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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1950

513 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 26

Flood Report Presented To Maclean Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 July 1950 · page 4

MACLEAN.--Business of greatest interest at the last meeting of Maclean Municipal Council was the recaption of the…

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Shire's Labour Problem

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 July 1950 · page 2

INVERELL.--"The labour position is becoming steadily worse,'' the engineer reported to a…

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Nymboida Shire Extensive Damage Done To Roads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 July 1950 · page 6

Although it has not yet been possible to make a complete inspection of the Nymboida Shire, the Engineer (Mr. H. M. Cornwall) reported to yesterday's Council…

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Shire President Outlines Flood Damage in Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 2

Addressing a meeting of Eastern Dorrigo Development League the Shire President Mr. W. H. Bailey, genre some idea of the tremendous damage done by the re cent heavy rain and floods in the Dorrigo Shire area and…

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Silver Band Appeals To Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1950 · page 3

A suggestion that Grafton Silver Band be taken over as a municipal organisation, was made in a letter to last night's…

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Dorrigo Shire Flood Relief

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.--Dorrigo Shire Flood Relief Committee will meet to-morrow night to discuss the…

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Grand Action by Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 2

WAGGA.--The Wagga City Council last night decided to include on next year's estimates a…

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Council Seeks Big Grant for Water Brigade

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 3

LISMORE.--Because of the flood rescue service provided for the Richmond district by Lismore Water Brigade,…

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Shire Donation To Water Brigade

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 3

Copmanhurst Shire Council yesterday decided to donate £55 to the Grafton Volunteer Water…

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Copmanhurst Shire Flood Bill, £36,894

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 3

Flood damage to the Copmanhurst Shire Council was estimated at £36,894 by the. engineer (Mr. H. I. McGuigan) at yesterday's meeting of the council. Biggest items were £25,032 for damage to shire…

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Copmanhurst Shire Take Serious View Of Ring Barking

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 4

A serious view of the ring barking of trees on public roads was taken by the Copmanhurst Shire Council yesterday. COUNCIL considered a…

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Ulmarra Council for Gorge Plan

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 3

Full support of the Clarence Gorge Scheme was resolved at yesterday's meeting of the Ulmarra Municipal Council. The motion was moved by Ald. H. V. D. Buret, seconded by…

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Loss Through Hyacinth. Pressure for Formation County Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 2

A suggestion that the Minister for Local Government be approached with a view to forcing the formation of a…

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Most Of Ulmarra Municipality Still Under Water

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 3

Of the 49,800 acres comprising the Ulmarra Municipality, only 500 were out of water during the flood. Most of the inundated land still remains covered…

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Roads Out In Copmanhnrst Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 2

Copmanhurst Shire Clerk: (Mr. H. G. Greenaway) stated last night that there were four feet of water across the causeway at…

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Interim Grants To Shire Councils

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thurs.--Interim grants totalling £4250 to five shire councils for flood damage restoration work were…

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Council Shelves New Shire Chambers Scheme Considers Time Not Opportune flood Damage Repairs Must Come First

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

On a majority vote, Dorrigo Shire Council decided, at Wednesday's meeting, that the time was not opportune to proceed with plans for the construction of new Shire Chambers and offices at Coffs Harbour Originally, the scheme was estimated to cost the Shire about £35,000. but new figures reveal that the costs now would be in…

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Shire President Extends Thanks for Assistance

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

At the Shire meeting on Wednesday the President, Councillor W. H. Bailey, extended thanks on bohalf of the Council to all who tendered such splendid assistance during the recent floods and cyclone. "I am proud of my…

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Sawtell Letters to Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 11

The following letters from Sawtell organisations were considered at last Bellingen Shire Council meeting…

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£20,000 Required by Shire to Repair Flood Damage

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council decided at Wednesday's meeting to amend the previous estimates of tho costs of repairing flood damaga in tho area under its control and make a request for a grant of £20,800 to restore roads and…

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