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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1871

19 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1871 · page 4

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Payne, Layton, W. Attwater, Meillon, and Page. MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Borough of Grafton. Nomination of Aldermen and Auditors

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1871 · page 4

ACCORDING to announcement, Mr. Alderman W. ATTWATER, as Returning-Officer, met the electors, at the Court House, Grafton, at noon, on Tuesday last; and having read the clauses of the Act bearing on the…

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Grafton Borouch Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1871 · page 2

THE first meeting of the new Council was held on Friday afternoon. Present—Adermen. T.G. Hewitt, J. Meillon, R. Payne. F. Layton, T. Page, N. Cowan, D. M' Lennan, and W. Attwater…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1871 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Payne, Layton, IV. Attwater, Meillun, and Page. MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1871 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Mellion, T. Page, Attwater, M'Lennan, Fraser, N. Cowan, F. Layton, and R. Payne. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed…

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Grafton Borough Council. Wednesday, April 19Th

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 4

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Meillon, T. Page, Attwater, [?], F. Layton, and R. Payne. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed…

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Proposed Municipality of Ulmarra

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1871 · page 2

ON Thursay last, a deputation consisting of Messrs. G. Blanch, W. Taylor, J. M'Millan, and W. Goodger; had an interview with Mr. District Surveyor Donaldson, with reference to fixing the boundaries of the wards of the proposed Municipality of…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1871 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Mellion, T. Page, Attwater, Fraser, R. Payne, Cowan, and M'Lennan. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1871 · page 6

[?]: The Mayor, Aldermen Meillon, T. Page, Attwater, Fra[?]er, R. Payne, and Layton. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed…

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A Crinoline Council. (From Sydney Punch.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1871 · page 3

IN consequence of the Commemoration speech of Professor Badham, and the announcement made that, in future, women would be admitted to the University degrees, a meeting was…

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Appeals Against the Municipal Assessments

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1871 · page 4

BEFORE Captain Slnclair, P.M., Messrs, W. Robertson, E. M. Ryan, and T Fisher, J.P.'s There was about the usual number of applicants appealed against the Borough assessment, on Friday last, there being in…

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Grafton Borough Council. Wednesday, June 28Th

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1871 · page 2

PRESENT The Mayor, Aldermen Me[?]on, T. Page, Attwater, Fras[?]r, R. Payne, Layton, and Cowan. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1871 · page 3

PRESENT The Mayor, Aldermen Mellion, T. Page, Attwater, and R. Payne, ILLNESS OF THE TOWN CLERK. The MAYOR having reported that the Council Clerk was too…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1871 · page 4

PRESENT.—The Mayor, Alderman Payne, Page Layton, M'Lennan, and Cowan. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1871 · page 4

WEDNESDAY PRESENT—The Mayor, Aldermen Meillon, T. Page, Attwater, [?]P)ayne, M'Lennan, Layton, and Fraser. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1871 · page 4

PRESENT.—The Mayor, Aldermen Payne, Attwater, Fraser, and Page. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1871 · page 2

PRESENT.—The Mayor, Aldermen Payne, Attwater, Fraser, page, Cowan, M'Lennan, Layton, and Meillon. This was a special meeting convened by the MAYOR, on receipt of the following letter from the Chairman…

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Grafton Borough Council. Wedneday

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1871 · page 2

PRESINT—The Mayor, Alderman T. Page], R. Payne, F. Layton, and F[?]ser. MINUTES. The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday November 14Th

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1871 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at noon, there being twenty-onemembers present. The Clerk of the Parliament read the proclamation convening Parliament for the dispatch of business this day…

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