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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1929

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Maclean Council Baths Site Back Street Work 1927 Rates on Church Properties

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Maclean, Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. There were present: Aldermen O. R…

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League of Nations Council Opening Meeting Praise for Sir A. Chamberlain. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1929 · page 5

At the opening this morning of the meeting of the League of Nations Council at Madrid, tributes were paid to Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary in the…

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Rating of State Forests. Complaint of Shire Councils

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 4

At the meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council on Thursday last the president, Cr. W. J. Mulligan referred to the attitude of the Shires Conference towards…

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Bathurst Council Alleged Defalcation. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 4

An investigation is being made into an alleged, defalcation in the Municipal Council's accounts and the matter was under discussion at the council meeting…

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Ulmarra Council Result of By-election

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 June 1929 · page 4

The extraordinary election of one alderman to the Municipal Council of Ulmarra, to take the place of Ald. C. I. Bailey, resigned, took place on Saturday…

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Bellingen Shire Suspensions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 4

At the special meeting of the Bellingen Shire Council to consider the requests of the shire clerk (Mr. W. J. Witt) and the shire engineer…

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FINED £10 Ulmarra Alderman Road Staff Appointment "Pecuniary Interest."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 2

At the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Thomas Jefferies, an alderman of the Municipality of…

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A.L.P. Action Glebe Labor Aldermen Incensed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 5

A number of Labor aldermen of Glebe Municipal Council are in open revolt against the methods adopted by officers of the A .L.P. regarding the administration…

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N.S.W. Cane Growers Council Meeting at Ballina. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 5

An extraordinary meeting of the Council of the New South Wales Cane Growers' Association was held at Ballina to-day, when dissatisfaction was expressed with…

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S. Grafton Council Main Roads Programme the State Highway War Memorial Lighting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 7

The fortnightly meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council was held last night. There were present: The Mayor (Ald. J. Flaherty), Aldermen J. J…

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Ulmarra Council Fortnightly Meeting Expediting Main Roads Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the Ulmarra Council was held on Thursday night, there being present: Ald G. W. Fitzgerald (Mayor), Aldermen F. J. Yalden, W…

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Local and General Grafton Council Annual Report

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 4

Mr, J. B. McDougall, president of the Grafton Chamber of Commerce, who forwarded a copy of the Grafton City Council's annual report to Mr. Justice K. W…

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Telegrams Clerks Union to Labor Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 4

The Clerks' Union decided to defy the instruction of the Labor Council to withdraw F. A. Armstrong,.who was recently set upon by a gang, as its delegate to the…

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Revaluation Yamba Urban Area Decision of Harwood Shire Council. Yamba

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 4

Included in the business dealt with at the meeting of the Harwood Shire Council yesterday was the matter of the revaluation of the Yamba urban area…

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Nepotism the Ulmarra Case Aldermen Must Tread Delicately. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 5

Mr. Bluett, of the Local Government Association, commenting on the prosecution at Grafton of an alderman, of the Ulmarra Council, said the…

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Canterbury Council Report of Commissioner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 4

The report of Commissioner A. Bland, who recently inquired into the administration of the Canterbury Council, was received by the council a few days ago,…

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Investigation Wanted Bathurst Council Books. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 5

The local municipal council has resolved to ask the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Bruxner, to send an inspector to Bathurst to investigate the books and…

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Veteran Shire Clerk Mr. W. J. Hawthorne Lifetime of Useful Service a Well-earned Holiday

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 3

Mr. W. J. Hawthorne, the veteran clerk of the Orara and Nymboida Shire Councils, will start six months' leave of absence on July 1 next. In the history…

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Dairy Council to Be Abolished Decision of Ministers' Conference. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 4

On the motion of Mr. Thorby (N.S.W.), seconded by Mr. Pennington (Victoria), the conference of Ministers of Agriculture decided to-day to abolish the…

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REVALUATION Yamba Urban Area Proposed Shopping District Harwood Shire Council Discussions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 6

Several matters affecting Yamba were dealt with at the Harwood Shire Council meeting on Thursday. The Shire Clerk. Mr. W. E. Coles,…

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