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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1923

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Telegrams. Empire Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 3

Sir George Fuller expressed satisfaction at the Imperial action respecting the Empire Council. He had himself suggested such a Council while in England. It was…

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Harwood Shire Council. Resignation of Engineer. Complimentary References

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Council of the Shire of Harwood was held at Maclean on Friday last. The was a full attendance of councillors and…

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Maclean Municipal Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 4

An extraordinary election to fill the vacancy in the Maclean Municipal Council caused by the resignation of Ald. Jansen was held on Saturday. Very…

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Ulmarra Council the Proposed Improvements Engineer's Report

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers on Thursday afternoon last. The aldermen present were: Ald…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 2

We often have to go away from home to hear news of ourselves. The extract below is clipped from the Sydney "Guardian." It will be…

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Dorrigo Shire Council. Main Roads Allocation. Heated Argument

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 7

The Dorrigo Shire Council meeting was held on Wednesday, August 8, there being present: Crs. Albert Johnson (president), F. T. Bennett, A. E. Sawtell,…

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Bellingen Shire Matters

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Bellingen Shire the following decisions were arrived at:-- FERRYMAN'S COTTAGE, RALEIGH…

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Miners Defy Council. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 6

A meeting of Hebburn Miners' Lodge rejected a minute of the council ordering the Redhead men back to work…

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Shire Engineers. Proposed North Coast Association

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 3

At the instigation of Mr. T. D. Cameron, of the Tomki Shire, several local Government engineers met at Lismore on the 17th inst., to consider the [?]ack…

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Election of Alderman

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 4

In connection with the extraordinary election to fill the vacancy in the Grafton City Council caused by the retirement of Alderman F. T. Deberer, the no…

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£50,000 Estate. Appeal to Privy Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 1

Conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the decision of the State Full Court in dismissing the appeal of Mary Scales the Sydney clairvovant,…

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Dorrigo Shire Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 3

The Dorrigo Shire Council meeting was held on Wednesday, August 8, there being present: Crs. Albert Johnson (president) F. T. Bennett,…

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Shire Council's Big Loan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

The Manning Shire 'Council, has resolved to raise a loan of £10,000; to put the bridge's, culverts, and wharves of the shire in good order. It has been decided…

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A Mayor and Sixpence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

Dame Agnes" Mellers, who founded Nottingham High School in 1513, directed that the Anniversary of her husband's death should be commemorated by…

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Grafton City Council Vacancy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

Yesterday at noon the following nominations were received for the extraordinary vacancy in the Grafton City Council: Reginald Thomas Cox, bookseller…

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Tweed Shire and Federal Grant

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 4

The Tweed Shire Council has decided to apply for the sum of £10,000 from the State's portion of the Federal grant under the Main Roads Development Act. This…

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County Council. Custom for Electricity. Celebrations at Nymboida

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Clarence River County Council was held in the Council Chambers, Grafton, yesterday morning. Those present were the…

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Electrical Engineer. Travelling Expenses County Council Discussion. "Usual Practice Elsewhere."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 1

The question of allowing the sum of approximately £56 in travelling expenses to the newly-appoimted County Council, engineer (Mr. N. V. S. Wilton, formerly…

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A Shire's £50,000 Loan

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 4

The Cessnock, Shire Council has approved of a loan of £50,000, which, if it is approved by the ratepayers, may be expended in kerbing and guttering…

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Maclean Council Proposed Purchase of Oval. Hatter Deferred. a Missing Document

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 3

A special meeting of the Maeclcan Municipal Council was held on Monday, night, when there were present Ald. D. Cameron (Mayor), W. D. Robertson,…

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