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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1888

85 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 5

Municipal Funds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 6

HERE are some hints which may some day prove valuable to our civic fathers. The true way by which to obtain money to construct our municipal roads. The States of…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 8

AT a special meeting on 21st ultimo there were present—The Mayor. Aldermen Lee, M'Phee, Turnbull, Napper, Carlton, Walz, Redmond. A letter waa read from the member for the…

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Grafton Borough Council. The Local Government Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting was held on Wednesday evening, to discuss the Local Government Bill proposed to be be brought before Parliament. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Lowe, Laird, Hockey, Jacobs,…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1888 · page 8

THE usual bi-monthly meeting was held on Wednesday. Present-The Mayor, Aldermen Alderson, Murray, Lowe, Laird. Rothschild, M'Kittrick, Hockey, Jacobs, Beatson, Wunderlich and…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 8

THE regular meeting was held on Wednesday. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Lowe, Laird, Rothschild, M'Kittrick, Beatson, Campbell, Hockey, Jacobs, and Murray. An apology was tendered…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 8

AT a special meeting, at which there were present the Mayor, Aldermen Turnbull, Carlton, M'Phee, and Walz, fire tenders for breaking metal were received, and that of J. Whalan for 2s 3d was…

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Maclean Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 8

A MEETING of the Maclean Municipal Council was held in the temporary Council Chambers on Tuesday. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Crabbe, Martin, Cummings and Folbigg…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1888 · page 8

THE regalar meeting was held on Wednesday evening. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Alderson, Rothschild, Beatson, Jacobs, Murray, Hockey, Campbell, M'Kittrick, Lowe, Laird. Alderman…

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Maclean Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 8

THE regular meeting of the Council was held in the temporary Council Chambers on Tuesday last, the 22nd inst. Present—The Mayor (Alderman D. See), Aldermen Crabbe, Cummings, Martin, Bond…

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Grafton Borough Council. The Water Supply. Financial Position of the Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 8

THE regular meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Lowe Alderson, Murray, Laird, Rothschilds, M'Kittrick, Hockey, Jacobs, Beatson, Wunderlich and…

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THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Tuesday Morning, 29Th May, 1888. Municipal Finance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 2

THE Borough Council has got itself into somewhat of a financial trouble through the extravagant expenditure of previous years, precedent to and under a cash credit bond,…

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The Mayor's Charge against the "Examiner."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 4

THE Mayor has shown, himself one easily aroused by newspaper criticism when such, criticism is not exactly in accord with his notions. At the special meeting on Wednesday last he appears to have…

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Grafton Borough Council. Question of Finance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday evening, last to consider a motion tabled by the Mayor with reference to the question of finance. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen…

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Letter to the Editor. The Borough Council's Financial Position

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 3

SIR.—In your Saturday's issue you have honored me by referring to my utterances at the last meeting of the Borough Council. You have also reproduced a portion of your leader of October ll. I…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting was held on Wednesday. Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Turnbull, Walz, O'Hara, Redmond, Carlton, Lee and M'Phee. CORRESPONDENCE.—From the Mortgage…

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Maclean Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 8

THE regular meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday last, the 5th instant. Present—The Mayor (in the chair), Aldermen Crabbe, Martin, Bond and…

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A Municipal Council of Women

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 6

FRANK LESLIE'S Illustrated paper (New York) says:—Following closely the Women's International Council, whose proceedings were carefully noted, not only by the United…

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Our Municipal Complications

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 3

SIR.—The Mayor of Grafton ia unhappily somewhat thin-skinned for a publie man, and you have had the misfortune, in the discharge of your duty to the ratepayers, to touch him on a tender spot…

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Maclean Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting was convened on Tuesday last, for the purpose of passing the bye-laws, the consideration of which had been postponed from the last regular meeting. Present—The Mayor (in the…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 8

THE regular meeting was held on Wednesday. Present—The Mayor, Aldermen Alderson, Murray, Lowe, Laird, Rothschild, M'Kittrick, Hockey, Beatson, Jacobs, and Campbell…

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