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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

695 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 35

"The Talk of the Town." Council and Its Employees Deputy Mayce Surprised

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1923 · page 4

Some interest, not unmixed With myte[?]rey was caused at the meeting of the Grafton Municipal Council last night by Ald. Phillips, who when the time for the…

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Grafton City Council. Correspondence and Requests Municipal Loan Proposals

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 3

The fortnightly meeting of Grafton Municipal Council was held on Monday night, there being present Ald. W. H. Henson, T. H. Loxton, E. Howard, K…

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Council and Its Employees

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

Sir,--In reply to statements made by Ald. Phillips at the council meeting re municipal employees, I beg to state as follows:--As to undermining the latter…

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Betting Act. an Important Decision. Shire Not a Borough

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

An interesting decision was given at the Newcastle Police Court, when the hearing of the charge against George Wallace and James Morrison of having,…

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Oxley Labor Council. Delegates Leave Meeting. Mr. A. O'neill's Statement. West Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

At the Oxley Electorate Labor Council meeting held here to-day, a section of the delegates left the meeting as a protest against the election of delegates…

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County Council Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 4

Owing to the chairman of the Clarence Country Council, Councillor D. Maxwell, leaving for Sydney on Monday next to attend the Shires' Conference…

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Electricity for Maclean. Council's Scheme. Public Works Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 3

Mr. H. H. [?] supervising engineer in connection with the Public Works Department, was in Maclean on Tuesday and conducted the inquiry into the…

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Oxley Labor. Electoral Council Meeting. Kempsey Delegates Opposed

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

A meeting of Oxley Electoral Council was held in Kempsey on Tuesday, Mr. Gibbs, from the A.L.P., Sydney, presiding. Credentials were duly examined by…

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Municipal Dwellings Proposal Rejected

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

The Murwillumbah Municipal Council on Wednesday nigh[?] rejected a motion to borrow £7000 for the purpose of building 10 dwellings for sale, on long terms, to…

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Letters to the Editor Grafton City Council £5000 Loan Proposal

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 4

Sir,--For the information of the ratepayers we wish to explain the above proposal more fully than does the official advertisement of the 24th inst. so that the…

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Proposed Council Loan. Meeting of Ratepayers and Tenants Referendum Favored

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 2

A meeting of ratepayers and tenants was held in Messrs. McDonald and Hynes rooms, Prince street, on Saturday night last to consider the question of a…

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Preferential Voting. Sydney Municipal Elections. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 May 1923 · page 5

A movement is proceeding in favor of conducting the Sydney municipal elections under the system of preferential voting. Advocates of the change…

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Legislative Council. Further Appointments to Be Made. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 4

Further appointments are to be made to the Legislative Council Consideration will be given matter when the Premier returns from England in July…

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Hard Work and No Pay. Lot of Shire Presidents. Governor Opens Conference. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 May 1923 · page 4

The annual conference of the Shares Association was opened to-day by the State Governor, Sir Walter Davidson, who remarked that shire presidents were…

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A Council's Minutes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 4

About twenty minutes is usually occupied by the clerk in reading the minutes of the Hustings, Shire Council. At the last meeting the president announced tha…

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The Lot of the Shire Councillor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 4

The remarks of the Governor of this State at the opening of the annual conference of the Shire Association in regard to the lot of the shire…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held on May 23, there being present: Crs. Albert Johnson (president), T. Mulhearn, A. E…

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Shire Nightmare. Manning's Bad Roads

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 2

Stories of bad roads and decaying, broken bridges and culverts, and the fact that there is practically no money in the coffers to repair them, are like a…

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Safety Matches. Shire Conference's Motion. Control of Weighbridges. Travelling Stock Charges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 5

The Shires’ Conference concluded to–day. A motion was carried impressing upon the Federal Government the necessity for introducing legislation to…

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Ratepayers and Tenants. Association Formed. a Council Employee's Grievances

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 June 1923 · page 4

About 30 ratepayers and tenants, including half a dozen ladies, attended a meeting held at Messrs. McDonald and Hynes’ premises, Prince street, last night…

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