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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 46 of 49

Nymboida Electricity Extension to Tintenbar Shire Public Meeting at Alstonville

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 7

Despite, inclement weather there was a very good attendance at the public meeting on Monday night convened by the Alstonville Chamber of Commerce to…

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Compulsory Conversion Thrown Out by Tasmanian Council. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

The Legislative Council, by eight votes to seven, rejected the Debt Conversion Bill, number two, which provides for the compulsory conversion of unconverted…

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South Grafton Municipal Election

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

Candidates for municipal election at South Grafton will address the electors to-night…

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Municipal Elections Held Up in Greater Sydney Area Protests in the House Ineffectual. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Dunningham moved as a matter of urgent necessity that the House should consider the following motion: "That this House…

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Shire Workers Injured Two Serious Accidents. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 4

A Dorrigo shire employee named H. W. Wood, was working the council's Cletrac to-day, along the Woolgoolga road, when he was seriously injured, and…

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Employers' Federation Motion Danger of Packing Council. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 5

The Council of the Employers ' Federation of New South Wales carried a resolution, viewing with serious and considerable alarm the reported statement…

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South Grafton Council Candidates Express Views to a Very Large Audience

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 8

The largest gathering in connection with the present municipal elections assembled at the School of Arts at South Grafton last night to hear addresses from…

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Ulmarra Municipality Five Aldermen Re-elected

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 4

That electors of Ulmarra municipality have confidence in the members of the last council was shown by the fact that, not only were the five candidates who…

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Storm in Tweed Council Shire Chairman Deposed. Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 5

Tempestuous scenes marked the demise of the Tweed Shire Council. At its concluding meeting the warring factions came to grips, which ended in the…

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South Grafton Council a Record Poll

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 4

Wonderful interest was manifested in the, municipal election at South Grafton on Saturday, when the poll constituted a record for the municipality…

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L.G. ELECTIONS The Triennial Contests Clarence Shires. and Municipalities Record Polls at Grafton and South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 4

Throughout the Clarence River district on Saturday great public interest was evinced in the triennial elections for the different local governing bodies, there…

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Bellingen Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 3

All the retiring councillors seeking re-election to the Bellingen Shire Council were returned. There are two new councillors, Messrs. F. N…

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Shire Elections Results of Saturday's Poll Big Change in Dorrigo Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 3

Only two members of the retiring Dorrigo Shire Council (Crs. H. T. Short and W. S. Scott) will take their seats in the new council. Crs. Thos…

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Lismore's Endorsement County Council Agreement Ald. Hosie on Ratepayers' Verdict. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 4

In the course of his speech at the declaration of the poll to-day Ald. Hosie, chairman of the Electricity Committee in the last council, and among the successful…

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The Legislative Council. Appointments

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 2

Sir, --With the recent appointments to the Legislative Council and one in particular, that of Donald Grant, there arises the urgent need for the reform of that…

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Sydney's Lord Mayor Ald. Walder Party Nominee. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 5

Ald. S. Walder will probably be the next Lord Mayor of Sydney. The Civic Reform party, which controls a majority in the council, by five votes to four…

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Municipal Elections

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 2

Sir, --We had the usual run of letters at this time, most of them with nom de plumes, such as "Ratepayer,' '"Elector," "Citizen," etc. I cannot…

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New Lord Mayor Ald, Walder Elected Garden Attacks Ex-lord Mayor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 5

Ald. S. Walder was to-day elected unopposed as Lord Mayor of Sydney for 1932. A strong attack on the retiring Lord…

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Tas. Legislative Council Debt Conversion Bill in Danger Hobart

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 1

Although it is expected that the Debt Conversion Bill, to ratify the agreement between the Commonwealth and the States, for the compulsory conversion of…

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Municipal and Shire Elections

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 2

In most centres considerable interest was taken in the shire and municipal elections which took place in country districts last Saturday. Owing to a…

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