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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1912

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Shire Councils. ORARA

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday. Present: The President (Cr. C. J. Lattimore) and Councillors…

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Lismore Municipal Statistics

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 7 November 1912 · page 4

The Lismore Council's valuator's supplementary report for the unexpired portion of the triennial period estimates the unimproved capital value at £569,653;…

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Copmanhurst Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 4

The Copmanhurst Shire Council held their monthly meeting at the Shire Chambers, Grafton, on Wednesday. Cr. W. C. Thorold (President)…

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Orara Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the above was held at the Shire Chambers, South Grafton, on Tuesday. Present -- Crs. Lattimore (President),…

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Dorrigo Shire Council. President's Minute

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 3

The monthly meeting was held on Thursday at the Council Chambers. Present: —The President (Cr. C. K. Maxwell), Councillors Ellis, Schwinghammer, Small…

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Dorrigo Shire Council. Division of Assets and Liabilities

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 3

The officer in charge of Local Government (Mr. Garlick), at the Shire meeting on Thursday sumitted a revised statement of distribution of assets and liabilities in…

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Action against the Shire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 2

AT the Bellingen District Court on Tuesday last before Mr. justice Edmurs, Mary Jane Fordham, wife of the Dorrigo postmaster…

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Legislative Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Solicitor-General, Mr. Hall, introduced a measure into the Legislative Council, which was read the first time, for…

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South Grafton Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 5

The fortnightly meeting was held on Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor-(Ald. C. T. Schwinghammer) and Aldermen J. T. McKittrick, A…

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Dairy Farmers' Association C.R. District Council Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 11

A meeting of the C.R. District Council of the Dairy Farmers' Association was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday forenoon, the President, Mr. F. Turnbull,…

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"Caution to Councils." Dorrigo Shire Mulct

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 November 1912 · page 2

The "Northern Courier." Bellingen, indulges in a leading article headed "Caution to Councils," dealing with a case heard in the District Court at…

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Important to Shire Councils

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 4

At Bellingen District Court, before Judge Edmunds, Mary Jane Fordham sued Dorrigo Shire Council for £200 damages for injuries received through negligence of…

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Ulmarra Council

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the above was held on Thursday night. Present:—Ald. C. Napper (Deputy Mayor), Redmond, Ellem, O'Grady, Avery, Flanders, Buchanan, and…

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Living in Anxious Times Lord Mayor's Banquet

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The principal feature of the Lord Mayor's Show was a mediaeval military pageant. The Guildhall banquet was a…

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Council Employees' Claim

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 4

A municipal conference of the aldermen of Newcastle and district, was held to consider the subject of the appointment of a board dealing with municipal and shire…

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The Municipal Elections

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 4

The Labour Leagues are making a determined effort to capture a number of seats in the City Council at the next aldermanic elections. They have, of…

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The Municipal Franchise

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1912 · page 4

The Government and the Legislative Council are in a very interesting position just now. "The Peers" could render an inestimable service to (political) labor if…

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Harwood Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 November 1912 · page 2

At yesterday's Harwood Shire Council meeting at Maclean, Nuisance Inspector J. A. Thompson's salary was increased from £130 to £182, to…

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Harwood Shire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1912 · page 3

The following were present at Shire meeting, held on Tuesday, 12th November:—B. Morrison (President), Councillors H. T. Short, D. McPhee, T. Plater, D. McIntyre,…

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Dividing the Shire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1912 · page 4

At the last Dorrigo Shire Council meeting a letter was read from the Director General of Public Works, with reference to the proposed division of the Dorrigo Shire…

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