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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1908

525 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 27

Orara Shire Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 4

The Orara Shira Council met yesterday. There were present Councillers Mulqumey. (President) Lattimore, Maxwell. Eather. Small, M'leod, and Collett…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2

The Councillors of the Dorrigo Shire Council met on Wednesday at South Crafton for the purpose of electing a president for the ensuing…

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Orara Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 8

A special meeting of the above Council was held on Monday last, the President (Cr. J. T. Mulquinney) occupying the chair and all the…

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South Grafton Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 5

The usual meeting of the above Council was held last evening, all the aldermen being present, and the Mayor (Aid. J. T. M'Kittrick) presiding…

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Ulmarra Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 12

A special meeting was held on Thursday. Present—The MAyor. Aldermen Le, Niland, Fitzgerald, Forsythe, M'Thee. Glissan, and Redmond. An Apology was…

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Shire Auditing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1908 · page 2

The Orara Shire Council, like many other local governing bodies enamoured of low charges, has been buying experience at a price which lt…

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A Point in Shire Law

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 4

In connection with the recent presidential election in Gundurimba Shire, it appears that Cr. McKinnon did not vote, and that…

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Privy Council Appeal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—In the case of Campbell v. the Australian Mutual Provident Society, an appeal from the judgement of the High Court of Australia to the…

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Powers of Municipal Councils

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 4

According to Mr. Barnett, S.M., municipal councils have not the power to summarily compel owners of uninhabitable tenements to demolish them. A case was decided at the Paddington…

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Grafton Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 4

The Grafton Municipal Council met last evening, the sitting lasting three hours and a vast amount of business being dealt with…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 8

The Councillors of the Dorrigo Shire Council met on Wednesday at South Grafton for the purpose of electing a president for the ensuing twelve…

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Shire and Municipal Notes

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 6

The Mayor of Broken Hill receives an allowance of £300 a year. The Orara Shire Councillors met on Monday, and reduced the President's…

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A Council's Troubles

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 2

The Molong municipal council is still experiencing trouble with respect to the appointment of a council clerk. After advertising twice they…

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Bellingen Shire Election. Court Proceedings Taken

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 5

It will be remembered that owing to the disfranchisement of a large number of electors through the Deputy Returning Officers failing to…

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Grafton Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 10

This Council met on Wednesday night. There were present Ald. D. M'Farlane (Mayor), F. Doberer, F. Sault. R. D. Rawden, H. C. Maxted, C. Page, E. John…

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Local Self-government. No. Iii. Municipal Rates. (Copyright. All Rights of Republication Reserved.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 2

Just as the needs of town life are more complex than the needs of life on the open plain, the secluded forest, or blcak mountain, so are the financial provisions of the…

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Municipal Valuations

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 3

At the Grafton Council on Wednesday the valuators, Messrs. T. Swindells and J. G. Phillips, submitted the completed valuation books for 1908…

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Municipal Borrowing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. J. H. Carruthers, M.P., yesterday introduced a deputation from the Kogarah Council to the Minister for Works. He said the old Council had…

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Grafton Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 4

A meeting of the above Council was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening last, there being present the Mayor (Ald. D…

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Shire Councils As Common Agents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1908 · page 2

A writer to the, "Worker" advocates a not altogether bad idea, viz., that now that we have established local government, would it not be a good…

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