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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

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Return of Council Graders

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 October 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--As soon as repairs are effected to graders taken over by the Commonwealth for making military roads they would…

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Various Items Discussed By Ulmarra Municipal Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 4

Ald. A. G. Bailey presided at a meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council, held at the Council Chambers yesterday. There were present Aids. A. Bowling, S. J. Buchanan, Les…

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Russia Proposes Control Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs,-- Russia wants the establishment of a Control Commission for Japan to precede the creation of the Far Eastern Advisory Commission in…

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Maclean Council Discusses Wide Range Of Topics

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 5

MACLEAN, Wed.-- A wide and varied range of topics was discussed at a meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council on Tuesday night. Mr. E. D. Munro presided in…

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Orders of the Day at Council Meeting Local Matters Discussed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 2

Included in the orders of the day, discussed at the recent meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, were the following matters of…

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Grafton City Council Streets Are Untidy, Says Mayor Of Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 3

The Mayor, Ald. J. C. O'Brien, at last night's meeting of Grafton City Council, said that he had noted that the practice of townspeople in throwing garden refuse on to the streets was becoming more and more prevalent…

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City Council On Control Of Sunday Sport

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 2

Grafton City Council at last night's meeting had before it a report from the Town Clerk Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather, on…

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Council Consulted Last On Technical College Project

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 4

Resentment was expressed by the Mayor, Ald. J. C. O'Brien, as Grafton City Council meeting on Monday night, that while it was proposed to establish a technical college in the Grafton City area, council was apparently the last to be consulted in the matter of…

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Harwood Shire Council Discusses Many Items

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 October 1945 · page 4

MACLEAN, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the Harwood Shire Council held at Maclean yesterday, a letter was received from the Yamba Urban Area Committee asking council to fix a standard for dwellings to be built at Yamba, as it was…

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Dorrigo Shire Council Asst. Health Inspector's Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 4

The following report was submitted by the assistant health inspector (Mr. J. W. Towell) to Wednesday's Shire Council meeting:—…

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Russia Wants Control Council For Japan

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thurs,--Russia is still insisting on the establishment of an Allied Control Council for Japan, and may boycott…

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£5-600 Cost of Repair Alternator at Power House Damaged by Fire Electrical Engineer's Report to Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 October 1945 · page 1

The electrical engineer (Mr. W. P. McSkimming) submitted the following report to Wednesday's Shire meeting, on the…

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South Grafton Council Defers Loan For Home Building

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 October 1945 · page 3

South Grafton Council last nighty decided to defer for the time being action to procure a loan of £10,000 for the erection of homes in that centre while the Commission's house building scheme was in progress for rental purposes…

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Correspondence And Reports At Dorrigo Shire Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 4

The president, Cr. R. Loudon, presided at a meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council at the Council Chambers, Coramba. Also present were the shire clerk, Mr. R. E. Smith, the…

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To Fill Vacancy In Legislative Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Both Houses of the State Parliament will assemble on November 15 to elect a member of the Legislative…

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Area School for Dorrigo? Dist. Council P. & C. to Ask for Establishment Larger Schools More Efficient

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 October 1945 · page 1

At a meeting convened by the District Council of P. & C. Associations, held at the Dorrigo Central School, on Thursday…

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Discussions On Control Council For Japan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri.--The U.S. Secretary for State, Mr. Byrnes, announced that the United States is discussing with Russia the…

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Public Holiday For Copmanhurst Shire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 2

The Copmanhurst shire clerk, Mr. H. G. Greenaway, has been informed by the Chief Secretary that a public holiday has been…

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Electrical Fitter For County Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 4

The County Clerk, Mr. Chas. M. Seymour, advised the C.R.C.C. meeting yesterday that he proposed calling applications…

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Compensation Claim On County Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 October 1945 · page 4

On behalf of Mr. Shipman, of Glenreagh, Mr. D. W. Macpherson tendered a claim to the Clarence River County Council yesterday for £150, as compensation for damages to his land and a fig tree. The damages were caused by high tension lines which were run through…

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