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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 43 of 49

Travelling Allowances. Report to Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 3

At the request of Cr. Mulhearn, the clerk submitted to Wednesday's meeting of the shire council a detailed report or the amount of travelling…

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Shire Enrolment

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

There has been much disappointment throughout the shire that names of many occupiers who were on the rolls previously and have not…

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Armidale to Coast Shire Council Discussion. Eastern Dorrigo Route Favored

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 1

A letter was received at the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday from Armidale Chamber of Commerce seeking the council's co-operation in…

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Nominations To-day Municipal and Shire Elections

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 4

Lively interest is being displayed in the municipal and shire elections, which are to be held on December 5. Several paragraphs have appeared in the "Daily…

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Shire Finances Improved

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 6

The clerk, at Wednesday's meeting of the shire council reported that the finances had improved very considerably since the previous meeting. The…

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Council Holidays

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

In his report to the shire council on Wednesday the clerK (Mr. V. M. Ogden) stated he had intended to take his annual holidays from…

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Prosperity Campaign. Action in Dorrigo Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

Upon receipt of the telegram from Mr. Scullin, Prime Minister, asking co-operation in the National Prosperity, Campaign, the President of…

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League Council Ineffectual Discussions. Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

Another day's incessant discussion, including two meetings of the League Council, failed to advance the Manchurian settlement in the slightest…

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"Threatening Letter" Sent to Legislative Council Member. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

At the City Court to-day, Saxon Fisher, a clerk, was committed for trial on a charge of having sent a threatening letter to Mr. H. Cohen, M.L.C. Fisher…

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Civic Welcome To N.Z. Cheese Felicitous Speech by Lord Mayor Dawn of New Era. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Maurice Jenks, as Admiral of the Port of London, accompanied by the sheriffs, drove in his State coach and four to Hay's…

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The Nominations Grafton City Council Seventeen Candidates Old Council Criticised and Defended

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 8

Outside nine of the 17 candidates, there was not a large attendance when the nominations for the Grafton City Council were announced, at the Town Hall…

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Double Dole Supported by Labor Council Also Abolition of Inspectors. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 5

The Trades and Labor Council decided to co-operate with the militants in the double dole campaign, a demand for open orders on shopkeepers and the abolition of…

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Premier and Council-Political Sensation Amazing Announcement Upper House To Be Packed Brigade of Union Secretaries Governor Consents To 25 Appointments Balance of Power Held by A,w,u, Members Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. Lang) announced to-night that the Governor (Sir Philip Game) had agreed to make 25 additional appointments to the Legislative Council. The new appointees comprise 23 men, all prominent union officials, and…

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Silver Jubilee Tomki Shire Council Past Presidents Honored

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 6

Twenty-five years ago the Tomki Shire Council was established under the Local Government Act, and since then old residents of the area have seen the…

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Municipal and Shire Elections

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 2

Sir,--The municipal and shire elections are with us again and again the issue will be whether Councillor Mangel-Wurzel or Councillor Berks- Yorkshire is the better…

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A Veteran 'Father' of Nymboida Shire Council Cr. Patrick Mulquiney Again Re-elected

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 4

Cr. Patrick Mulquiney, of Kangaroo Creek, a well-known Clarence River identity, was, with his colleagues on the Nymboida Shire Council, returned…

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Intense Interest The Council Position a Peculiar Coincidence Speculation As to the Future. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 4

Although Mr. Lang secured 25 additional appointments to the Upper House, the Graves-Garden inner group controls only 42 members of a House…

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Municipal Elections

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 4

The candidates selected by the Ratepayers' Association to contest the forthcoming municipal election for Grafton will speak at Town Hall on Tuesday night at 8…

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Resume of Year's Work South Grafton Council Mayor's Interesting Report

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 7

The meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council last night being the last meeting of that body prior to the triennial elections, the Mayor (Ald…

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Council 'S Record a Three Years' Survey

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 1

The Shire Clerk (Mr. V. M. Ogden) reported to last meeting of the shire council that the record of the past three years' term of office showed…

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