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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1929

887 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 23 of 45

Harwood Shire Council Meeting the Iluka Road

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Harwood Shire Council was held at the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Thursday morning. There were present: Grs. A. Mckinnon…

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Further Trouble Canterbury Municipal Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 5

Further trouble in the Canterbury Municipal Council will be raised, on Wednesday night when the report made by Mr. James Vicare, a well-known…

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Moonem Scheme Lismore Council Signs Agreement. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 4

Lismore Council to-night, signed up with the Moonem Electricity Development Company to purchase current in bulk at 2d a unit plus £5 per k.v.a.,…

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Grafton Council Sewerage Scheme Westward Park Depot Sale of Land for Rates

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 8

The fortnightly meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last evening There were present: The Mayor (Ald. D. W. Macpherson), Aldermen W. H. Henson…

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Labor Alderman Resignation From Glebe Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 5

Ald. Gill last night tendered his resignation from the Globe Municipal Council as a protest against alleged mal-administration…

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To Eliminate National Waste Simplifying Industrial Arbitration Work of the Premiers' Conference Explained By Federal Treasurer Arid Mr. Pollack Creation of Transport Council Sewerage for Country Towns

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 6

The accommodation of the Council Chamber, at the Grafton Town Hall, was altogether too inadequate for the number of electors of the Lower and Clarence…

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Shire Council. General Monthly Business

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, held at the Shire Chambers,Coramb[?] on Wednesday, those present were Crs. A…

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Dorrigo Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council ws held at the Council Chambers, Coramba, on Wednesday. There were present, Councillors A…

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Shire Tenders

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

At the shire meeting on Wednesday F. Beckman's tenders were accepted for the two concrete drains to be constructed in Coffs Harbour…

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'Not Received' Yamba Deputation and Harwood Shire Council. Yamba

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 4

Yesterday a deputation from the Town Progress Association, of Yamba, consisting of Mr. H. Saxby (president), Mr. H. L. Pritchard (secretary), and Mr…

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Harwood Shire Purchase of Road Roller

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 4

Harwood Shire Council were engaged during the greater part of yesterday considering tenders for the supply of road plant, and it was finally decided to…

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Shire Machinery. Work on Main Roads Jobs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

The question of whether shire machinery should be utilised on Main Roads jobs would it could be doing very effective work on other roads…

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DISMISSED Clerk And Engineer Lively Meeting Canterbury Council Trouble. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 4

Although the two officers of the Canterbury Municipal Council were exonerated by the special inquiry offer the council refused to accept…

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Canterbury Ratepayers Ask for Dissolution of Council Also Reinstatement of Dismissed Officers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 4

A meeting of Canterbury ratepayers carried a resolution requesting the Government to dissolve the present council and hold a new election…

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Casino Council's Loan

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 4

Casino Council has yet to satisfy the Minister for Local Government on certain aspects of its proposed special loan before further steps can be taken to…

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Dairy Council Record of Usefulness Reply to Melbourne Conference. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 4

At the conference of State Ministers for Agriculture, held in Melbourne recently, a resolution was passed that the conference was unanimously of opinion…

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Council Property Returned

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 4

Mr. H. C. Burns, administrator of the Tenterfield Municipality, reported at the meeting last week that the following property had been returned from the…

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Ulmarra Council Fortnightly Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the Ulmarra Council was held on Thursday, June 20, there being present the following: Ald. G. W. Fitzgerald (Mayor),…

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Darwin Municipal Election Labor Candidates Badly Defeated. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

All of the Labor candidates were badly defeated at the town council's elections on Saturday. The elections were fought on political lines, and three Liberal…

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Tenterfield Municipal Affairs

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 4

A feature of the disclosures made last week by the Administrator of the Tenterfield Municipality (Mr. H. C. Burns) is the excess borrowing by the late…

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