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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1909

580 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 29

The Grafton Borough Council's Reactionary Move. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 4

Sir,--Last year the majority of the Grafton aldermen pledged themselves to the principle of levying all rates upon the unimproved value of land…

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Forward Municipal Move

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 4

Ald. Bawden is evidently determined that his year in the Mayoral chair shall be marked by solid progress--a determination on which he will be…

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Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held in the Shire Office, South Grafton, last Thursday week. The president, Cr…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 2

The regular meeting was held on Thursday, March 11. Present: Crs. [?]quiney (President), Maxwell (2), O'Neil, and Martin…

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Shire Council. (Continued from page 3.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 1

Murdock McLean, Coff's Harbor, asked permission to put in a concrete drain in front of his hotel, and also that the Council pay half the…

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Shire Separation Movement

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 2

A movement has been started at Dorrigo for the creation of C riding into a separate shire. Such a movement is the inevitable result of the…

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Disgraceful Council Scene

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 4

The proceedings of the Waverley Council last week were marked with more than ordinary enthusiasm. It may have been the heat. At certain…

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Council Clerks' Salaries

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

In the Quirindi Municipal Council a crisis has arisen which affects Councils' servants throughout the areas under local government. Upon the year's estimates appeared…

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Municipal Councils. South Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

The South Grafton Council met on Wednesday night. The Mayor, Ald. M'Kittrick, presided, and there were also present—Aid. A. E. Schwinghummer, G. E. Blanch, and…

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Lismore Municipal Finances

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 5

At the Lismore Council meeting on Monday, while the total credits to tho different funds of the Council were shown at slightly over £3000, accounts were passed…

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South Grafton Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 6

The ordinary fortnightly meeting of this Council was held at the School of Arts, South Grafton, on Wednesday evening, there being present Ald…

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Petition to the Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 2

Mr. H. Harding informs us that a petition, asking for a poll of ratepayers upon the question of whether the basis of assessment in the…

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... Maclean Mems.. Council and Methodists

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 6

At the commencement of the Maclean Council meeting on Tuesday evening, Ald. Schwohberg moved the suspension of the standing orders to…

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Maclean Council Matters. the Common Account. a Printing Matter

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1909 · page 4

At last meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council, Messrs. W. J. Puddicombe and E. Avery submitted their report in regard to the recent audit of…

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Bellingen Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 4

At its last meeting the Bellingen Shire Council struck a rate of 1d in the £. For the position of Shire…

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Expenditure in the Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

At a time a hen the component parts of C Riding should be pulling together, it is regrettable that any organisation in Coff's Harbor…

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Our Fishing Industry. Visit of City Council Officer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 2

On Wednesday Mr. J. Breden, representing the City Council of Sydney, came to Coff's Harbor in connection with the morement made by the Council to checkmate the…

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Grafton Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 3

The regular meeting was held on Wednesday. Present: The Mayor, Aid. Doberer, Ferguson. Page, Maxted, M'Farlane, Strauss, Johnson, Eggins, Stevenson. See…

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Maclean Municipal Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 10

The regular meeting was held on Tuesday evening. The Mayor presided, and there were present—Aid. Bradbury, Bridger, Henson, Robertson, Schwonberg, and the…

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City Council's Fish Markets

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 10

Mr. J. Neale Breden, Comptroller of the City Council's Assets, who has been deputed to visit the various fishing centres on the Northern Rivers and place clearly…

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