Shire Asks Governor Open Memorial Club
Dorrigo Shire Council has decided to extend an official invitation to his Excellency the Governor, Lieut-General…
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Council & local affairs, 1949
448 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 23
Council Revenue Loses by Strike
SYDNEY, Tues.--Power restrictions during the coal strike reduced the Sydney Council revenue by £283,000 the general…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trying To By-Pass Privy Council Verdict On Banking
"Statements by prominent members of the Federal Labour Party showed that the Government intended to by-pass the…
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ORARA Shire Council yesterday adopted a recommendation from the shire clerk (Mr. R. H. Piper) that four parishes be transferred from "A" riding to "B" riding to equalise the veting strength in the ridings…
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CORAMBA.--Reports received at the Dorrigo Shire Office from the various centres in the Shire indicate that the cost of…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Hearing of the case in which Haywood Woodward, trading as Woodward and Purkiss, is suing the Orara Shire Council for damages, commenced before Mr. Justice Maxwell and a jury of four in the Causes Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CRICKET. Copmanhurst Joins North Coast Council
COFF'S HARBOUR.--Affiliation of the Copmanhurst District Cricket Association was accepted at the annual…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Opening the 68th annual conference of the New South Wales Local Government Association in Newcastle City Hall to-day the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) trenchantly criticised the looseness of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Copmanhurst Favours County Council To Eradicate Hyacinth
COPMANHURST Shire Council will petition the Governor to proclaim a county council in the Clarence River district for the eradication of water hyacinth. This was decided at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim Against Shire Several Washways On Bridge Approaches
SYDNEY, Thursday.--Several washaways had occurred on the approaches to the Orara River bridge where a bus had crashed over an embankment in December, 1949, a witness said in the Causes Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pakistan To Abolish Privy Council Appeals
KARACHI, Thurs (AAP). The Pakistan Government will abolish appeals to the Privy Council by early next year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Works Programme For Nymboida Shire
NYMBOIDA Shire Council yesterday agreed to a programme of works to be carried out under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Works Act during 1949-50. Roads on which the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hopes Dimmed For Coff's Harbour Municipality
COFF'S HARBOUR, Fridays.--Hopes that a municipality might be established in Coff's Harbour in the near future were dimmed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expense Of Restoring Macleay Shire Roads
KEMPSEY, Monday.--Mr. H. Woodward, president of Macleay shire, at a meeting to-day said the problem of restoring road communications would place a terrific strain on the council's finances…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heated Scene Over Council Works
IN a heated scene at the South Grafton Council meeting last night Ald. J. Flaherty invited Ald. E. G. Reid to replace him as vice-chairman of the works committee. The council was dealing with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Divided On Saleyards Lease
A TWO years' renewal of the lease of the South Grafton saleyards was granted to Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. by the South Grafton Council last night at a rental of £800 a year. The rental is an increase of…
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The prospects of a municipality for Coffs Harbour at present are not encouraging, according to Local Government officials who visited here on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Copper Cable For Macleay Council
Clarence County Council is supplying 250 yards of submarine copper cable to the Macleay County Council to enable…
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COFF'S HARBOUR.--Despite disclosures made by Mr. R. J. Thomson, investigating officer of the Department of Local Government, during the course of a tour of inspection of Coff's Harbour on Friday, Mr. N. J. Jordan, chairman of the Coff's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damages Against Orara Shire Council
SYDNEY, Thursday.--Further damages totalling £3420 were awarded against the Orara Shire Council in the Banco Court to-day. They are in respect of one…
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