday, 21st June…

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Shire of Darling New Weir Sites

The Western Herald · Friday 16 May 1969 · page 3

Items from the Darling Shire Councils Engineer (R. Mackellar) to the meeting on April 30. The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission…

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Shire of Darling Report of Health and Building Surveyer

The Western Herald · Friday 16 May 1969 · page 5

Extracts from report presented to Shire Meeting on April 30:—Pounds and Impounding Complaints have been…

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CORRESPONDENCE Outstanding Shire Rates (To the Editor)

The Western Herald · Friday 23 May 1969 · page 4

I would like it to be known in the Bourke district that the important details surrounding the…

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Darling Shire Council Meeting 4 Nominations for Vacant Council Seat

The Western Herald · Friday 30 May 1969 · page 1

At the closing time of nominations for the vacant scat in 'B' Riding on the Darling Shire…

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Rural Bank and Shire Rates

The Western Herald · Friday 30 May 1969 · page 1

The Manager of the Bourke branch of the Rural Hank, Mr. H. R. Coulson, today stressed…

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Shire of Darting Night Landing Facilities at Bourke Aerodrome

The Western Herald · Friday 30 May 1969 · page 10

The Darling Shire Council decided at Tuesday's meeting to fully investigate the cost of providing…

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Darling Shire Council

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 8

The following are extracts from the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Darling Shire Council held in the Council Chambers, Bourke, on Tuesday, 27th May, 1969…

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Shire Campaign Against Mosquitoes

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 5

Mr. J. K. Latham, Building and Health Surveyor of the Darling Shire Council, presented the following report on Mosquitoes to last weeks Meeting of the Council:-"The Mosquito breeds…

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Shire of Darling Tree Removal

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 5

In the correspondence discussed at last weeks Shire Council Meeting, the following letter was…

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Electricity Council v. Oil Salesmen

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1969 · page 10

The determined efforts of oil companies to persuade the bigger irrigation groups to use diesel…

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