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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 26 of 26

Flood Damage Repair Grant To City Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government has granted Grafton City Council £6400 towards a…

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Newcastle's Lord Mayor Elected By Open Vote

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. -- Ald. F. J. Purdue was elected Lord Mayor of Newcastle by 11 votes to 10, in the first election of Lord…

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Cr. W. H. Bailey Re-elected Shire President

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1950 · page 1

With a splendid record of achievement in the past three years, Cr. W. H. Bailey was unanimously re-elected President of Dorrigo Shire for the fourth consecutive term at the recent meeting of the new Council…

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Council Rejects Big Rate Increase

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 6

MACLEAN, Tuesday.--Despite a warning by the Shire Clerk (Mr. D. W. Geddes) that the drift in council's finances had to be arrested, the Harwood Shire Council rejected his 1951 estimates…

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Young Shire President

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 4

ARMIDALE. -- Thirty-three-year-old Cr. W. B. Fooks, new president of the Dumaresq Shire Council, is believed to be…

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Harwood Shire Rate Up 1D

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 3

MACLEAN, Thurs. -- There was a full attendance of councillors at the special meeting of Harwood Shire this afternoon,…

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Shire Courageous To Increase Rates

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1

GUYRA, Thurs.--Guyra Shire Council has decided to increase its general rate to 6d in the £ After the motion for an increase…

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To Join County Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 4

GLEN INNES.--On January 1, 1951, Glen Innes Municipal Council will hand over its electricity undertaking to the North…

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Council Fixes Local Rate

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 4

MACLEAN.--Harwood Shire Council at its meeting agreed to the request of the Yamba Urban Committee that…

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Council Offices Holiday Closure

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 2

Over the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, Grafton City Council and South Grafton Municipal Council will be closed…

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Harwood Shire Council Meed Immediate Action To Arrest Drift

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 6

Immediate action was essential to arrest the drift in council's financial positron, said the Shire Clerk (Mr. D. W. Geddes) in a special report to the Harwood Shire Council…

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Dorrigo Shire Seeks More Homes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 7

Dorrigo Shire Council, which met at Coramba recently, has been advised by the Housing Commission that at this stage it…

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Harwood Shire Costs (Letter to the Editor.)

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 December 1950 · page 2

Sir,--It is surprising in your report of the, Harwood Shire meeting, only one of the councillors referred to increased…

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Severn Council Warned Of Bankruptcy Risk

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 6

Severn (Glen Innes) Shire Council has been warned that there is a danger of bankruptcy if the council is not careful…

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