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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 23 of 26

Aldermen Criticise Housing Commission

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 3

The refusal of the Housing Commission of New South Wales to acquire land in the Grafton City area and abide by the city regulations was a case of a Government department not being prepared to…

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Doings at the Shire Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 4

The usual sheaf of requests and problems confronted Councillors at the monthly meeting of the Shire Council on…

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Complete Harmony At Harwood Shire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 5

MACLEAN.--Complete harmony had existed throughout the year, said the president of the Harwood Shire Council, Cr. D. E. Archer, at the last meteing of council…

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Pat on Back for Shire Councillors

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 2

Councillors present at the monthly meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council last Wednesday sat up and took notice when a letter…

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Mayor Entertains Aldermen and Council Officers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 2

The retiring Grafton City Council council officers, and members of the public, who were present at Monday…

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Aldermen Criticised

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 4

Criticism of aldermen who cast aspersions on the work of senior officers of the Grafton City Council was voiced at…

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City Council Tourist Publicity

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 4

Grafton City Council at Monday night's meeting passed a Recommendation that the incoming council consider, appointing…

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Council Approves Bus Fares Rises

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 4

Grafton City Council has approved increased bus fares from Grafton to Glen bines and on the Grafton-Nymboida service. MR. M.C. Barnier applied…

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CRICKET. Lower Clarence Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 4

MACLEAN.--At a meeting at Maclean, a protest lodged by Tyndale, claiming a match against Falmer's Island, was…

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To Help County Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 6

TAREE,--The chairman of the State Electricity Authority has advised the Manning River County Council that…

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Shire President Criticises Pamphlet Letter to the Editor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1950 · page 2

Sir,--My attention has been drawn to an election pamphlet urging electors of "C" Riding of Harwood Shire to vote for F…

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Moderator And Mayor

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 2

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, Rt. Rev. H. Harrison, M.A., B.D., with the Mayor of Grafton, Ald. W. R. Weiley, at a civic reception tendered him at the Grafton Town Hall, Rt. Rev. Harrison is visiting…

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Bellingen Shire Engineer Questioned

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 3

At November meeting of Bellingen Shire, Cr. E. R. Christian said there was no doubt the Shire had had an uphill road…

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Shire Shorts Fourteen Days to Pay—

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 6

Amusement was caused at last Shire meeting when a ratepayer replied to a notice from Council which gave him 14 days to pay overdue…

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Will a Municipality Help Coff s Harbour?

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 November 1950 · page 1

Hie proposal to embody Coffs Harbour and its environs in a municipality has received considerable publicity of late. There are many arguments in favour of the move and just…

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Shire Elections and the "Advocate" Post Bag

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 1

Keen Interest is in evidence regarding the coming Shire Elections both in C Riding of Dorrigo Shire (the Coifs Harbour and district section) and in A Riding of Bellingen Shire (the Sawtell Bonville and Raleigh-Repton…

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South Grafton Council Creditable Year's Activities

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 November 1950 · page 3

Despite the severe setback by June South Grafton Municipal Council's record of work for the last 12 months had been a creditable one, said the Mayor of South Grafton (Ald. J. C. Lane)…

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Council Elections on

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

On Saturday, the people of the Clarence district will elect their Municipal or shire Councils for the next three years. IN keening with the tradition…

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Leaflet On Harwood Shire Election Letter to the Editor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

SIR,--After reading the letter in the "Examiner" of November 23 by Cr. D. E. Archer, president of the…

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South Grafton Council Stormy Passages At Final Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 4

Stormy passages marked the final meeting of the retiring South Grafton Municipal Council on Monday night. The discussions were enlivened by frequent clashes between aldermen…

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