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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1951

462 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 24

Are Ratepayers Getting Money's Worth? Trenchant Criticism on Shire Works and Labour Problems

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 1

Councillors of Dorrigo Shire on Wednesday entered into a trenchant criticism of many aspects of Shire works methods and labour and costs…

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Higher Salary Offered For Shire Engineer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 4

MACLEAN,--Harwood Shire Council adopted a recommendation of the newly appointed shire clerk (Mr. P…

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Council Welcomes New Clerk

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN. -- President of Harwood Shire Council (Cr. D. E. Archer) extended a welcome to the newly-appointed shire…

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APPU. District Council At Coffs Harbour

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR.-- A district council of the Australian Primary Producers Union has been formed at…

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Coffs Harbour Spastic Centre Council Formed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR.--A public meeting, held in the High School Assembly Hall at Coff's Harbour, decided to form a…

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South Grafton Council On Power Shortage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 3

The real solution of present electricity shortages was the bringing into operation without delay of at least part of the Gorge scheme, which would not interfere with the ultimate plan…

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County Council Power Charges Up 25 PerCent

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 4

Charges for domestic power were increased 25 per cent, by the Clarence River County Council yesterday. THE rate for commercial…

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County Council Affairs

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 2

Sir.--I was staggered to read in the "Examiner" to-day that the salaries of both the Chief Clerk and Engineer were to be…

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Trunk Road Through Bellingen Shire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 7

The following par appeared in the Bellingen "Courier-Sun" on Tuesday referring to the reopening of the Dorrigo railway:…

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Spastic Council Officials

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

Officials for the recently established Coffs Harbour Council of the Spastic Centre were appointed at a meeting of the…

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Noted Producer Coaches Arts Council Players

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 3

Recently, members of the Arts Council had the good fortune to be coached by the noted English playwright and…

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Action Against Council Discontinued

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 3

In the District Court; Grafton, yesterday, before His Honour, Judge Storkey, V.C., the action was mentioned in…

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Works Schedule Adopted By City Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 4

Grafton City Council on Monday night, adopted a report submitted by Ald. C. E. B. Ferguson for priority of road work under the loan roading Scheme…

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Shire Engineer Suspended

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 6

SCONE.--As a result of a three-hour deliberation behind closed doors. Upper Hunter Shire Council has ordered the suspension forthwith of its…

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Spastic Council Meeting

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

The Clarence River Spastic Council met last night in Grafton to consider the draft constitution and a point further…

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Councillors Suggest Orara Shire Be Absorbed

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 3

Suggestions that Orara, Shire Council be divided between the Harwood and Nymboida Shire Councils, or that it be amalgamated with the Ulmarra…

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Are Ratepayers Getting Money's Worth? Trenchant Criticism on Shire Works and Labour Problems

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 1

Councillors of Dorrigo Shire at the last meeting entered into a trenchant criticism of many aspects of Shire works methods and labour and costs problems. Several Councillors said the time had arrived when "something had to be done"…

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Substitute Talk Stirs Wool Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun. (AAP).--Harry Devereaux, president of the American Wool Council, Inc., has charged Mr…

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Memorial Baths Council Requests Complete Plans

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night requested the Memorial Baths Fund Executive to submit complete plans of the baths to Council to enable it to make the necessary financial arrangements to complete…

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Council Office Hours

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 2

Sir.--As a resident of the North Coast and a ratepayer in the smallest way I a wish to lodge a protest in the interests of the…

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