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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1918

804 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 41

Harwood Shire Clerk. a Presidential Minute. Some Discussion Evoked. Certificated Clerk to Be Appointed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 1

At the Harwood Shire Council meeting yesterday part of the President's minute read:--"Acting Clerk.--Having failed to obtain Ministerial sanction to the present…

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Sydney's Municipal Butchery

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1918 · page 3

The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Joynton Smith, M.L.C.) stated that in order to secure for the citizens of Sydney a wholesale and cheaper…

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Judd's Motion. Carried by Labor Council. an Armistice Wanted. and Negotiations for Peace. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 2

The Trades and Labor Council met in camera to-night, and devoted further discussion to the attitude it intends to adopt regarding recruiting. When the…

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Found a Mayor's Nest

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 4

In the course of a speech at Broken Hill Town Hall against the increased cost of living one of the speakers complained that owing to the high…

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Labor and the War. Brisbane Labor Council. Opposes Further Recruiting. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 4

The Brisbane Labor Council, in a lengthy official report, declares that Labor's attitude respecting the war demands that the Empire shall at once endeavor…

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Harwood Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 4

In addition to that reported in Wednesday's issue, the following business was transacted at the monthly meeting of Harwood Shire Council at Maclean…

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Imperial Conference. Permanent Advisory Council. Its Establishment Urged. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 3

In the House of Commons on Friday, Lieut. Colonel Sir J. Norton Griffiths (Unionist) drew attention to the memorial presented to Mr. Asquith on April 25,…

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Orara Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 4
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

The Orara Shire Council met yesterday. Present: Crs. Mulquiney (president), Collett, Lattimore, Jones and Small…

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Copmanhurst Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Council of the Copmanhurst Shire was held in the Shire Chambers, Grafton, to-day, when there were present: Crs…

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Home Defence. Orara Council's Discussion

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 2

The reading of the letter from the Glebe Municipal Council, asking cooperation in an attempt to have all males from 13 to 60 years of age…

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Copmanhurst Shire. Monthly Council Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 6

The Copmanhurst Shire Council met yesterday. Present: Crs. Doust (president), Davison, Thorold, Morrissey and Boorman. In the absence of the clerk,…

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"A Moral Coward." An Alderman's Charge. Against the Lord Mayor. Scene in City Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 4

At the City Council meeting last night the Lord Mayor refused to allow Ald. Barlow to proceed with his motion relating to the Water Board election…

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South Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 8

The South Grafton Council met last night. Present: Aldermen Page. (Mayor), Ainsworth, Durrington, Quinn, Maxwell, Morrissey, and Roberts…

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Supreme War Council. Position of Great Gravity

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 5

The Press Bureau announces that the Supreme War Council held its sixth session in circumstances of great gravity for the alliance of free peoples. The…

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Copmanhurst Shire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 4

When the Copmanhurst Shire Council resumed its monthly meeting at the Shire Office, Grafton, on Wednesday afternoon, the following business, in…

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Nymboida Shire. Council Meeting

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council was held yesterday, there being present, Crs. P. Mulquiney (president), W. F. Ellis, R. Mulligan, P…

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Nymb[?]hire Council

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers, South Grafton, yesterday, when there were present…

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Supreme War Council. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 3

The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Balfour, Lord Milner and Sir Henry Wilson returned from France, after attending the Supreme War…

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Trades Council. Electrical Trade Withdraws. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 2

The Electrical Trades Employees Union decided to withdraw their affiliation with the Sydney Trades and Labor Council. The decision was reached after a long…

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