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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 16 of 24

Council Road Grants

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 2

The following grants to shire councils under the terms of the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act, 1950,…

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Dorrigo Shire Now Fire Danger Zone

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 1

Due to the continued dry weather, conditions the State Government has proclaimed the shire areas of Bellingen. Dorrigo, Harwood and Macleay as a bush fire danger zone from 1st to 28th September. Lush late…

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Council Defeats Festival Minute

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night by eight votes to three defeated a recommendation by the Mayor, Ald. W. R. Weiley, that the Festival Committee he informed council…

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Dorrigo Shire Council Matters Matters of Local Interest Dealt with

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

Councillors present at the last meeting held in the new Shire Chambers af Coffs Harbour were: The President, Cr. W. H. Bailey in the Chair, and Councillors Hooson, Skeoch, J. Seccombe, T. Seccombe, Timms and Wilson…

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Shire President Wants Irrigation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 9

The president of Dorrigo Shire Council, Cr. W. H. Bailey, advocated an irrigation scheme for the whole of the Central…

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£8000 for Shire Road Works

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 7

Dorrigo Shire is to receive another £8000 for expenditure on specified secondary roads. The grant is being made…

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Grant Of £7,600 To Orara Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 4

The Minister for Public Works advised Orara Shire Council yesterday of a grant of £7600 for the 1951-52 period under the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act…

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Former Council Employee Is Poll Candidate

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

Mr. H. Burchell announced last night that he was a candidate for the Grafton City Council…

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Shire Employees Work Well

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 1

"If all Shire gangs work as well as the one at present engaged on Mildura Street, the Council is getting good value for…

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Council Criticises Minister's Decision

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 3

Members of South Grafton Council last night adversely criticised the decision of the Minister for Housing declining to appoint an agent at South Grafton…

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Lived In Garage After Council Ban

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 4

Frederick William Chaffey, of Hawthorne street, South Grafton, was fined [?]2 at Grafton Court of Petty…

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Shire Over-Spends

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 September 1951 · page 6

LISMORE.--All work on minor roads in Kyogle Shire will be suspended for the current year because…

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Ashby Ferry Is Too Small, Says Maclean Mayor

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN. -- Discussion took place at a meeting of the Maclean Municipal Council on an increase in…

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Two Candidates For Council Seat

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 September 1951 · page 2

Two candidates will contest the Grafton City Council by-election on September 22…

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Shire Activity in Sawtell Area

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 7

At last Wednesday's meeting of the Bellingen. Shire Council many matters of concern to Sawtell and district…

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Delingen Shire Boys Valliable Who at Savell

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1951 · page 1

Bellingon Shire has decided to purchase an area of land of more than three quaters of an more at Sawtell, for use as…

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Council Supports Maternity Ward Proposal

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 4

Grafton City Council on Monday night on a request from Ald. Mavis McClymont decided to write to…

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City Council Loan Money Allocated

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 4

Council had already earmarked £30,000 of loan money from the present year's allocation, which left only £10,000 for future application. That statement was made…

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Why Council Not At Planning Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1951 · page 4

Ald. G. Garratt, at Monday night's meeting of Grafton City Council, asked why the council was not…

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Copmanhurst Shire's Grants, Loans

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1951 · page 3

Messrs. C. G. Wingfield, M. F. Bruxner and J. T. Reid, Ms. L. A., advised yesterday's Copmanhurst Shire…

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