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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

710 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 36

The Municipal Muddle. Four More Resignations

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 3

As predicted in Monday's issue, four more aldermen -- Messrs. C. Strauss. C. C. McDonald, A. Eggins and A. F. Walsham -- resigned on…

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Municipal Mud-making

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 3

Many of the roads in Grafton Municipality are in a shocking state, and have lately been made worse. On Monday night a motor car became…

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South Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 8

The above Council met last night. Present: Ald. R. D. Bawden (Mayor), Hawthorne., Reid, C. T. Sehwinghammer, Russell. Carlton, Ainsworth and McKittrick…

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The Municipal Vacancies

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 4

The Acting Town Clerk, Mr. E. Avery, received a telegram yesterday from Mr. Garlick stating that Grafton, municipally speaking, is not a defaulting area, and the…

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The Next Step. Grafton Municipal Muddle. an Election Ordered to Be Held

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 4

On Tuesday Mr. Edward Avery, Acting Town Clerk of Grafton Council, wired Mr. Garlick, Officer-in-Charge of Local Government, as follows:--…

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Nymboida Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2
Also in Daily Examiner

The usual monthly meeting of the abovenamed Shire was held at the Shire Chambers, South Grafton, yesterday, at which there were present:…

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Copmanhurst Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2
Also in Daily Examiner

The usual monthly meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers, Grafton, yesterday. Crs. W. Boorman (President),…

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South Grafton Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the S.G. Council was held at the S.G. Chambers on Wednesday night. Present: The Mayor (Ald. R. D. Bawden),…

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Letters to the Editor. the Municipal Muddle

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

Sir,--Referring to your article on the above question, and your mention of the fact, that the Acting Council Clerk has been instructed to call for nominations of gentlemen willing…

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Grave Municipal Scandal

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4

Under the above heading the Bellingen "Courier" comments on a matter of interest here:--"Grafton Municipal area has recently been the scene of one of the gravest…

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The Latest Phase of the Municipal Muddle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

Will Grafton ever escape from the clinging, sticky municipal morass into which it has fallen? The odds seem very much against it doing so -- in the…

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An Alderman's Joke

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 3

Ald. J. M. Stewart of Orange, has a couple of quince trees in his yard known far and wide to the precocious kid[?] as "yellow Mondays" and…

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Grafton Municipal Matters

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

Matters municipal are only middling at Grafton, and the citizens are now wondering how things are going to end. Trouble first of all arose…

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Grafton Municipality. Not a Defaulting Area. How the Election Is to Be Validated

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 3

The Acting Town Clerk, Mr. E. Avery, has received the following letter: -- Local Government Office, Education Building,…

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The Grafton Municipal Muddle. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 2

Sir, -- Being a native of the Clarence River, I naturally take some interest in the progress of Grafton as the capital of same. But it has been very…

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The Coming Municipal Election

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 2

It seems that Mr. J. Garlick, the Officer-in-Charge of Local Government, did not misunderstand the wire sent him by the acting Town Clerk,…

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Grafton Municipal Muddle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 April 1916 · page 4

Metropolitan and country newspapers have extracts from the published reports of the Grafton municipal muddle. The "S.M. Herald," in its financial columns, gives a…

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Harwood Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1916 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held yesterday at the Shire Hall, Maclean. Present: Crs. D. McIntyre (President), F. Lawrence, R…

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