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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 6 of 28

£25,000 Loan For Cockburn Shire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

An application by the Cockburn Shire Council for permission to raise a special loan of £25,000 for the construction of…

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Price Increases Worry Truman And Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Mon.—President Truman and his council of economic advisers are gravely concerned over the continued…

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Service Charge Abolished By County Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 4

THE fixed service charge on all residential and farm consumers was abolished by the Clarence River County Council at a meeting in Grafton yesterday. Increased unit charges were adopted. The chairman (Cr. G…

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Council To Decide On Coal Strike Recommendation

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.—The Miners' Central Council will decide to-morrow whether to recommend general strike action to…

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Council Seeks Public Support On Levee Repair

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

To seek support in a protest against the Public Works Department's inaction on repairs to Great Marlow flood wall, the Grafton City Council last night decided to…

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Dorrigo Shire Council the February Meeting Points of Local Interest

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

Councillors present at the February meeting of the Dorrigo Shire were R. G. Wilson (president, in the chair) W. H. Bailey,…

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Orara Shire Declines To Attend Water Conference

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 7

THE Orara Shire Council yesterday declined to accept an invitation to send delegates to a conference to be held at Maclean to-day to discuss a water supply scheme as outlined by Mr. J. W. Campbell…

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Dorrigo's Steady Progress Inspector's Report to Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

Five applications t o build at Dorrigo were received by the assistant inspector, Mr. J. W. Towell, for the month of January,…

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New Shire Chambers "Content to Leave to Discretion of Local Councillors" Advancement League's Decision

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 4

Dorrigo District Advancement League is content to leave the matter of new shire chambers proposed to be erected at Coffs…

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Producers Confer Raleigh P.p.u. Council Meets Much Business Transacted

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 5

Much business was before the quarterly meeting of the Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers Union, at Urunga,…

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Raleigh District Council— Primary Producers' Union MR. R. Peake, New President the Annual Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Raleigh District Council, P.P.U., at Urunga recently, Mr. R. Peake, of Dorrigo, was elected president…

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No Assistant Engineer For Tweed Shire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 3

A move to have an assistant engineer appointed to Tweed Shire Council to obtain experience in preparation for taking…

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Tamworth Road Safety Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 5

To foster greater interest in the activities of Tamworth Road Safety Council, it has been decided to invite junior councils to…

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Shire President's Lucky Escape

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 4

Last week was Bellingen Shire President's lucky week. A few days ago he was a passenger in a car winch was involved in a collision on…

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Resignation Of Kyogle Shire Council Sought

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 2

A resolution carried at a ing of the Dyraaba Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers League, to be submitted through the N.S.W…

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Dorrigo Council Loan Approved

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 6

The Governor-in-Council has approved the application of the Dirrigo Shire Council for Permission to raise a loan of £10,000…

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Maclean Council Favours water Supply Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 6

MACLEAN Municipal Council unanimously adopted recommendations carried by Ulmarra, Maclean Councils and Harwood Shire Council arising out of the recent conference held to consider proposals for a Lower Clarence water supply, on plans submitted…

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Casino Council Houses Limited To 14

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 6

CASINO,—Casino Municipal Council adopted a recommendation of the Finance Committee, that the council would not…

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Deputations Wait On Nymboida Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 2

Deputations from three localities were received by the Nymboida Shire Council on Friday on the possibility of completing the…

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Nymboida Shire Council Faces Heavy Road Repairs

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 6

THE need for further assistance to Shire Councils for road maintenance was emphasised at yesterday's meeting of the Nymboida Council. The president, Cr. G. W…

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