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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1927

1,025 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 52

Grafton Council The Railway Route Sweet Lighting Questions Footpath Lamps Suggested

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

The ordinary, meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last night, when there were present the Mayor (Ald. W. T. Robinson), Alds. D. W. Macpherson,…

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Ex-town Clerk False Entries Alleged Supposed Theft of Council's Electricity. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 5

At Parramatta Quarter Sessions to-day Samuel Colbart Green, ex-Town Clerk, of Blackheath, was charged with having concurred in making false entries in his…

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State Parliaments Should They Be Abolished? Debate in Grafton Council the New State Movement

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1927 · page 2

Last night the members of the Grafton City Council spent considerable time in discussing the question of whether the State Parliaments…

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Sunday Cricket "Match in Full Progress'' What Inverell Alderman Saw

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 6

At the Inverell Municipal Council meeting last week, Ald. F. S. Stuckey registered his objection to Cricket being played on Sunday. He remarked that he had…

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Electing a Mayor. Chicago's Wild Gangsters. Round Up of Gunmen. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

Threats of violence by the contending factions in the Mayoral elections at Chicago have resulted in extraordinary efforts being made to…

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Bush Fires Scheme for Prevention Shire Fire Districts Mr. Thorby's Proposals Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 5

A comprehensive scheme for prevention of bush fires, which has the endorsement of the Farmers and Settlers Association, was submitted…

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Orara Council Road Board Delays Coutts' Crossing Washaway Board's Critical Comment

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1927 · page 2

The April meeting of the Orara Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers, South Grafton, yesterday, when there were present the president (Cr. J…

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Maclean Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 3

A meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Monday night last, when there were present: Aldermen E. D. T. Hannah…

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Copmanhurst Council Resignation of Clerk Felicitations

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 6

The April meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Grafton, yesterday, when there were present the president (Cr. W…

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Chicago's Mayor Riotous Election Bombs and Machine Guns Matches in Ballot Boxes. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 5

Mr. Thompson was elected Mayor of Chicago by a plurality of 50,000 votes amid unprecedented rioting in which machine guns and bombs were…

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Writ for £13,464 Against Sydney Council. SYDNEY,Wednesday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 5

On behalf of the Law Book Company of New South Wales a writ for £13,464 was taken out of the Supreme Court against the City Council in respect of the…

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'Outrageous' Cost of Legislation Newtown Council Co-operates with Bellingen. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 5

Newtown Council last night held a discussion into the question of abolishing State Parliaments arid increasing powers of municipal…

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R.s. and S.i.l. Col. Hyman's Resignation Debate at State Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 3

The State Council of the Returned Soldiers' League, which met in Sydney on Wednesday, after expressing regret at the resignation of Colonel A. W. Hyman from…

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NYMBOIDA Shire Council Meeting Port of the Clarence Board Ramornie Station Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council was held yesterday morning: There were present:--Crs. L. G. Waugh (president), P. Mulquiney, R. Mulligan,…

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"The Duke's and the Mayor's Glasses."

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 4

The Duke of York smiled broadly during the welcome proceedings at Newcastle on Monday and the Mayor, of Newcastle (Ald. Gibson) was the…

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Duke's Welcome Lord Mayor on Carpet Union's Motion to Suspend. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 5

At a meeting at Sydney Trades Hall last night the Electrical Trades Union, gave notice of motion that the Lord Mayor, Alderman Mostyn, of which union he is…

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£10,000 Grant Baryulgil to Tabulam Road Copmanhurst Shire Work

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 3

In reference to the Copmanhurst Shire Council's application for assistance to construct an additional section of the Baryulgil to Tabulam road (clearing,…

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"Faked" Estimates. City Council Allegations. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 3

At a meeting at the finance committee of the City Council, a Reform Alderman alleged that the estimates for the current year had been "faked"…

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Copmanhurst Shire The Burr Problem Down, River Wants Lionsville-tenterfield Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 7

The April meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was held at the Council Chambers, Grafton, on Wednesday, when there were present the president (Cr. W…

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Shire Balance Sheets

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 12

How many of the ratepayers, or even councillors, understand the financial statement Which the clerk, under the Act, has to publish each year? Cr. R. J. Higgins…

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