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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1917

840 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 42

Letters to the Editor. a Municipal Candidate

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 1

Sir,--I have just been reading Mr. F. Strong's municipal platform or, as he calls it, his objects. Now, I am not opposing Mr. Strong, for I think he would make a…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held yesterday at Coramba. There was a large amount of business to be gone through, and most of…

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Nymboida Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

The monthly meeting was held yesterday. Present: Councillors W. F. Ellis (president), Mulquiney, Mulligan, P. Kritsch, Waugh and D. N. Maxwell…

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Bellingen Shire Council Mr. Harrison's Report. Startling Revelatigns. Report in Detail

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

SUBDIVISION OF OLD BELLINGEN SHIRE. The sub-division of the old Bellingen Shire into the Nambucca Shire and new Bellingen Shire took place…

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Letter to the Editor. the Shire Car

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

Sir,--Like many other ratepayers the only knowledge I have of the Shire apart from what I glean from the press in my wayback abode is the fact that…

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Dorrigo Shire. the New President. Cr. Hindmarsh Elected

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 1

Yesterday morning the newly constituted Dorrigo Shire Council held a special meeting at the Council Chambers, Coramba, for the purpose of…

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India. First Imperial Legislative Council. Viceroy Chelmsford's Speech. Delhi

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 3

Lord Chelmsford (Viceroy of India), presided at the first meeting of the Imperial Legislative Council's winter session today. He made a lengthy and impressive…

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Grafton Municipality

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

The Administrator (Mr. R. H. Truman) held a sitting yesterday. CONFIRMING RATES LEVIED. The resolution making and levying of…

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Municipality of Grafton. the Auditor's Report. a Satisfactory Document

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

At the Administrator's sitting yester day the report of the auditor for the period ending December 31, 1916, was received and adopted. The following…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 7

Dorrigo Shire Council met Thursday. Or. H. Hindmarsh, the newly-elected president, was in the chair, and the other members present were Crs…

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The Waverley Aldermen

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 4

A letter from the Attorney-General to the Waverley Council has been made public, in which the Minister asked the council's views upon the question…

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Dorrigo Shire Council Cr. Mindmarsh Elected President

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

The first meeting of the newly appointed members of the above was held at the Shire Chambers, Corambe, on Thursday last, when…

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Dorrigo Shire's President

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 4

The newly elected president of Dorrigo Shire Council Cr. H. Hindmarsh, has made a good beginning. He presided over his first meeting, on Thursday and…

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Our N[?] Shire President

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

Cr. Hindmarsh is the new President of the Dorrigo Shire Council, and we fancy that his election will be a popular one with the ratepayers of…

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Council Matters

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 6

Our pleasant Coff's Harbor contemporary dreamed a dream, and after waking from its troubled sleep, waltzed around itself three times,…

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The Municipal Position

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 4

The recent publication of the estimates for 1917, and the auditor's report on the 1916 accounts of the Grafton Municipality, made excellent…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 2

The newly-elected Dorrigo Shire Council met at the Shire Hall, Coramba, on Thursday, when there were present: Crs. H. E. Hindmarsh, J. Faulks,…

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Kaiser Calls a Council. Negotiations with Neutrals. Amsterdam, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1917 · page 3

It is reported that the Kaiser has summoned Von Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr Zimmermann (Foreign Minister), the military and Admiralty chiefs to a…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1917 · page 2

The following reports were held. over from last issue:—SHIRE CLER'S FINANCIAL REPORT. Herewith I hive the honor to…

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