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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

448 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 23

Mayor Of Armidale Behind New State

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 4

"NOW that I am free to do it, I am going to get right behind the New State Movement, for I consider that it…

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Responsibilities of Shire Councillors

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 7

"I feel that we are not responsible in the least to our electors, but entirely to the Minister, under whose strict…

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South Grafton Mayor Favours New State

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

"It's the only hope We have of getting justice for these parts," said the Mayor of South Grafton (Ald. J. Lane) at…

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Banking Act Appeal Rejected Privy Council Decision

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Tues. (A,A P.).-- The Privy Council has dismissed the Australian Commonwealth Government's appeal against the High Court's invalidation of its Bank Nationalisation Act…

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To Take Vote On Strike Mine Unions' Council Decision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Coal Mining Unions' Council to-day decided to call aggregate meetings on the coalfields to take a vote on the coal strike. The meetings, which are expected to be held on…

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Vegetable Growers' Council Meets

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 4

MACLEAN.--At the quarterly meeting of the Clarence River Vegetable Growers' Council of the B.G.F., Mr. Ross Gregor…

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Council Grant For Marbles Championship

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 3

A GRANT of £20 will be made by Grafton City Council to the organisers of the Australian marbles championship contest to be decided at Grafton. The grant was made after an…

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Scouting Association For Tweed Shire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 2

This week the Tweed Shire Scouting Association came into being. Tweed Scouts were previously affiliated with the Far…

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Security Police Interrogate Brisbane Mayor

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday--Less than 24 hours after he had appealed for a public meeting to "protect human rights, liberties…

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To Prepare Report On Shire Ridings

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

THE Orara shire clerk (Mr. R. H. Piper) and the shire engineer (Mr. C. White) were directed by yesterday's meeting of the council to prepare a detailed report on the alteration of the Riding boundaries within the shire…

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News in Brief Armidale Council Plans

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 3

Armidale City Council has received permission to borrow £20,000 for the concreting of footpaths and kerbing and…

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Nobody Wants to Be Mayor!

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 6

HUBLI (Bombay Province).--None of the 37 members of the Municipal Board here wants to become its president. The first…

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Council Ignored Association's Letters

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 3

South Grafton Municipal Council had ignored letters from the Bellevue Heights Progress Association concerning…

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Irish Request To Council Of Europe

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 1

STRASBURG, Mon. (AAP).--The Irish Foreign Minister (Sean MacBride) has sent an official request to the Secretariat of the…

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Action To Reinstate Council Employee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Summonses are to be issued calling on the parties to show cause why Alfred Eugene Doberer who was dismissed from the employ of Newcastle City Council on July 29 last for refusing to join a union, should not be reinstated…

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P. And C. Council Wants Mobile Film Unit

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 2

Casino District Council will make further representations to the Minister for Education (Mr. Heff on) for the establishment of…

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Diggers Want New Dist. Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

The large area covered by the North Coast District Council of the Returned Servicemen's League was discussed…

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Deferred Decision On Hyacinth Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 6

Shire Council yesterday deferred a decision on the formation of a Country Council for the eradication of hyacinth in the district. The decision, made on the…

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Bellingen Shire To Alter Riding Boundaries

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 3

BELLINGEN,--The Bellingen Shire Council has unanimously approved a plan submitted by the Shire Clerk (Mr…

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Sunday Sport On Council Grounds

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 3

CTRAFTON City Council last night decided to allow Sunday sport on grounds under its control, except between 10 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. The decision followed…

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