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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1930

890 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 43 of 45

Wages Tax Labor Council's Opposition Carried by Four to One. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 7

It transpires that the resolution against the proposed tax of 1 in the pound on wages was carried by the Trades and Labor Council by a majority of four to…

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Cessnock's Fighting Mayor

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 3

From now on Cessnock Council meetings should be models of decorum. Its new Mayor, Alderman J. H. Shakespeare, is an ex-prize fighter. In his boxing…

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Harwood Shire Council Meeting State Highway Construction Limiting Speed on Side Tracks

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 1

The last monthly meeting of the year of the Harwood Shire Council was held in the Shire Hall, Maclean, on Friday morning, when there were present: Crs…

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Meeting of Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 7

A meeting of the Council of the Clarence River Cricket Association will be held on Thursday night at 7.45 at the Council Chambers, South Grafton, when…

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Harwood Shire Election of President Adoption of Estimates

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 2

A special meeting of Harwood Shire Council was held en Thursday for purpose of electing a president and to adopt the estimates for 1931…

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End to Hesitation Kempsey Council Approves of Nymboida Extension

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 4

An animated and lengthy discussion on the proposal to acquire electric light and power from the Clarence River County Council's Nymboida hydro-electricity…

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Dorrigo Shire Election of President

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 4

At the special meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council yesterday, Or. James Kirkland, F. Riding, was elected president for the ensuing year, by four votes to…

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Shire Rates. Estimates for Next Year

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 2

The shire council at yesterdays meeting, adopted estimates upon which the rates for next year will be decided…

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Shire President. Cr. J. Kirkland Elected

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 3

At a special meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council yesterday, held after the ordinary meeting, Cr. James Kirkland, of Dorrigo, was elected…

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State Lottery Council of Churches Meeting Alternative Scheme. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 5

As a first step towards the formulation of an alternative scheme to the State lottery to raise money to assist State hospitals, a meeting of the Council of…

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City Council Ferry Time-Table Proposed Full Night Service North Coast Highway Delays

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 6

A meeting of the Grafton City Council was held at the Town Hall last nigh when there were present, the Deputy Mayor (Aid. C. H. McKenna), Aids. W…

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New Relief Bill Government Reps. on Council "Small Amendments." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 4

The Prevention and Belief of Unemployment Amendment Bill was read the, first time in the Legislative Assembly today on the motion of the Premier…

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'HOSTILITY' County Council Attacked Statement by Chairman Fitzgerald "Unwarranted and Unprecedented Action."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 6

At yesterday's meeting of the Clarence River County Council the chairman (Cr. G. W. Fitzgerald) said he noticed by a report of the last, meeting of the South…

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County Council Thanks From South Grafton Coff's Harbor Agreement Endorsed Forty Million Gallons of Water Daily Surplus

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 2

At the meeting of the Clarence River County Council, held at Grafton yesterday, the chairman (Cr. G. W. Fitzgerald) reported the purchase of a motor truck…

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State Lottery Bill Read First Time Money Not for Hospitals Law in Three Months If Church Council's Plan Fails. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 5

The Bill to provide for the introduction of a State lottery was read a first time in the Legislative Assembly to-day, on the motion of the…

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Verdict Against Lismore Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 4

Judge Mocatta, in the District Court on Saturday at, Lismore, formally directed the jury to return a verdict for plaintiff for £134410, paid into court, in the case…

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Kempsey Council and Nymboida Scheme

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 4

Having watched carefully the progress of negotiations between the Clarence River County Council and the Kempsey Municipal Council, we can but endorse the regrets expressed by the Chairman of the former body that the Kempsey Council took so long to make up its mind concerning the proposal to…

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Wages Tax For Unemployment Relief Second Reading Moved Relief Council Reconstructed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 5

There was a full attendance of members in the Legislative Assembly when Mr. Lang moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the…

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Dorrigo Shire Council December Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers, Coramba, on Monday last, when there were present Crs. J…

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Shire Council. The Monthly Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, held at the Council Chambers, Coramba; on Monday, those present were Crs. J. J…

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