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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 14 of 22

Flood Survey Favoured By Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

A COMPREHENSIVE report compiled in a private capacity by Messrs. J. H. Creagh and H. C. Macready, on the flood data in the Clarence at Grafton, was submitted to the Grafton City Council last night by the Town Clerk (Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather)…

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City Council Adopts Shrub Planting Plan For Prince Street

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 August 1948 · page 3

A plan for the beautification of Prince street plots, framed by the Grafton-South Grafton and District Horticultural…

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Grafton Council Approves New State Movement

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 2

Following an address by Ald. J. I. Moorhead Grafton City Council, on Monday night, expressed support of the decentralisation…

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Postal Voting At Council By-Election

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 2

Residents of Grafton enrolled on the municipal roll who will be unable to vote a next Saturday's by-election, through absence,…

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Grafton Council Seeks Public Risk Indemnity

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 August 1948 · page 4

Arising out of a report by the finance committee, Grafton City Council, on Monday night, decided to seek quotations for a…

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Harwood Shire Against Increase In Rates

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 3

MACLEAN:.--After considering the auditor's report in which a suggestion was made regarding raising the rates, Harwood Shire Council decided against a rate increase. The president of the shire (Cr…

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Damages Sought From Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 3

LISMORE, Thurs.--Counsel representing a Nymboida grazier, who is suing the Orara Shire Council for damages,…

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Nymboida Shire Flood Grant Needed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 2

Nymboida Shire Council has decided, on the recommendation of the engineer (Mr. H. M. Cornwall) to apply for a flood…

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Macleay River County Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 2

KEMPSEY:--The Macleay River County Council showed a loss of £673, on an expenditure of £155,183, in the first 12 months…

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Harwood Shire Seeks Lower River Conference On Water Supply Proposals

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 6

MACLEAN.--After consideration of a letter from the Department of Public Works, the Harwood Shire Council decided to convene a conference between the municipalities of Maclean and Ulmarra and the Harwood shire to consider alternative water…

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Dairyman's Survey Materials, Free Transport, Shire Valuations, Etc. P.P.U. Monthly Letter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 5

The probability of getting roofing iron, touring wire and other hardware requirements of a similar nature within a reasonable time appear…

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Claim Against Shire, Case For Defence

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 4

LISMORE, Friday.--Counsel for the Grara Shire Council--which is being sued for damages by a Nymboida grazier, following the death of his wife in a bus smash--opening to the jury declared in the Supreme Court at Lismore to-day, that if it had…

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Graf toft By-Election Former Alderman Returns to Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 2

IN the quietest Grafton City Council by-elections for years, Mr. K. H. McLeod, a former alderman, was re-elected on Saturday with,a large majority over his nearest rival. The final figures were: K. H…

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Ulmarra Council Approves Water Schemes Discussion

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 August 1948 · page 4

ULMARRA. -- Ulmarra Municipal Council decided at its last meeting to advise Grafton City Council it was in full accord with…

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Alderman Objects To Revised Decisions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 3

IN opposing a motion at last night's meeting of South Grafton Council which sought alteration of stock impounding boundaries, Ald. M. V. Durrington said that if council adopted such a procedure it would soon find itself back where it started on the…

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Engineer's Evidence In Case Against Shire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 3

LISMORE, Monday.--Nymboida shire engineer, Hubert Macky Cornwall, said in the Supreme Court at Lismore, to-day, that whether a safety fence had been in position or not, it would not have prevented the bus from crashing over the embankment…

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Removal of Gate Ordered by Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 7

During question time at last meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, Cr. Loudon referred to the gate obstruction on a…

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Council Of Churches Holds First Assembly

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 1

AMSTERDAM, Mon. (A.A.P.).--The first Assembly of the World Council of Churches was formally opened yesterday in…

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Verdict for Shire in Damages Claim

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 August 1948 · page 3

LISMORE, Wednesday.--The jury in the Supreme Court to-day returned a verdict for the shire in the case of Roy George Ellis, grazier, of Nymboida, who claimed damages from the Orara Shire Council alleging negligent road work on their part…

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Letters to the Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 27 August 1948 · page 6

Many important matters were referred to in the sheaf of 49 letters submitted for the consideration of Dorrigo…

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