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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

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City Council Wants Educational Block

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night decided to make fresh representations for the provision of an educational block, to centralise activities at Grafton High School. The decision was made in the adoption of a recommendation…

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Kempsey Electricity May Be Controlled By Municipal Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Wed.—Electricity in the Kempsey district may soon be controlled by Kempsey Municipal Council, instead of a private…

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Allied Works Council To Be Disbanded

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.—The Allied Works Council will be disbanded when all war works on which it is engaged are finalised. This was…

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Copmanhurst Council Discusses Road Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

Reporting to Copmanhurst Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, Mr. H. I. McGuigan, engineer, suggested a scheme for overcoming the difficulty of providing for work on all Riding roads. Briefly, the plan was to…

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Copmanhurst Council Wants Baryulgil Road Reclassified

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

The proposed reclassification of the Grafton to Baryulgil road within the Copmanhurst Shire Council area as a trunk road or a State highway, was again before the council at its meeting on Wednesday…

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P.p.u. District Council Executive for 1945 Is Elected the Annual Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 3

Delegates in attendance at the annual and quarterly meetings of the Raleigh District Council P.P.U., at Urunga, on Saturday…

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Labor Council Ruling On Loading Ships Cost of Home Building

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--Ruling that waterside workers should continue to load ships with war cargoes, was given yesterday, by the SYDNEY, Tues.--It will be difficult to estimate the cost of construction of homes in New South Walels in comparison with…

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Dorrigo Shire Wants Former Powers Back

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 3

At the Dorrigo Shire Council meeting Councillor Riding moved the following resolution, which was carried unanimously:--…

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County Council's Successful Year Despite Difficulties

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 2

After making full provision for depreciation and reserves, the Clarence River County Council derived a net profit of £13,939 during the year ended December 31,1944. Sales of electricity totalled 27,634,953 units, an increase of 12.8…

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Shire Proposes Mechanisation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 2

At the last meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council it was decided that Bellingen Shire Council be asked to appoint…

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Dorrigo Shire Wants £10,000 for Coff's Harbour Drainage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 4

The Local Government Department has informed Dorrigo Shire Council in regard to its proposed, loan of £7000 for drainage works at Coff's Harbour, that in view of the decisions of the Loan Council, it was impossible for the loan to be raised during the…

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Dorrigo Shire Council Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council, held at the Shire Chambers, Coramba, recently those present were Crs. R. Loudon…

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Dorrigo Shire Council Electrical Engineer's Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 1

Mr. W. P. McSkimming (Electrical Engineer), submitted the following report to the recent meeting of the Shire Council for the month of…

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Shire Estimates Estimates Approved

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

The Shire Council at the monthly meeting adopted the estimates submitted by the Clerk for year 1945. All rates remain the same as last…

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Memorial Baths Site Report For City Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

Grafton City Council at tonight's meeting will deal with a comprehensive report by Mr. W. Keith Harris, town planner,…

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Mayor Reports On Fisher Park Showground Water

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

The Mayor, Ald. J. C. O'Brien, in a special minute to last night's meeting of Grafton City Counncil reported as follows:…

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Council Decides On Closer Supervision Of Greyhounds

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

Keeping of greyhounds within the town boundaries and the conduct of owners when exercising their dogs on the streets, were dealt with at last night's meeting of…

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Baths On The Boulevard Grafton Council's Decision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

Grafton City Council, at its meeting last night, by a majority of nine votes to three, decided that the Boulevard would be the site for the Memorial Baths…

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Council's Lively Debate On Chosing Bath Site

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

An interesting and lively discussion took place at the meeting of the Grafton City Council on Monday night, when the Boulevard was chosen as the site for the…

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County Council Invests £15,000 in Victory Loan

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

On the recommendation of the County Clerk (Mr. C. M. Seymour) the Clarence River County Council has decided to invest…

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