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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

782 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 40

Dorrigo Shire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 7

The August meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers, Coramba. There were present: Councillors Jas. Blythman (president), A…

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Municipal Election Three Candidates Nominated

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 4

The official nomination of candidates for the two seats in the Grafton City Council rendered vacant by the resignation of Alds. R. T. Cox and W. H. Phillips…

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Strike Council to Go to Arbitration Court Early Settlement Expected. Brisbane, Sunday Night

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 5

It is understood that the Strike Council to-day agreed to attend the compulsory conference at the Arbitration Court tomorrow morning. The decision was the…

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Proposed New Shire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 4

At an adjourned meeting of ratepayers of Kyogle Shire to consider a proposal to create benefited areas within the shire, and to levy a special rate for…

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Coff's Jetty Electricity Shareholders' Protest Against Shire Council's Decklon. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 3

At a meeting of the shareholders of the Coff's Harbor butter factory held on Saturday, Mr. H. B. Faviell in the chair, Mr. W. W. Alford moved and Mr. W…

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Sydney Council £22,000 Increase for Employees. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 5

Mr. Tyrell, M.L.C., representative of the Municipal Employees' Union oh the Council's Conciliation Committee, stated to-day that the committee had decided to…

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The Municipal Vacancies

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 4

The electors of Grafton will on Saturday next elect two aldermen to the vacancies caused by the resignations of Aldermen Phillips and Cox. Three candidates have been nominated for the two seats, namely, Messrs. B. C. Eggins, D. W. Macpherson and A. C. A. Weatherstone. The…

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Dorrigo Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 2

The August meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers, Coramba. There were present. Councillors Jas. Blythman…

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Tweed Shire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 4

The vacancy in A Riding of Tweed Shire caused by the resignation of Mr. R. T. Gillies, M.L.A., has been filled by the appointment of Mr. E. C. J. Marks,…

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Press Delegates Lord Mayor's Welcome Opposed to Immigration. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 5

At a reception to the Empire Press delegation at the Town Hall to-day the Lord Mayor, Ald. Stokes, made ah outspoken declaration, against immigration, under…

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Copmanhurst Shire Proposed Loan Clarence Valley Line Rappville--alice Road Proposal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 2

A meeting, of Copmanhurst Shire Council took place at the Shire Chamber, Grafton, yesterday, when there were present, the president (Cr. W. C. Thorold),…

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Council Employees Compelled to Join Union. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 5

The City Council carried a motion to the effect that henceforth all employees except the town clerk, the heads of departments and their deputies, will be…

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A Progressive Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 7

Up on the Tableland much importance and great interest is attached to the trial by the Gostwyck Shire Council of tar paving as a means of withstanding the…

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News of the World League Council. Geneva, Wenesday

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 5

The 35th session of the League of Nations Council assembled privately today and drew up the agenda. Subsequently a short public sitting was held,…

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The Color Line Excitement at Maffra Syrian Elected to Council. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 5

At the recent council elections in Victoria a Syrian storekeeper, George Fawaz, was elected to Maffra Council. At the first meeting yesterday three of the other…

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A Progressive Shire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 2

Up on the Tableland much importance and great interest is attached to the intended trial by the Gostwyck Shire Council for tar paving as a…

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Shire Up Against It

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 2

At last week's meeting of Manning Shire a statement was submitted showing that only £311 7s 7d was available for expenditure for the…

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Primary Producers' Uuion District Council Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held in the Masonic Hall, Bellingen, on Saturday morning…

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Main Roads Board Grant to Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 4

At a meeting of the Grafton City Council, held in July last, it was decided, upon the recommendation of the Town Clerk, to apply to the Main Roads Board…

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JACKADGERY Hydro-Electricity Project Movement Satisfactory Government Favors Formation of County Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 September 1925 · page 4

It is satisfactory to learn on inquiry from Mr. A. J. Pollack, secretary of the Joint Electricity Committee of the Northern Municipalities and Shires, that,…

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