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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1936

908 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 46

Shire Roads Engineer's Reports

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

In his reports to last meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council the engineer, Mr. R. H. Bartlett, stated that he had repeatedly written W. H. Pritchard…

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Shire Bound[?] Suggested Alter[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

Dorrigo Shire Coun[?] Wednesday's meeting [?] suggested alteration in [?] daries of Bellingen and [?]…

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Greater County Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

A modified greater county council scheme submitted by the Casino Municipal Council for the supply of electricity to the North Coast did not…

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Local and General Accident to Shire Car

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

A letter was received at the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday from the insurance company with whom the shire car is insured, asking for more…

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Shire By-roads £12,000 Loan Sought Allocation to Works

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 3

Early this year Dorrigo Shire Council decided to seek a substantial loan to do more permanent work on some of the by-roade,…

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"Waste of Money" The Shires Conference No Delegate From Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

Referring to the Annual Shires Conference in Sydney as a "Gas Shop" and waste of money Dorrigo Shire Councillors at last…

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Greater County Council Minister to Visit Area. Again

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 4

Mr. A. E. Budd, M.L.A. on Wednesday advised by telephone from Sydney that Mr. E. S. Spooner (Minister for Works and Local…

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Lang Faction Suffers Decisive Defeat! Labor Council Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

The Lang faction suffered decisive defeat cat Sydney Tradse and Labor Council to-night when it was decided by 79 votes to 65 to prevent move to…

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Subsidiary Roads Council Adopts Programme to Borrow Money Tentative Programme Arranged

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 2

Considerable time was devoted by the Dorrigo Shire Council on Wednesday to consideration of a tentative programme of works on…

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"Shaken" Structure of Security Eden's Council Speech Waiting for Von Ribbentrop London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

The German delegate to the League Council, Von Ribbentrop, accompanied by his staff, arrived in London this afternoon, too late to attend…

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Serious From German Viewpoint Franco-Soviet Pact Germany's Case Stated at League Council Meeting. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 5

Germany accepted the FrancoPolish and Franco-Czecho-Slovakian treaties, but none could expect her to tolerate the Franco-Soviet pact,…

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FINED £50 Erina Councillors Travelling Allowances Mayor on Similar Charge. Gosford

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 3

William Arthur Chapman, merchant. of Wyong, and Edward Powell Braithwaite, farmer, of Bebeah, councillors of Erina Shire, were each…

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Duty of League Council Mr. Casey's Comments. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

Speaking on the adjournment of the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Casey, representing the Minister for External Affairs, said that in the many…

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German View "Might Consent" Newspapers Bitter Council Decision Attacked London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" says the official view is that The Hague Court is not a suitable body to judge a case in which…

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Dr. Earle Page Arrives in London Attends League Of Nations Council Empire Trade Questions London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

In a statement to the British press Dr. Earle Page, who arrived in London to-day, emphasised that a further impetus to Empire trade might…

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World Conference to Plan for Peace European Situation Easing Powers Suggest Hague Arbitration Council Decision Unanimous Against Germany International Police to Patrol Frontier France Willing To Modify Immediate Demands LONDON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 March 1936 · page 5

With dramatic development following rapidly on dramatic development one of the most momentous days in European history has closed with a distinct note of optimism and an easing in the situation. The four Locarno Powers have achieved agreement, while this noon, by a unanimous vote of eleven to nil, the League Council approved the Franco-Belgian resolution, by which it is agreed that Germany has committed a breach of Article 43 of the treaty of Versailles. The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) announced this afternoon that a…

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Orara Shire Council By-election For B Riding MR. A. G. Bailey's Return Assured

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 March 1936 · page 4

The by-election to fill the vacancy in the representation of B Riding in the Orara Shire Council caused by the death of Cr. H. Collett was held on…

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FOOTPATHS Concrete Proposal South Grafton Council Last Night's Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 6

A proposal to investigate the possibility of laying down a mile of concrete footpaths in South Grafton was agreed to at last night's meeting…

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Sunday Football South Grafton Objects Council Refuses Application "Why Not Stop Flying?"

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 4

South Grafton Municipal Council refused, at its meeting last night, an application for permission to play Cup football on Sundays…

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Erina Shire Administrator Takes Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 5

The Minister for Local Government. Mr. Spooner, announced to-day that Mr. B. C. Hughes, inspector of local government accounts, had Been…

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