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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 20 of 22

Council Justified In Dismissal

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

KEMPSEY.--The Kempsey Municipal Council has been cleared of malice and caprice in dismissing one of its employees…

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Commerce President Says. City Council Should Control Grafton Show ground

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 4

That the Grafton Showground be vested In the Grafton City Council was suggested by the president of the…

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Three Hundred Gather At Council Employees' Picnic

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 November 1948 · page 2

ABOUT 300 travelled to Wooli yesterday to enjoy the Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union picnic. Unsettled conditions after lunch somewhat marred the day's entertainment. Despite the rain late in the…

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Finch Causes Upset in Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 4

A small finch invaded the precincts of Murwillumbah Shire Council Chambers last week and upset tlie Council's…

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South Grafton Council Increases Ratings

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 November 1948 · page 3

SOUTH Grafton Council last night, at a special meeting, adopted estimates submitted by the Town Clerk (Mr. C. J. Beresford) and decided to raise the general rate from 4½d to 5.5d on a u.c.v. of £220;000, and on rural lands from 2¼d to 2¾d on a u.c.v. of…

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Shire Asked to Take Over Park Beach

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 1

On a unanimous vote, the Trustees of Park Beach Reserve decided at. last night s meeting to request the…

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Orara Shire. Disproportionate Amount Spent On Wooli Road

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 5

MONEY spent on the Wooli road, was disproportionate to the amount residents of the village were entitled, said the president of the Orara Shire (Cr. G. W. Fitzgerald) at yesterday's meeting of the council at South Grafton…

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Dorrigo Council Wants New Coff's Brick Area

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 5

THE Dorrigo Shire Council at its last meeting, decided to advise the Department of Local Government that it still desired an area of land adjacent to the main road in Coff's Harbour to he declared a brick area…

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P.p.u. Council Cost of Butter Estimation

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The P.P.U. Central Council in Sydney to-day rejected a motion asking that the joint Advisory Dairying…

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Request To Minister To Vest Park Beach In Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Friday.--Following the resignation of two of its most Prominent member, the Coff's Harbour Park Beach Trust has decided to request the Minister for Lands to vest the reserve in the trusteeship of the Dorrigo Shire Council…

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New Country Party Cowper Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 4

CASINO.--Sir Earle Page, State Members and Country Party Head Office staff will be in Casino on December 13 to attend a…

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Macleay County Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 5

KEMPSEY.--At a special meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council, three of the eight aldermen present were nominated to…

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Grafton Council's Contribution to Flood Levees

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night decided to pay a contribution of £647 for the reconstruction of Ulster Lodge and…

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Council to Confer with C.w.a. on New Baby Clinic

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 3

The Grafton City Council last night decided to confer with representatives of the Grafton branch of the Country…

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Kempsey Council Warns Future Non-Voters

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Tues.--Kempsey Municipal Council decided, in committee, to take no action against more than 1000 electors…

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County Council Needed for Noxious Weeds

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 3

The most effective manner of dealing with noxious weeds was by the formation of a County Council similar to that…

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Grafton Council Complains of P.m.g. Services

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1948 · page 2

Complaints were made at the Grafton City Council meeting on Monday night of the unfair distribution of telephones at…

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Mayor Of Kempsey Re-Elected

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 3

KEMPSEY.--Ald. J. A. Murray has been elected Mayor of Kempsey for his sixth term. He defeated Ald T. A. Miles by…

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Dorrigo Shire Council the Monthly Meeting Points of Local Interest

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 2

Councillors present at the November monthly meeting of the above Council were: W. H Bailey. president in the chair, Boultwood…

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Council Man Hurt

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 2

A Grafton City Council employee, A. (Tony) Wenzel, of Mary street, received a probable fracture of two ribs on…

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