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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1938

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Coombadjha Bridge Proposition Shire Council Dispute "A Dead End"

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

The opinion having been expressed that a dead end had been reached, so far as matters in dispute with regard to the Coombadjha bridge…

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Bellingen Shire Band

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

Members of the Bellingen Shire Band, under Bandmaster Goodwin, are practising assiduously in anticipation of partaking in the D grade division of…

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Tintenbar Shire Spends Heavily

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

In a review of the activities of Tintenbar Shire Council during 1937 the president (Cr. D. A. Robins) stated that the cash income, including loans, had…

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Travelling Fees Shire President Fined £50 Disqualified for 12 Months. Bombala

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 4

The president of the Bibbenlukf Shire Council, Cr. A. A. Wright, to-day was fined £50 and ordered to pay £517 costs, and was disqualified from…

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Didn't Want It Position As Mayor Bit Too Expensive

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

Ald. E. L. R. Keech was the only nomination for the position of Mayor of Wingham. He is not shook on the job, however, and told the aldermen all…

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Child Nutrition in Pre-school Days Advisory Council Report Comment by Sir Earle Page Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

Only by the dietary care of the child before school can measures for improved nutrition prove completely effective. The magnitude of…

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Shire Amenities Harwood Council President Entertains L.G. Works and Borrowing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 3

On Thursday last, when the Harr-wood Shire Council held their first meeting in the new year, the president (Cr. J. Wiblen) entertained the…

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House Numbers Readjustment Scheme Grafton City Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

Some months ago the Grafton City Council decided that, in view of the fact that the numbers of the houses in many of the streets were considerably…

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Grasshoppers Flame-thrower for Severn Shire. Glen Innes

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

A the January meeting of the Severn Shire Council, Councillor W. H. Wilson said the grasshopper plague reached Furracabad on December 3, and…

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Houses Safe Borers In Timber Council View

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, in a statement regarding the division of forest products, states that the collapse of a…

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Shire Council Sawtell Needs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

At the monthly meeting of Beningen Shire Council Sawtell Progress Association drew attention to trees overhanging the old road from…

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Protected Animals Opossum In Possession Charge Against Alderman "Proved," But Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Thomas Urich Ass[?], railway officer, of Cambridge street, South Grafton, pleaded not guilty before Mr. J. McElroy, P.M., in the…

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S.G. Council Water Board Election Ald. E. G. Reid New Member Mayor and Alb, Flaherty Re-elected

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 6

Alds. Carl Schwinghammer, J. Flaherty and E. G. Reid were elected South Grafton. Council's representatives on the Grafton and South…

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Passenger Ferry Grafton-South Grafton Service Attitude of Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

In his mniute to the Grafton City Council at last night's meeting, the Mayor, Ald. Joseph Reid, referring to the ferry service between Grafton and…

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Civil Aviation S. Grafton Aerodrome New Hangar Wanted Deputation to Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

A request that the Grafton City Council should assist financially in the erection of a new hangar at the South Grafton aerodrome to replace that…

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Loan Proposal Town Improvement Scheme Grafton Council Discussion Need for Drainage Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 3

Considerable time was occupied at the meeting of the Grafton City Council on Monday night in a discussion upon a resolution submitted by Ald…

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Grafton Council a Late Sitting Brick Area Ordinance Police and the Labor Bureau

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 7

The sitting of the Grafton City Council lasted until a late hour on Monday night, and parts of the business transacted were not included in…

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Loan Council Methods Criticised by Queensland Premier. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

Addressing the State Convention of the Australian Workers' Union to-day, the Premier, Mr. Forgan Smith, criticised the Australian Loan Council. The…

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Shire Council The Monthly Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 4

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

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Shire Works Engineer's Report

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 3

Mr. H. G. Bond, Shire Engineer, reported as follows to the council meeting on Wednesday:— "A" Riding…

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