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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1880

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday last, at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor, Alderman Murray, Attwater, Bawden, M'Guren, Morrow, and Beatson…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of this Council was held at the Council Chambers, Ulmarra. on Wenesday last, at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Taylor, Lee, Small, Northcott, M'Callum, and Goodger…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 6

THE monthly meeting of the Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday last at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor: Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Bawden, Beatson, Kinnear, Morrow, and…

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. November 12, 1879. Robertson and Others V. Day, on Appeal From the Supreme Court of New South Wales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 3

THIS was an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, by which it was ordered, (the Chief Jiistice dissenting) that the verdict found for the plaintiffs (the…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 2

THE annual meeting for the revision of the Municipal lists was held at the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon at 3 p.m. There wera present—the Mayor, Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Bawden, Norrie, and…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 21

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 3

SIR JOHN ROBERTSON laid on the table, Abstract of Crown lands reserved from sale for water supply; returns under Real Property Act for 1879; returns in reference to the instructions issued to the Inspectors…

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Minor Roads and Municipal Government. (Herald, January 23)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 6

IT is not satisfactory to hear members of Parliament giving it as their personal experience that there is a great waste of money in connection with the expenditure of the vote for minor roads…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 28

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 3

MR. THORNTON presented a petition from Roman Catholic inhabitants of the Richmond River against the Public Instruction Bill. The petition was received…

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Municipal Nominations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 2

THE nominations for the Borough of Grafton took place at the School of Arts on Tuesday last. The hall of the building was well tilled by the ratepayers, of whom there must have been 70 or 80 present, and…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 4

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 3

THE House went into committee for the consideration of the Lands Act Further Amendment Bill. Sir John Robertson submitted a now clause to the effect that, except under the 21st and 22nd clauses of…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1880 · page 2

THE following motions will be proposed on Wednesday, 18th instant:— No. 1. The Mayor to move,—That the Council do now proceed to elect two Aldormon, one from the…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of this Council was held on Monday, 16th instant, for the purpese of electing standing committees for the present year. The new Mayor, Mr. Fry, took the chair. There…

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Grafton Borough Council. Wednesday, February 18

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon last at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor (Mr T. Bawden), Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Sohnan, Beatson,…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 4

THE adjourned meeting of the Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday last at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor (Mr. T. Bawden), Aldermen Murray, Attwater, Selman, Beatson, Hawthorne, and…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1880 · page 2

THE following notices of motion were given at the last meeting of the Council:— 16. alderman Norrie to move,—That Mr. Herlihy be employed by the Council during the ensuing…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1880 · page 6

THE monthly meeting of the Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday last at 4 p.m. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Murray, Kinnear, Beatson, Morrow, Attwater, and Norrie…

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Ulmaura' Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council was held on Wednesday last. Owing to the Council Chamber buing occupied as the polling place, and the election business not being quite finished at…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 2

TEH adjourned meeting of the above Council was held on Saturday Inst at. 11 a.m. Present—The Mayor Aldoriuon Murray, Attwater, Solmnn, Kinnear, and Morrow…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1880 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council, was held on Wednesday, the 7th instant. There were present--The Mayor, Aldermen Goodger, Lee, Bailey, Taylor, M'Callum, Shannen and Northcott…

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Grafton Borough Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1880 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting for the election of Mayor was held on Monday afternoon last. Present--Aldermen Murray, Morrow, Seaman, B[?]lson, Attwater and Hawthorne. Alderman Solman proposed, Alderman Attwater seconded,…

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