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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 21 of 23

County Council For Lower River Water Supply Scheme

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.--Official information has been received that the Department of Local Government has approved of the…

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Ald. Weiley Elected Mayor Of Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 3

ALD. W. R. WEILEY was last night elected as Mayor of Grafton, at the special meeting of the council in the Town Hall. Ald. J. I. Moorhead was elected Deputy-Mayor. The election of Ald. Weiley…

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Ald. Lane Re-elected Mayor Of S. Grsfton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 3

AT a special meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council last night, Ald. J. C. Lane was re-elected Mayor of the municipality for the next year. Ald. C. T. Schwinghammer…

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Notice Served On Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 2

The South Grafton Municipal Council has been served by a ratepayer with notice of intention to take action for damages…

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County Council Cr. Chalmers Attacks Richmond River 'Grab'

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 4

FOLLOWING a spirited attack by Cr. G. C. Chalmers on what he termed the "grab of everything they could get" by Richmond River representatives, yesterday's meeting of the Clarence River County Council carried a motion that the amounts spent…

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New Mayor Settles Down

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 2

Grafton's new Mayor, Ald. W. R. Weiley, settled down to his job as the city's first citizen yesterday. An alderman of the…

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New Overseer For Dorrigo Shire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR.--At the meeting of the Coff's Harbour Urban Area Committee the shire engineer, Mr. F. J. Dodd,…

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Iluka Port Decision Pleases City Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 5

THE announcement of the Premier (Mr. McGirr) on the Iluka deep sea port and communications with the Tablelands was virtually an adoption of the recommendations of the Clarence Regional Development Committee, said the retiring Mayor of…

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Will Ask Mayor to Open Home Sun Verandah

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 2

At their meeting yesterday the Women's Auxiliary of the Grafton Benevolent Home decided to ask the Mayor of…

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Harwood Shire President

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN, Thurs.--A a meeting of the Harwood Shire Council to-day, Cr. D. E. Archer was elected president on a unanimous…

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Shire Hands Over Weed Control

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 2

LISMORE, Thurs.--Gundurimba Shire Council will delegate powers of control for the eradication of noxious weeds within…

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£24,000 on Shire Road Plant

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 3

Commenting on the inadequacy of the roadmaking and mechanical plant of the Dorrigo Shire Council, Mr. F…

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R.s.l. Council Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 1

At the quarterly meeting of the North Coast District Council of the Returned Servicemen's League, it was decided…

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Cr. F. Maxwell Re-elected Nymboida Shire President

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 December 1949 · page 6

CR. F. Maxwell was re-elected president of the Nymboida Shire Council at Friday's special meeting of the council. Cr. W. M. L. Hughes was nominated by the retiring president, but declined the nomination…

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Urunga Drainage Request To Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 December 1949 · page 3

BELLINGEN.--A public meeting at Urunga decided to request he Bellingen Shire Council to construct a covered drain through…

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Harwood Shire Estimates

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 4

HARWOOD Shire Clerk (Mr. D. W. Geddes) submitted to the recent meeting of the shire council draft estimates of income and expenditure for 1950, based on the rate of 4d in the £. His estimates were adopted…

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Boundary Alteration Copmanhurst Shire Council Against Conference

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 4

COPMANHURST Shire Council was unanimous in its opinion at yesterday's meeting in Grafton, that no good purpose would be served in attending a conference with the Grafton City Council to discuss extension of the city boundary into the shire area…

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Re-elected Lord Mayor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. -- Ald. E. C. O'Dea was to-day re-elected as the Lord M'ayor of Sydney by the City Council…

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Mayor Of Maclean Re-Elected

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 2

MACLEAN.--Ald. A. G. Markham was re-elected Mayor of Maclean for a third term at a special meeting of the council…

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Holiday Arrangements. For Shire Office

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 2

The Copmanhurst shire office. Grafton, will close between Thursday, December 22, 1949, and Tuesday. January 3 1950…

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