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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

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City Council. Fusion of Parties. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

Mr. Murdoch, president of the Citizens' Reform Association, says never before in the history of sydney has there been so much need for the continued vigilance…

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Waterloo Meeting Cancelled. an Alderman's Outburst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

A meeting in connection with the Irish envoys was to have been held at Waterloo Town Hall last night, but acting on information received from the…

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Alderman Removed. Disobeyed Order for Silence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

There was further trouble at the City Council meeting last night, When Ald. McElhone was removed, the Lord Mayor declaring that he was talking…

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Water Board. Alderman McGuren Criticised. Non-attendance at Meetings. Some Plain Speaking

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 4

"There is a matter of considerable importance to which I wish to draw attention,''said Ald. J. Reid at the South Grafton Council meeting last night. He…

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Action Threatened. Letter to South Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 4

At last night's meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council a letter was received from the Officer-in-Charge of the state legal and Industrial branch stating…

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Workers' Homes. City Council to Spend £76,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

The Lord Mayor's proposals for the erection of workers' flats at Way 's Terrace at a cost of £76,000, were carried at last night's meeting of the City…

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Alderman and Town Clerk Bogged

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 4

To be an alderman and town clerk in Ballina is not everything. Only last Sunday a drive in a motor-car was decided on, and when the party…

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The Alderman Who Missed It

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 4

It was during the discussion at the Armidale City Council meeting on Monday night on the matter of the Town Hall tariff. which has been raised owing…

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South Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the South Grafton Council was held on Wednesday night at the Council Chambers, South Grafton, there being present Ald. J…

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Council's Employees' Salaries. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 5

The Citizens Reform party has decided against the indiscriminate increase in calaries of the City Council employees. It is quite possible the big schedule…

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Copmanhurst Shire. Purchase of Steam Waggons. Proposed Boundary Alteration

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1923 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was held on Tuesday last, at the Copmanhurst Shire Chambers, Victoria street, Grafton, there…

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Ulmarra Council Increased Town Rate

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1923 · page 2

The fortnightly meeting of the Ulmarra Council was held on Thursday evening. The Mayor (Ald. G. W. Fitzgerald) presided. There were also…

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Labor Council Protest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1923 · page 3

The Trades and Labor Council has passed a resolution protesting against the arrest and suppression of the Irish envoys…

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Question Time. New Council Ordinance

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1923 · page 1

Murwillumbah aldermen find it difficult to dissociate themselves from the old-time custom of at a certain stage of the business at council meetings asking questions…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1923 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, postponed from April through several councillors being unable to reach the office on account of the…

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Orara Shire. Monthly Council Meeting. Timber Logs at Tyndale

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1923 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Orara Shire Council was held yesterday morning, there being present:--Crs. J. T. Mulquincy (president), H. Collett, J…

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Grafton City Council. Flood Protection Matters. Outstanding Rates

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1923 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of the Grafton Municipal Council was held at the Grafton Council Chambers on Monday night, there being present: Ald. E…

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P.p. Union. District Council. New Secretary Appointed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 2

A meeting of the Clarence District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held in the Town Hall, Ulmarra, yesterday…

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CO-OPERATION. States and Commonwealth. Creation of Borrowing Council Science in Industry and Agriculture. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 5

The Prime Minister's department, has issued a statement regarding the proposal for the application of science to industry to be submitted to the…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 3

The following complete our report of the Dorrigo Shire Council meeting, which took place last, week:-- ENGINEER'S REPORT…

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