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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

555 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 28

Comments On Roadwork In Copmanhurst Shire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 7

A LETTER was received from the Kippenduff Progress Association at yesterday's meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council expressing appreciation of the grading of the main road, and of the construction of wooden culverts on the road…

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Council Attends Local Government Conference

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 3

The meeting of the Copmanhurst Shire Council was adjourned yesterday to enable the president (Cr. O. V. Small) and…

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Maclean Council Extends Welcome To Visitors

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 3

MACLEAN.—At the meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council, the Mayor (Ald. E. D. Munro) extended a welcome to…

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Privy Council Hears Appeal By Quirindi Woman

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—As members of the Privy Council's Judicial Committee, Lords Simon, Porter, Uthwatt, Du…

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Know-The-District-Data Ulmarra, Maclean, South Grafton Municipal Progress: Grafton City

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 6

THE Drainage Promotion Act was passed on June 20, 1865, and the farmers of Great Marlow were amongst the first to…

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Sawtell Needs Requests to Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 2

The following matters affecting Sawtell were before last meeting of Belingen Shire Council:— From Mr. O. C. Sawtell notifying…

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Round the Shire Letters To The Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1

Over seventy letters were received and dealt with at Wednesday's meeting of the [?] Shire Council. They covered many and varied…

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Upper Orara Shire Candidate

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1

Adding to the announcement in last issue of the selection of Mr. S. R. Green, of Dairyville as country candidate for C Riding at the…

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Rural Development Council's Main Aim

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 6

THE council was formed with the sole object of establishing the Nymboida Hydro-Electric scheme as a rural developmental…

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Mayor And Town Clerk Thanked

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 3

At the end of the official business of the Local Governmen Conference at Grafton yesterday the retiring president (Ald. A. S…

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Keen Interest in Shire Elections

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 3

Interest in the forthcoming shire elections was evident at a public meeting held in the Orara Hall to select a…

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Bruce for Food Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Lord Bruce will leave for Washington on October 18, to attend the meeting of the World Food…

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Round the Shire Letters to the Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 6

L.N. and A. L. MacCue wrote asking for attention to the Upper Bucca road, which it was added was in a deplorable state.—To be done as…

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SHIRE H.Q. Petition is Submitted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 7

A petition signed by 155 electors was submitted by the Eastern Dorrigo Development League to Wednesday's meeting of the Shire…

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Coming Elections For Shire and Urban Committee

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 3

"We want good men to come and offer themselves for both the Shire Council and Urban Committee, at the coming election on December 6,"…

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First Past Post Voting at Shire Elections

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 2

First-past-the-post voting will be the system to be observed at the coming shire and municipal elections on Saturday, December 6. This was…

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Regional Council Meets at Nambucca Heads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 1

In continuation of its policy to gain at first hand detailed information regarding the requirements of every section of its area, No. 2…

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Alderman Very Fit

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—By running five furlongs in 1.3 1/2, at Victoria Park this morning, Alderman demonstrated thai his form at Randwick was wrong. He…

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Council Opposes Lunch Closure

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 2

LISMORE.—Legislation to effect all-day trading in Lismore, with no lunch hour closing, will be supported by Lismore City…

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Deadlock Persists In Security Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 1

FLUSHING (New York), Tuesday (A.A.P.).—The General Assembly yesterday again failed to break the deadlock over Poland's…

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