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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1929

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Nearly Two Million Sydney Council Wages Bill. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 5

The wages bill of the City. Council amounted to nearly £2,000,000 last year. For the April-June quarter of this year £90,83 was paid by the council for the…

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Blackberry Pest Discussed at Council Meeting Inspector Furnishes Big List

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 2

At the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday the following report from the inspector (Mr. J. Towell) was read:—…

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Upper House Reconstituting The Council Sixty Members to Be Elected by Both Houses. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 5

Details of the Government's scheme for reconstituting the Legislative Council were given in that Chamber to-night by the Attoney-General, Mr…

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Copmanhurst Shire Council a Riding Vacancy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 4

Nominations were due yesterday of candidates to fill the vacancy in the Copmanhurst Shire Council, A Riding, caused by the resignation of Cr. T. S. Baker. At…

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Richmond Seat Wild, Stormy Scenes Electoral Council Meeting Two Endorsements Recommended. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 5

Though the election campaign will be short, there is every indication that it will be one of the bitterest the Richmond electorate has known. This was sufficiently…

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Shire Inquiry Cost

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 4

Pursuant to notice Cr. H. Gale, at the Bellingen Shire Council, asked the president to table figures setting out the costs incurred in connection with the recent…

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MACLEAN P. AND C. ASSOCIATION Straying Stock Shire Council to Be Approached Opening of New School Buildings

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Maclean Parents and Citizens' Association was held on Thursday, there being present: Rev. C. Rowe (president), Messrs. T…

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Verdict for Shire Widow's Claim for £2500 Manning Schoolmaster's Death Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 5

The Full Court returned a verdict for the defendant in the case in which Ada Evenden, widow of Charles Evendin schoolmaster claimed £2500 from the…

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Letters to the Editor Casino Council and Boxing Contests

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 6

Sir,--Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to refer to the action of the Casino Council in adopting a resolution disallowing boxing contests in their…

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Tweed Shire Ridings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 4

The agitation for the division of Tweed Shire into six ridings, instead of three as at present, crystallised into definite form on Thursday, when, following a…

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Shire Roads. Engineer's Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 3

At the shire meeting last week the engineer reported on Mr. T. Jordan's application for permissive occupancy of a strip of land (about two acres)…

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Dairy Council Reply to Minister Controversy Over Abolition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

Mr. John Rankin, chairman of the Australian Dairy Council has replied to statements made by the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, in relation to the…

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S. Grafton Council The Secession Petition Question of Street Watering School of Arts Improvements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council was held last night. There were present: The Deputy Mayor, Ald. E. Watman (in the chair),…

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Ulmrra Council Small Park As Camping Ground Swagmen to Be Moved On

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 6

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

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Misstatements Thorby to Rankin Dairy Council Abolition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, stated to-day that his attention had been drawn lo comments made by the chairman of the Australian Dairy Council,…

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Coramba or Coff's? Dorrigo Shire Chambers Proposal to Move Headquarters Defeated on President's Casting Vote

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, a letter was read from the Coff's Harbor Chamber of Commerce, asking that the Dorrigo Shire Chambers be…

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Electricity Supply for Dorrigo Shire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 4

A special meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at Coramba last week to discuss tentatively a proposal to extend the Nymboida electric current to that…

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Brisbane Council Scene

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 4

As a protest against a Tilling by the "Viec-Mayor (Alderman A. Watson) five Labor aldermen left the Brisbane City Council Chamber while a vote was being…

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Cowper Electorate Council Mr. Pollack's Meetings

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1929 · page 4

"Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A.. will open his campaign in support of Dr. Earle Page this afternoon, when he will address a meeting at I[?]uka. He will afterwards…

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Coffs Aerodrome. Chamber of Commerce President Criticises Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 2

The president of the Chamber of Commerce (Mr. H. M. Henderson) strongly criticised the Shire Council's attitude over Coffs Harbour…

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