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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 3 of 23

P.p.u. District Council President's Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 3

The president of the Raleigh District Council, Mr. A. T. Johnston, made the following report on the activities of the District Council:—…

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Primary Producers' Union Raleigh District Council Sec's Monthly Letter Membership

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 4

With the commencement of a new year the problem of 100 per cent membership arises again. With the help of Branch Secretaries in…

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Open Letter to Shire Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sat.—In an open letter to the president and councillors of the Dorrigo Shire Council, Mr. R. Shanahan, chairman of the trustees of Park…

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Gift To Shire For Grass Clearance

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR Sat.—The executive of the Coff's Harbour Jetty Development League has decided to give £5 towards the…

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Park Beach and Shire Attitude

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 5

Strong exception has been taken by the Chairman of the Park Beach Reserve Trustees, Mr. R. Shanahan, to…

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Weeds and Burr Worries in Shire Area

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 8

Dorrigo Shire Council always has its worries with prevalence of noxious weeds and burrs which occasion…

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Sharp Exchange At Council Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

A sharp exchange occurred between the Mayor (Ald. W. T. Robinson) and Ald. F. Beckman at last night's meeting of…

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Olympic Pool On Boulevard Council Support For Plan By Committee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3

The unanimous support of the Graf ton City Council was given last night to a proposal from the Memorial Baths Fund Executive Committee for the immediate…

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Council Defers Consideration Of £30,000 Loan

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3

Consideration of a proposed, drainage and public works loan involving the borrowing of £30,000, repayable over 15…

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Rabbit Menace On Shire Roads

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 3

BELLINGEN.—Referring to the P.P. Board drive to clean out rabbits, Mr O. Churchill, Bowraville delegate, stated at the…

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Hyacinth Control County Council Recommended

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 4

A CONFERENCE of representatives of all municipalities and shires of the Clarence River, with the exception of Harwood Shire Council, unanimously decided yesterday to recommend that a County Council be formed for the eradication of water hyacinth…

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CRICKET. Fourth Try At Council Matches

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 5

Clarence River and Coff's Harbour Cricket Association teams will make their fourth attempt to-morrow to play matches in the North Coast…

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Mayor Counsels Caution on Floodlighting

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

It behoved the C.P. and A. Society to display caution in the proposal to expend £900 on floodlighting at Grafton…

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Mayor's Comment On Showground Argument

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 2

"The conflict of opinion which seems to have arisen between the C.P. and A. Society and the Jacaranda Festivals Committee…

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Council Meeting Adjourned

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 2

The meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council called for last night was adjourned until to-night at 7.30 o'clock, as…

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County Council Review Of 1948 Progress

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 4

MORE than 1,000 new consumers were connected to power supply from the Clarence River County Council last year, which was 236 greater than the number cf new connections in 1947. This was reported in the annual review submitted by the…

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S. Grafton Council Tributes to Former Alderman

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 2

Members of the South Grafton Council last night praised the public-spirited work of the late G. W. Fitzgerald…

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Potato Growers Council Meets

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 2

BELLINGEN.—Members of the No. 2 District Council of the Potato Growers' Association met at Bellingen at the week-end…

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Security Council Resolution Ignored

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

BATAVIA, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter),—Both the Netherlands and Indonesian Governments have ignored the United Nations' Security Council's resolutions calling for a cessation of hostility and the setting up of an Interim Government in…

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Orara Shire Council Pays Tribute To Late President

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

Councillors of the Orara Shire Council paid sincere tributes yesterday to the work of the late president (Cr. G. W…

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