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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 6 of 23

Move For Municipality At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR.—Coff's Harbour Chamber of Commerce has decided to re-open the question of the establishment of a municipality for Coff's Harbour. Previous agitation for a municipality was discontinued with…

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Legislative Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—For the first time for 14 years, labour will probably have a majority in the Legislative Council after the…

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Legislative Council Voting

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Voting in the Legislative Council commenced in both Houses soon after the Legislative Council, and the…

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Council's Application for £3,000 Approved

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 2

Mr. D. H. Drummond MLA, has received the following letter from the Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill): I refer to…

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Wingham Council Against New State

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 5

WINGHAM, Fri.—Wingham Municipal Council has voted against the proposal to create the new State of New England…

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Leakage Of Votes In legislative Council Elections

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.—The leakage of primary votes from the Labour Party ticket in the Legislative Council triennial…

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Newcastle Represented On New State Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 4

By 11 votes to six, Newcastle City Council defeated a motion to rescind its appointment of the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) and…

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Orara Shire Roads Damaged by Rain

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 4

CONSIDERABLE maintenance on Orara Shire roads has necessary after the recent constant rains, reported the shire engineer (Mr. C. White) at yesterday's meeting of the council. A comprehensive report was…

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District P. & C. Council Suggested

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

The great benefit a District Council of P & C Associations could serve in the Coffs Harbour area was stressed fast…

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Council To Provide Plant For Baths

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

GRAFTON City Council last night decided to accede to the request of the Memorial Baths Executive to provide a chlorination and filtration plant for the baths, at an estimated cost of £5000, and that council hire the plant, to the committee…

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Council Seeks Assurance Light For Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

The Minister for Local Government is being asked by the Grafton City Council to give an assurance that power will…

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Permanent Engineer for City Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 4

THE Department of Local Government advised Graf ton City Council that it was incumbent upon council to appoint a full-time certificated engineer. The Department pointed out…

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Residents Place Ban on Shire Road

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 3

Residents turned up in force at Laurieton last week to attend a public meeting at which it was decided that all…

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Disapproval Of Council In Banking Case

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—An Op-position move to discuss the State Government's intervention in the Banking Appeal…

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Mobile Units Objective of Arts Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 3

Mobile entertainment units for the country areas is the next objective of the Arts Council, said the State…

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Primary Producers' Union Raleigh District Council Secretary's Monthly Letter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 2

The continued wet weather still hampers organising work but some headway has been made, said the Raleigh District Council secretary,…

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CORRESPONDENCE (We do not necessarily agree with the views expressed in these columns—Ed.) Shire Rates and Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 2

The Editor. Dear Sir,—Will you please publish the following and note the dates of each communication:—…

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Dorrigo Shire Not Interested In Hyacinth Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 6

The Dorrigo Shire Council considered the question of the formation of a County Council to control water hyacinth on…

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London County Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Fri.—Labour held nine seats over the Conservatives when results were declared in 26 of the 43 divisions in the…

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Shire Control of Reserves

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

In an appeal to Messrs. Riding and Bray to hand in their resignations with the rest of the trustees so that…

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