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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1907

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Maclean Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 4

The Mayor presided at the regular meeting on Tuesday. The Department advised the Council that the Maclean ferry would in future be under the…

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South Grafton Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 2

The South Grafton Council met on Wednesday night. In the absence of the Mayor Ald. Carlton presided, and there were also present Aldermen C. T. and A. E. Schwinghammer and J…

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Shire Councils. HARWOOD

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 2

The usual meeting of the Harwood Shire Council was held at Maclean on Wednesday afternoon. There were present--Councillors Lobban…

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The New Municipalities' Act A Glance at its Provisions

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 3

The new Municipalities Act, which is consolidated with the Shires Act, contains 92 pages and some 209 sections, but the following information culled from it as…

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Shire Counolls. Dorrigo Shire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 5

The Dorrigo Shire Council met at Coff's Harbor on Tuesday and word reached Grafton yesterday that Mr. W. J. Hawthorne had been elected…

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Grafton Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 5

The regular meeting of the above was held last night. Present:--The Mayor and Ald. Smith, Crispin, Page, Shore, Strauss, Richards, Eggins and…

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The New Municipalities Act. a Glance at Its Provisions

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 6

The new Municipalities Act is well worthy of perusal, and the "R.R. Times" has gone to some trouble to lay bare its main powers and…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 2

A MEETING of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at Coff's Harbor recently, when the president and Crs. Shea, McLean, Mulquiney, and…

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Harwood Shire Council

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

The Council met in the Court House on Wednesday afternoon. The President (Mr. T. Lobban) occupied the chair, and Councillors McMillan, Kable, Yager,…

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Shire and Municipal Councils' Conference

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

A conference between Maclean Municipal Council and Harwood Shire Council was held in the Court House, Maclean, on Wednesday morning, to make…

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Bellingen Shire Council. Another Meeting Lapses. Indignation of the Rate-payers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

ON Wednesday afternoon we received the following telegram from our correspondent at Bowra :—"Shire Council meeting to-day lapsed…

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Shire Clerk's Pay

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 4

QUITE a number of persons have spoken their minds pretty freely about the rate of pay to be given to Shire Clerks, Many ratepayers are…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 3

A meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday. Present—Councillors O'Neil (chair), Shea, Ellis, M'Lean, Malquiney and Tindal. A letter was received from A. Adam, district…

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Harwood Shire Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 4

The Council met in the Court House, Maclean, on wodnesday. The President (Mr. T. Lobban) occupied the chair, and councillors McMillan, Kable, Yager, Read, and McLachlan were…

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A Municipal Review. Statement by the Mayor

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

In most Councils is the practice on the last meeting night of the municipal year for the Mayor to make a statement of the financial position and to review the work…

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Grafton Borough Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

The Grafton Council met on Wednesday. The Mayor, Aid. M'Farlane presided, and there were also present 'Aid. Page, Strauss, Smith, Shore, Eggins, Richards, Crispin,…

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Grafton Borough Council. the Mayor's Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 4

The Mayor's report presented at Wednesday night's meeting of the Council, which we were obliged to hold over from last issue, is as…

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Shire Councils. HARWOOD

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 4

The above Council met in the Maclean Court House on Wednesday afternoon. The President (Mr. T. McLLobban)occupied the chair, and…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

A MEETING of the Council was held last week. Present—Councillors O'Neil (chair), Shea, Ellis, McLean, Mulqueeny and Tindal…

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Maclean Municipal Council

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 10

At the usual fortnightly mooting on Tuesday evening there were present—Aldermen Schwonberg, Osborne, Cameron, McKinnon,…

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