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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 12 of 22

Provisions of Boat Beyond Shire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 4

MACLEAN: Tullymorgan P. and C. Association asekd Harwood Shire why Tullymorgan should be isolated to the degree…

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Subsidy For Richmond County Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Approval has been given by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) for the payment of…

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Copmanhurst Shire Supports Gorge Scheme

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 2

Copmanhurst Shire Council at yesterday's meeting in Grafton unanimously supported the Gorge Scheme as a means of…

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Alumny Creek Blockage Concerns Shire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

THE Copmanhurst Shire Council yesterday decided to make representations direct to the Premier, through Mr. C. G. Wingfield, M.L.A., and Col. M. F. Bruxner, M.L.A., for assistance in removing the serious blockage in Alumny Creek, and in draining…

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Heavy Flood Damage In Copmanhurst Shire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 4

COUNCILLORS of the Copmanhurst shire, at the meeting in Grafton yesterday, expressed concern at the extremely heavy flood damage which had occurred in the shire. The engineer (Mr. H. I. McGuigan) submitted a detailed…

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Council Wants Grant For Unemployed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

MACLEAN: Harwood Shire Council has decided to ask the Flood Relief Committee to compensate it for £200 spent on…

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Primary Producers' Council Of Growing Importance

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--More than 200,000 producers were now represented on the Primary Producers' Council through its…

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Shire Hall Robbed and Looted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.—The shire hall in the village of Gunyah Gunyah has been systematically robbed and looted over the past…

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Sunday Sport Again Before City Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 2

THE resolution of the Grafton City Council that the wishes of the electors regarding Sunday sport be sought by way of a referendum at the next extraordinary or ordinary election was rescinded at last night's meeting of the council on a notice of…

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Gorge Scheme Supported By Grafton City Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1948 · page 3

GRAFTON City Council resolved at its meeting last night to give full support to the Gorge dam and hydro-electric scheme as advocated by Sir Earle Page. It also was decided that the Grafton Council convene the meeting if Ulmarra Council desired…

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Aldermen Thank Town Clerk And Volunteer Firemen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 4

THE Town Clerk (Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather) at Monday night's meeting of the Grafton City Council was congratulated on his prompt action in coping with the difficult situation which arose during the strike of fire brigade officers and firemen recently…

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Foreign Minister Council May Meet

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.) .--According to the British United Press, in a despatch from The Hague, says the belief is growing…

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Grafton Council Farewell To Ald. B. L. Miller

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 2

Ald. B. L. Miller was farewelled at a meeting of the Grafton City Council on Monday night…

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Tourist Minister Did Not Contact Shire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 2

BELLINGEN.—Disappointment was expressed at the July meeting of the Bellingen Shire Council that the Minister of…

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Permit to Build New Shire Chambers

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council on Wednesday decided to lodge an application for permission to build new Shire Chambers…

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Noxious Weeds "Railway Property One of Greatest Nuisances" Inspector's Report to Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 2

It would appear that railway property is one of the greatest nuisances for noxious weeds in existence, said Mr. J. W. Towell,…

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Move To Form District Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

COFF'S. HARBOUR, Sun.--Preliminary steps in the formation of a district tennis council, to include the Grafton, Coff's Harbour, Orara, Dorrigo,…

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Letters to the Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

Sixty letters from rate-payers and others were dealt with by Councillors at Wednesday's meeting of the Shire…

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Cash Theft at Council Office

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 5

A fine of £20, in default 40 days' hard labour, was imposed on Francis Henry O'Brise[?]ll, 27, timber worker, of South…

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County Council Full Review Before Koolkhan Decision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 4

THE council's decision to proceed with the establishment of the Koolkhan power station was only made after a very lengthy and exhaustive investigation into the many projects available, including the various hydro-electric potentialities of the Clarence…

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