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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1940

666 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 34

To Be Strengthened Bridges On Wooli Road Mining Co, to Contribute £96 Representations to Orara Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 9

At the Orara Shire Council meeting, held at South Grafton, yesterday morning, Messrs. J. Derrick and D. Porter, engineers of the Beach…

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Use Local Coal Lismore Council Decision. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 6

Lismore Municipal Council has only nine weeks' reserve stocks of coal for gas production. In order to preserve these stocks in the event of the coal…

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DISSATISFIED South Grafton Council Water Board Administration Costs . "£300 a Year Wasted."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 6

Dissatisfaction was expressed by the South Grafton Municipal Council last night with the attitude adopted by the Grafton and South Grafton Water…

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South Grafton Council Sewerage Settlement Town Improvement Scheme Lighting of McKITTRICK PARK

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council was held last night, there being present: The Mayor (Ald. Carl T. Schwinghammer)…

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Municipal Saleyards South Grafton Experience Gunnedah Cattle Agents Seek Advice

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 3

The South Grafton Municipal Council last night received a letter from Gunnedah Associated Agents pointing out difficulties as to management…

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United Protestant Assn. District Council Monthly Sale of Old Clothes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 10

Every branch on the Clarence was represented at the monthly meeting held at Ulmarra on Thursday last, when the chair was occupied by the…

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Cane Growers' Assn. Half-yearly Meeting of N-s.w Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 4

At the half-yearly meeting of the council of the New South Wales Cane Growers' Association in Maclean, delegates were present from the Tweed,…

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Grant for Council Work

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 4

The Woodburn Shire Council received a grant of £300 some time ago to repair the subsidence of Richmond Terrace as the result of floods. The…

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Cane Growers' Assn. N.S.W. Council Half-yearly Meeting Cane Off Excess Areas

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the council of the New South Wales Cane Growers' Association was held in the Literary Institute, Maclean, on…

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Maclean Council Calling The Punt Blowing of Car Horns Retention of Full Time C.P.S. SOUGHT

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council was held on Monday night last, when there were present: Alds. W. J. Rolph (Mayor),…

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Road Safety Council Grafton Branch Secretary's Broadcast

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 April 1940 · page 8

Mr. J. R. Scott, secretary of the, Grafton branch of the Road safety Council, delivered the following address over station 2NR, entitled, "Road…

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"Grave Crime" Bribe Appeals Fail Waterloo Council Case Gaol for Three Aldermen Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 4

The appeals of Leslie Cohan, John William Neilson and Ernest Navin, against a sentence of three months' imprisonment imposed on each for…

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Grafton Council R.A.A.F. Recruiting Omnibus Service Urban Farm Lands

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 April 1940 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last there being present:--The Mayor (Ald. E. H. Chataway), Alds C. H. Richards W.R…

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NEARING 500 MARK Grafton Branch Membership Road Safety Council of N.S.W.

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1940 · page 4

A general meeting of the Grafton branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. will be held at the Town Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, and…

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Shire Council The Monthly Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 4

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

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Dorrigo Shire Council Electrical Engineer's Report for March

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 5

The electrical engineer (Mr. W. McSkimming) submitted the following report to Wednesday's shire council meeting:—…

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Shire Administration

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 2

In a report to the Shire Council on Wednesday, the Clerk (Mr. R. E. Smith) stated that the cost of administration of the Shire in 1939 was 4.26…

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Patriotic Funds Shire Organisation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 1

At the repeated request of the Chief Secretary's Department, Dorrigo Shire Council at Wednesday's meeting decided to form a Shire Patriotic Fund,…

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Flood Damage Dorrigo Shire's Troubles

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 3

The Engineer (Mr. E. J. Smith) reported to the Council meeting on Wednesday that minor floodings in the Orara Valley during the month…

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Shire Bank Account Transfer to Coffs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1940 · page 4

The Shire Council at Wednesday's meeting completed arrangements for the transfer of the Shire bank account from the Commercial Bank of…

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