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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1948

431 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 22

Harwood Shire's Auditor Makes Recommendations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 3

MACLEAN, Fri.—The year's operations of the Harwood Shire Council have resulted in a def[?]it of £1559103. The…

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Harwood Shire Council Considers Bus Fare Increase Reasonable

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 4

MACLEAN.—Harwood Shire Council, at its meeting, had before it a letter from the District Motor Registry, asking its views on the running of the Iluka-Grafton bus service, and applicaion for increased fares…

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Dorrigo Shire History

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 5

The Dorrigo Shire Council has unanimously decided to compile a complete history of the Dorrigo Shire, including a series of…

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Representation at Shire Conference

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 2

Speaking at Wednesday's meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council the President (Cr. Harry Bailey) said he found from the…

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Shire President Let Down Badly

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 2

Gloucester Shire President, Cr. I. Moore, was let down badly at last meeting of the Shire Council. The Council was…

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Expenditure of Petrol Tax on Shire Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 7

A letter from the Shires Association to last meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council advised that it was essential that…

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Letters to the Council Dealt with

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 3

Many letters from ratepayers and others were again tabled for consideration of Borrigo Shire Councillors at…

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Rugby League. Mayor Of Maclea Presents Blazers To Football Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 5

MACLEAN.--At a well attended function held in the Maclean Literary Institute, the Mayor of Maclean, Ald G. Markham, presented the Rovers…

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Graziers To Form District Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 3

The Clarence branch of the Graziers' Association decided yesterday to form a District Council, embracing the…

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Each £ Shire Revenue Is Spent This Way

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 1

Shire Clerk Ray Smith submitted some very interesting figures to last meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council. The…

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Municipal Marketing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 6

"With due respect to the politicians I repeat Municipal Marketing is not alone a solution of the high prices of fruit and…

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Flood Damage Report Awaited By Dorrigo Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.—No claim for damage suffered during the recent cyclonic disturbance has yet been submitted by…

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Grafton Boys' Band Berates City Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 3

THE Grafton District Boys' Band executive informed the Grafton City Council last night that the band had explicit faith in its committee of management and resented council's attitude in attempting to usurp the management of the band…

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Orara Shire Council Does Not Favour Gorge Scheme

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

The Crara Shire Council at a meeting held in the Council Chambers, South Grafton, yesterday, passed a motion that the…

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History of Shire to Be Compiled

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

Dorrigo Shire Council unanimously decided to endorse a proposal by Cr. Riding that, a complete History of Dorrigo Shire, including also a…

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Orara Shire Cannot Finance Armidale Road Programme

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

THE Orara Shire Council meeting at South Grafton yesterday received a letter from the Department of Main Roads asking if the council still desired to proceed with the bitumining programme of the Armidale road as it had proposed to do before…

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Council's Duty To Protect Landowners Says Nymboida President

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 3

A resolution of the Nymboida Shire Council yesterday at the meeting in South Grafton stated that the council was not in…

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Shire Council's Staff Shortage

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Fri.--The office of the Dorrigo Shire Council at Coramba was so under staffed that the efficiency of the…

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Harwood Shire Supports The Gorge Scheme

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

MACLEAN, Fri.--"I have much pleasure in moving that the Harwood Shire Council support the Gorge Scheme,"…

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Postal Voting At Shire Elections

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 5

The Minister for Local Government has acknowledged the request from the Raleigh District Council of the PPU…

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