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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1946

579 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 29

Eight-Hour Day Holiday For Shire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1946 · page 5

MACLEAN, Fri.--The question of granting the whole of Harwood shire a public holiday on Eight-Hour Day, October 7, was again…

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Council Secures Better Access To Jubilee Park

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 2

MACLEAN, Fri.-- Presenting the Mayoral minute to the last meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council, the Mayor (Ald…

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Shire Revision Court

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 2

A court for the revision of supplementary lists of electors was held before. Mr. G. L. Berry, Police Magistrate, at Grafton…

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Dorrigo Shire Road Repairs

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 4

CENTRAL and UPPER BUCCA, Sun.--Mr. G. Barker, one of the committee who met the shire engineer and Cr. Wilson when they…

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Council Clash On Insurance Reports

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

A clash between Ald. A. F. Robinson and the Mayor (Ald. J. C. O'Brien), occurred at a meeting of the Grafton City…

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M. Gromyko New Security Council Chairman

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon.--M. Gromyko will take over the chairmanship of the Security Council to-morrow, under the monthly rotation system, while the council was still dealing at least with one, probaby two, questions in which the Soviet was strongly…

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City Council Rejects Pine Tree Offer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

An offer from Mr. C. F. Norris, of Nymboida Collieries to remove bunya pine trees from Mary street free of cost was declined…

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Council To Spend £1957 On Resurfacing Roads

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

GRAFTON City Council last night agreed to a Finance Committee recommendation that £1957 be spent on the resealing of a number of bitumen roads. This amount will be obtained…

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Citizens' Council Criticised By Coff's Harbour A.L.P.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.--At the monthly meeting of the Coff's Harbour branch of the A.L.P., members discussed the…

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Shire Councillor Resents Ridicule

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 3

Cr. H. C. Rogan informed the Copmanhurst District Ratepay-yesterday he resented council being held up to ridicule by the…

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North Coast Cricket Council Formed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.--A North Coast Cricket Council, incorporating eight district cricket associations, has been formed at Coff's Harbour. The council has arranged an inter-association competition, the first round of which will be played on…

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Council Wants More Trade Classes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 3

Grafton City Council intends to press for the provision of more reconstruction trade classes at the Technical College…

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The Electricity Question County Council's Offer to Dorrigo Shire Clerk and Engineer's Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 1

Probably no greater controversy has exercised the minds of Dorrigo Plateau residents over recent years than that of electricity. Outside districts have been agitating for an extension of the service and much has been said for and against proposals whether…

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Petrol Tax Allocation For Shire Roads

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 3

CO[?]MANHURST Shire Council, at Wednesday's meeting, de[?]ded to ask the local parliamentary representatives to support the proposals of the Nambucca Shire Council for a more generous allocation of petrol taxes for expenditure on shire work…

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Country Party Policy For Shire Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Fri. -- The most persistent question asked of Sir Earle Page during his election campaign in the Kempsey district concerned the repair and maintenance of shire roads. Sir Earle and party traversed…

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Disposal Trucks For Armidale Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1946 · page 4

Purchase of two Army [?]posal trucks at a total cost of £575 was agreed to by the Armidale City Council. The trucks, both 3-ton…

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Joint Council Agreed To

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 2

Murwillumbah Municipal Council has agreed to Tweed Shire Council's proposal that when the new joint council is established…

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Affiliation With Cricket Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 5

At the Clarence River Cricket Association meeting on Monday night, the chairman (Mr. G. Maxwell) reported on the…

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South Grafton Council's Attitude on Play Centre

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 4

South Grafton Council decided on Monday night to have a National Fitness play centre during the Christmas vacation,…

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Maclean Council By-Election

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1946 · page 2

MACLEAN, Wed.-- Arthur George Markham (insurance agent), Cecil James Henry (radi[?] dealer), Lancelot Harcourt…

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