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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 21 of 22

Cowper Council Of Country Party

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 2

The Cowper Federal Electorate Council of the Australian Country Party will be reformed at a meeting in Casino on Monday…

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New Country Party Cowper Electorate Council

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

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

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Ald. W. T. Robinson Re-elected Mayor of Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1948 · page 2

Aid. W. t. Robinson, the retiring Mayor of Grafton, was yesterday re-elected unopposed to the position at a special…

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Nymboida Council Seeks Approval To Raise Rates

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1948 · page 3

THE Nymboida Shire Council yesterday decided to make application for an increase in the rate from 2½d to 3d in 1949. The decision was made following a discussion of increasing…

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Lord Mayor-elect

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.--Ald. E. O'Dea, M.L.C., was to-day unanimously elected Sydney's Lord Mayor elect by a meeting of the…

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Mayor Of Maclean For Second Term

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 2

MACLEAN, Mon.--Aid. A. G. Markham to-night was reelected Mayor of Maclean for the second term. The allowance was fixed…

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Aid. Lane Mayor Of South Grafton For Eighth Term

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 2

South Grafton Council, at a special meeting last night, reelected Aid. J. C. Lane unopposed as Mayor…

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Sunday Tennis Ban by South Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 3

SOUTH Grafton Council list night turned down an application by the South Grafton Tennis Club for permission to play on Sunday nights at McKittrick Park Ald. E. G. Reid, who moved…

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Council Work Held Up By Lack Of Materials

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 3

INABILITY to obtain materials, has held up important works planned in 1948 for South-Grafton, particularly concrete road construction, said the Mayor (Aid. J. C. Lane) in a special report at last night's meeting of the South Grafton Council…

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Two-Way Radio For Ambulances And County Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 3

KEMPSEY.--The Macleay River County Council is considering the establishment of a two-way radio System to save unnecessary travel…

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Lord Mayor of Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. Alderman E. C. O'Dea, M.L.C., was elected Lord-Mayor of the Greater City of Sydney at the inaugural…

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Hyacinth County Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3

MACLEAN.--Harwood Shire Council has decided to take no action in regard to the proposal of Copmanhurst Shire Council…

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Cr. H. Bailey Re-elected Shire President

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 1

Cr. Harry Bailey was unanimusly re-efected President of Dorrigo Shire at a special meeting on Wednesday…

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Little Change in Shire Rates for 1949

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 1

Rating within Dorrigo Shire for 1949 will remain substantially the same as for 1948. This was indicated at…

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Shire Wants Better Mail Service To Tablelands

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 5

BELLINGEN.--The Shire Council has decided to request the Postmaster-General's Department to provide a better mail service between Bellingen and Armidale and other tablelands centres…

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Cr. F. C. Emery Welcomed at Council Table

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 8

Cr. F. C. Emery, elected at the recent "C" Riding by-election in Dorrigo Shire, was accorded a hearty welcome…

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Mayor of Wingham

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 2

WINGHAM.--Alderman L. J. Gleeson has been elected Mayor of Wingham, with Alderman W. J. Machin as Deputy Mayor. The…

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Mayor For Fifth Consecutive Term

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1948 · page 2

ULMARRA.--Ald. A. G. Bailey was elected Mayor of the municipality of Ulmarra for the fifth time in succession…

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Crafton Mayor Says C.R.C.C. Chairman Misleads Dept., Council, Public

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 3

By his failure to secure the exact wording of a motion carried by the Grafton City Council, the chairman, of the C.R.C.C…

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Council Considers Own Engineer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 3

GRAFTON City Council last night referred to the Finance and Works Committees a proposal by Aid. A. A. Young for the calling of applications for the appointment of an engineer to the council…

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