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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1899

343 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 18

Grafton Borough Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 3

The Council met on Wednesday Present--Ald. Wilcox (in the chair), Eggins, Jordan, Kitsch, M'Farlane, Carson. CORRESPONDENCE…

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Maize Council of Farmers. to the Editor

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 2

SIR,-- It would be a source of groat pleasure--and doubtless confer a lasting favour on many other than myself--if the gentiomen who at the maize council held recently in Sydney would…

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Correspondence. the Grafton Borough Council. to the Editor

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 2

SIR,--When will "the ousters" take definite action in reference to Aldermen Beatson, Johnson, and Shore? Has the courage that they were once believed to possess left them…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 2

The regular meeting was held on Wednesday. Present—Ald. Wilcox (chair), Carson, Jordan, Krltsch, Eggins, M'Farlane. E. Layton, lessee of West Park, complained…

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The Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday, April 18Th, 1899. the Premier and the Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 4

The course that Mr. REID has taken in sending to the Council a contingent of new members, too small to secure a majority for the Enabling Bill in the event of the…

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Maclean Municipal Council

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 5

AT a special meeting last night Aid. Kelly was the only absentee. For the position of Council Clerk in the place of Mr. E. "Wilkinson, the voting, was equal for Messrs. C. J. Clarke and G Davis, who…

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Bad Municipal Assets

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 4

THE Municipal Council of Smithfield and Fairfield, in its last gazetted balance-sheet, sts down as an asset outstanding rates amounting to £1497, to which is added the naive admission…

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Now Zealand Municipal Franchise

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 2

UNDER the extended municipal franchise which came into operation in Few Zealand on the 14th inst, there are to be three qualifications for enrolment as against one previously, viz,…

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Maclean Municipal Council

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

WITH the exception of Aldermen See and Kelly all the aldermen were present at Tuesday nights Council meeting. Tho Under-secretary wrote requesting the…

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Grafton Borough Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. Present,—Ald. Jordan (in the chair), M'Farlane, Eggins, Kritsch, Wilcox, Carson…

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Round the Council Table

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

THERE was the customary bare quorum at the Council meeting on Wednesday. Anything more than a quorum has not been looked for during the past three months, and aldermen…

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Resignation of Alderman M'guren

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 5

The retirement of Aid. M'Guren from the Grafton Council will be universally regretted by the citizens, and by many outside the Borough. Some seven years…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

The regular meeting was held on Wednesday. Present—Ald. Jordan (chair), Carson, Wilcox, Kritsch, Eggins, M'Farlane. The following letter from Mr. M'Guren was…

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Co-operative Maize Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 5

A meeting of the Council was convened for Thursday last, but the attendance was not sufficiently large to proceed to business. A number of committee men wrote signifying…

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The Mayor and His Wife's Cure

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 4

"Glen Innes Guardian," Jan. 13, '99. "Messrs. Warner & Co. publish a testimonial for their "Safe Cure" sent them by Mayor Healey. Mr. Healey swears…

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Municipal Book-keeping

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

AT the Council meeting on Tuesday night last Aid. Murray (chairman of the Works Committee) officially reported that it was the intention of the Works Committee to submit an estimate for the probable…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

AT the above meeting all tho Aldermen were present on Wednesday. W. Goodger wrote complaining that condition of the cemetery, wrote to the fence and gates…

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South Grafton Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

THE usual meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. Present--The Mayor (in the chair), Ald. A. E. and C. T. Schwinghammer, M'Kittrick, and M'Dermid…

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South Grafton Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

The regular meeting was held on Wednesday. Present, the Mayor, Ald. M'Kittrick, Schwinghammers (2), M'Dermid. Two cases of diptheria were reported within the…

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Ulmarra Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 5

The regular meeting was held on Wednesday, when all of the alderman were present. Mr W. Goodgor wrote, pointing out the disgraceful state of the cemetery: the gates being off, allowed…

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