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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1931

975 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 49

No Cash Securities As Deposits Insurance Bill Council's Drastic Amendments Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 5

The Insurance Companies' Deposits Bill was drastically amended in Committee, in the Legislative Council to-night…

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20 Per Cent. Cut In Govt. Costs Balanced Budgets in 1934 Loan Council Sub-committee Report. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 4

Proposals for correcting the financial drift which will be submitted to the Loan Council by a subcommittee consisting of the Victorian…

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An Ugly Weapon Found by Council Employee Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 5

The stiletto with which Cecil McCormack was brutally stabbed to death in William street, Darlinghurst, on May 1[?] was found by a council employee, in a…

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P.p.u. District Council Meeting on Thursday Next

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 8

The following resolutions have been submitted to the secretary for discussion at the meeting of the P.P.U. District Council at Grafton, on Thursday next:--…

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Labor Council Complaints Rigorous Inspectors and "Harsh" Sentences. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 5

Delegates at a meeting of the Labor Council last night bitterly complained about the methods of certain inspectors of the Department of Labor and…

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Loan Council Experts' Report Rece Twenty Per Cent, Contemplated Salaries, Pensions and Social Services. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 4

The Loan Council sat throughout the afternoon and adjourned until tomorrow morning. It received the report of the experts which was briefly…

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Triennial Municipal Elections Preparation of Rolls

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1931 · page 4

On Thursday the Grafton City Council commenced the collection of the new roll to be used in connection with the triennial election, to be held on December…

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A.F.A. Council Ten Members Elected. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1931 · page 5

The election conducted yesterday by the metropolitan branches of the All for Australia League, for the purpose of choosing ten members of the State…

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Amalgamation of the Two Municipalities

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1931 · page 4

Sir--I find I must avail myself of your columns to contradict a statement made that the residents cf the South municipality are anxious for the above. Such…

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Salvation Army Lord Mayor Lifts His Hat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 4

Addressing the annual Congress of the Salvation Army the Lord Mayor (Ald. Jackson) said he lifted his hat to the Salvationists who had the courage to…

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AMALAGAMATION South Grafton Attitude Suggested Full Council Conference Grafton Council to State the Case

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 6

At the meeting of the South Grafton Council last night, consideration was given to the following motion passed by the Grafton City Council:--"That…

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N.S.W. Treasury Bills Renewal of Loan Council Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 5

It is reported that the Loan Council intends to renew the Treasury bills amounting to £6,000,000 granted as an advance to New South Wales, despite Mr. Lang's…

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S. Grafton Council Interest On Rates Proposed Concrete Bridge Approaches Clothes Required for the Unemployed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 2

A meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council was held at the Council Chambers last night, when there were present the Mayor (Ald. J. Flaherty), Alds…

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Young's Mayor and Aldermen at Variance

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 4

With the refusal of the Mayor (Ald. H. F. Lazzarini) to meet the wishes of the Young Municipal Council and resign, a deadlock has been reached, says "The…

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Shire Engineer's Gesture

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 4

Cobbora Shire Council's engineer, Mr. B. M. Swindlehurst, when he was made aware that the council had untilised all its cash and its coffers were empty,…

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Council Abolition Appeal Before Privy Council This Week Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 5

The Privy Council is expected to deal this week with the New South Wales Government's appeal against the High Court decision upholding the Supreme…

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Greater Sydney Council Of Twenty Measure in Assembly Parliamentary Franchise. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 5

In the Assembly to-day the Minister for Local Government, Mr. McKell, moved the second reading of the Greater Sydney Bill…

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County Council The Rural Lines Loan for Coff's Harbor Extension Question of Meter Rents

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1931 · page 3

The May meeting of the Clarence River County Council was held at the County Council Chambers, Prince street, Grafton, yesterday morning. There were…

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Shire Council. General Business

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 4

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

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Dorrigo Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council was held at the chambers, Coramba, on Wednesday last these present being Crs. J. A…

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