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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 6 of 26

Curator Proposed For City Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 4

A SUGGESTION for the appointment by the Grafton City Council of a curator of public gardens and parks to lay out, supervise and maintain all public gardens, parks and trees, has been 3 referred to the Town Planning Committee…

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Labour Win In Legislative Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--Mr. Donald Cochrane, a Labour nominee, won the Legislative Council by-election to-day…

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Council Supports Chamber In College Move

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 2

Grafton City Council decided to co-operate with the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce and…

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Letters To The Editor One Municipality Plea More Harm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 2

Sir,--Ald. A. A. Young's complaint that the aerodrome question is proof of the difficulty of Grafton and South Grafton municipalities…

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Legislative Council By-election

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs. -- Mr. James Norman Thom, A.L.P. candidate won the by-election in the Legislative Council caused by the…

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Home Planned For Festival City Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 4

A special committee of the Grafton City Council last night adopted a proposal submitted by Ald. E. H. Chataway for the…

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Harwood Shire Council Supports New State Plans

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

MACLEAN, Saturday. -- Harwood Shire Council has decided to support the New England New State Movement in requesting members of the Legislative Assembly, representing New England electorates, to combine to make the New State the predominant…

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Tribute By Mayor To Government

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 4

A tribute to the statesmanlike qualities of members of the State Government who put national development before party advantage was paid by the Mayor of Grafton (Ald. W.R. Weiley) at Illarwill on…

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Alderman's Comments On CWA Tender

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

A substantial difference between a tender stated to have been accepted by the South Grafton C.W.A. for painting…

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Council's Confidence In Air Minister

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

South Grafton Council last night carried a motion of confidence in the Minister for Air and his engineers as to what should be done to provide an aerodrome for the Grafton district…

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New Chief Engineer For County Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 4

Mr. R. S. Rice, who has been acting chief engineer of the Clarence River County Council since the resignation last month of Mr. J. A. Ingles, was yesterday appointed permanently to that position at a salary…

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May Become Council Members

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 3

STRASBOURG, Fri. (AAP).--West Germany and the Saar will be invited to become associate members of the Council of…

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Action Postponed At Minister's Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 2

STRASBOURG, Sun. (AAP).--The Foreign Ministers' Council of Europe wound up their three-day meeting at…

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Council Applauds Festival Success

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 2

Grafton City Council, in a letter to last night's meeting of the Jacaranda Festivals Committee, exended congratulations…

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Council Commends College Committee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 4

Ald. A. A. Young at Monday night's meeting of the Grafton City Council asked that council's representative on the Technical College Advisory Committee (Ald. G…

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Deplores Council Attitude To Sporting Bodies

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 3

A motion deploring the attitude of Grafton City Council. In trying to force sporting bodies to pay money for…

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Shire And Urban Boundary Anomaly

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR.--The Urban Committee recently discussed the reforming of a section of Gallipoli road, Coff's Harbour, when…

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Australian Labor Party Annual Meeting Armidale State Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 3

Following the formation of a Labor league in Dorrigo, the annual meeting of Amidale State Council was held in the Metro Theatre on…

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R.s.l. Council on Clarence

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 2

The Clarence sub-district council of the North Coast District Council of R.S.L. sub-branches was formed at Grafton this week…

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Legislative Council By-Election

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.--Mr. R. S. Jackson (Labour) to-day won a by-election for a vacancy in the Legislative Council…

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