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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1945

356 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 18

Many Requests Made To Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 2

The Grafton City Council dealt with a wide range of requests and considerable general business at its meeting last night at the Town Hall. The Grafton Ratepayers and Citizens' Progress Association…

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Police Association And Affiliation With T. and L. Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Supporting a motion at the N.S.W. Police Association conference to-day that the association should not affiliate…

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Review Of Immunisation By Copmanhurst Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

Reporting to the Copmanhurst Shire Council meeting yesterday, the shire clerk (Mr. H. G. Greenaway) dealt with…

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Dorrigo Shire Seeks County Council Supply

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 4

Formal application is to be made to the Clarence River County Council by the Dorrigo Shire Council for the extension of the County Council's area to include the parishes of Leigh, Fenton and Bligh, as comprised within the Dorrigo shire. This was revealed…

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South Grafton Council Awaits Housing Report

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 3

The housing question was again before South Grafton Council at last night's meeting. Council decided "to" await the report of Mr. W. J. Cameron, district valuer, of Lismore, on the question of suitable building sites, before taking any further action…

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Labor Council At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 6

Coff's Harbour Trades and Labor Council, at its monthly meeting on Saturday night, dealt with a wide variety of…

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Dorrigo Shire Council the Monthly Sitting Points of Local Interest

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

At the April meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council, held at the Council Chambers, Coramba, those present were Crs. R. Loudon (president), W…

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Kempsey Council To Supply Metal To Railways

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 5

The Railway Department soon may be receiving metal from Kempsey Municipal Council. At the request of the…

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Shire Works Shire Engineer's Report

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

The shire engineer (Mr. O. F. Dixon) reported as follows to the recent Shire Council meeting:—Main Road No. 151.—Patrol…

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£2,500 Grant for Roads Minister's Offer to Shire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 3

Hon. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A., forwards copy of letter received from the Minister for Local Government, which reads:—I refer to your…

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Sydney Council Win For Lang Labour

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--Dr. H. J. Foley, Lang Labour candidate for the Phillip ward at the Sydney City Council by-election yesterday,…

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Victory Loan Comment By Mayor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 2

In a minute to last night's meeting of the Grafton City Council, the Mayor (Aid. J. C. O'Brien) made suggestions in…

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Shire Presidents' Comments Debt Owed To Britain

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 2

"In common with all peoples of the British Empire we rejoice that the war in Europe has been brought to a successful…

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Country Newspapers Praised By Mayor

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 3

Warm tributes to the excellence of the standard of service given to the community by the Country Press, and particularly the "Daily Examiner" and other North Coast papers were paid by the Mayor of Grafton (Alderman J. C. O'Brien), when he opened…

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Electricity Supply. Casino Council Not Interested

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 3

The Casino Municipal Council has decided that it will not cooperate with the Lismore Municipal Council in its request to the…

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Labor Council Conference Sought at Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 4

At its first May Day celebrations, the Coff's Harbour Trades and Labour Council was instructed at a public meeting to convene…

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Soldiers' Preference For Maclean Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 4

At the last meeting of Maclean Municipal Council Ald. E. D. Munro asked that subject to the provisions of the Returned Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Preference Act, any temporary employment by the council be given to returned men from this…

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Library Facilities for Nymboida Shire

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 2

The Nymboida Shire Council at Friday's meeting, decided to make inquiries in regard, to that area being brought into the Grafton City Council library scheme. Cr. F. Maxwell said that he understood that under present…

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Orara Shire Council President Critical

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

The secretary of the Association for Electrical Development (Mr. G. W. Stewart) wrote the Orara Shire Council yesterday…

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Council's Responsibilities When Building Houses

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

South Grafton Municipal Council at last night's meeting decided to inform the Minister for Housing that it would adopt…

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