2019 July John Munro stated: Bingara Branch closed last year. The building is now for sale. The Regional Australia Bank now occupies what used to be the Bingara Westpac Branch and is only open 3 days a week. The same Bank also now occupies our old Warialda Branch and is also only open three days a week. A sad reflection of our times, eh!
 

Geoff Chapman advises that Alan Pitt was the first manager and Mick King the second officer.

1930s

1938

1960

1960

c1964

2013

1960 slide photo by Bill Morelli.

1966/7 Allen Weigel, Manager of the Branch in the 1960's advised Geoff Chapman that the Branch depicted in Bill Morelli's 1960 'photo was demolished in 1966/67 This was due to movement of the outer walls of the building

2013 March received a photo of the later branch.

2013 April Ian Gray advised "Just sitting in my office on a wet Saturday morning organising some photos when I came across some early photos that l took with a borrowed camera (because I could not afford one then) back in the early 1960s of the old CBC Branch and residence in Dubbo Street Warren NSW and thought they may be of interest for the newsletter. Obviously I was not much of a photographer in those days, cutting out part of the newly built 1960's Branch, but this Branch was a major player in the old days when this Country "lived off the sheep's back" and many of the major studs (such as "Haddon Rig" etc.) dotted the surrounding areas. A few of the Bank's future executive as well as many Officers also trod the steps of the old building and may like the memories.  The old building, with the exception of the attached residence was torn down around 1964 (l worked there from July 1963 to September 1967 as teller/general hand) due to subsidence in the foundations and cracking of the walls and the new building, which is still there today, but not occupied by the Bank was constructed on deep concrete foundations so as to eliminate future cracking."  Ian has supplied the black & white photos from 1960 of the old branch before and 1964 during demolition.  Also received a colour photo of the later branch

2014 August Ian Gray supplied details from this book While researching information about his wife's pioneering family that arrived in this Country in 1828 and progressively moved from Sydney through towns of Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo, Nevertire and Warren in which they conducted businesses and owned large tracts of land I came across a not very well known book of the Warren NSW area titled "Across The Black Soil Plains —A History of THE WARREN DISTRICT". The book is the Copyright of R.(Roland) M. Brennan. 1972, a customer of the CBC Bank Warren when he was there in the early 1960's.

Pages 89-90:
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
For many years the pioneers living along the Macquarie and Bogan Rivers had to ride to Dubbo when they wanted a little extra finance. In 1874 the directors of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney embarked on a policy of taking the bank to the people.
About July, 1874 a branch was opened in Warren (also in Canonba) under the control of W. S. Burt. This is the only bank which has given continuous service to its customers to the present day. For about eleven or twelve years they traded in rented premises in Dubbo Street but about 1886 the first of many buildings was erected on the Dubbo/Burton Street corner. This bank and the manager's residence were destroyed in the fire of 1899. The buildings were said to have cost £2,715.
When the fire started, the accountant was resting in his room at the Club House Hotel, clad only in trousers, singlet and slippers. He rushed over to the bank, his first thought being to get the valuable ledgers out before the fire reached the building. To him went most of the credit for removing and saving the documents and taking them to the Manse in Burton Street where the banking business was carried on until the new building was completed. All the contents of the strong room survived the fire.
The Warren Herald of July, 1900, reported that the contractor Mr. Watt would have the building ready for occupation in a few days. "The Bank counter was a piece of choice cedar and Mr. Bromley had fitted electric bells to all rooms. "The building did not prove very substantial for the walls began to crack within five years (it was built on the old foundations) and iron bars and S plates were used to hold it together.
About 1915 the whole building was demolished and the third structure arose on the corner, but there appeared to be continual trouble with foundations. In 1919 and again in 1926 repairs and renovations were necessary and in 1927 more additions were made to the business premises and a new residence erected.
In 1936/37 more new work was added to the old building but trouble continued until 1962 when an attempt was made to pull the building together by tying it to the strong room, but this was only partly successful. In 1965 all except the strong room was removed and the present building, the fourth, opened on July, 1966, was built on exceptionally good foundations.
The Australian Joint Stock Bank
This bank opened a branch in Warren about the same time as the Bank of New South Wales in 1890. In 1893 when all business was in a very depressed state and many banks were in trouble the local branch closed.
The Warren Hospital had only recently opened an account and the committee found themselves with £300 tied up in the bank and only £6 in cash on hand. All the bank's customers had no access to their money. This branch never re-opened.
Government Savings Bank of New South Wales
This bank opened an agency in the post office in 1882. It was a valuable institution which enabled people to earn interest on their money and still be able to draw when required. In Jack Lang's day this business was taken over by the Commonwealth Savings Bank and carries on to the present day.
Bank of New South Wales
The Wales opened on the 11th June, 1890, in premises in Dubbo Street near the Federal Theatre. The manager, William Gardiner, was depositor No. 1 and his accountant Albert James Brown was second, followed by William Walden and John Arthur Buckland.
Business was very bad after the 1902 drought. It was said the C.B.C.S. and the New South Wales Banks came to some agreement whereby one closed in one town and the other closed in the next town. Under this arrangement the Bank of New South Wales closed in Warren in 1904. In September, 1926, it re-opened in the Old Bridge Hotel premises until an imposing new structure was built on the same site in 1929.
The Commonwealth Trading Bank & The Commonwealth Savings Bank
In 1956 the above corporation bought the old Commercial Hotel building from W. Horton and converted the front portion into a banking chamber. They opened for business in October, 1956, the first manager being J. F. Warner. In 1967 the modern building in Dubbo Street opposite Pollard & Green was opened. Since then their business has continually expanded."