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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

443 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 23

Dorrigo Shire Receives £9,000

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 3

Mr. J. B. Renshaw, the Minister for Public Works has written to the Hon. R. S. Vin-cent, M.L.A., as follows:—…

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Delegates To Nthn. Rivers County Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 3

"I shall be most interested in the activities of the newly elected body and confidently anticipate that its operations…

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Setting Up Pacific Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Fri. The Foreign Ministers of Australia. New Zealand and the United States are…

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Modern Equipment For City Council Road Work

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 5

These pictures illustrate recent modernisation of Grafton City Council equipment. Above is the 27-year-old horse-drawn bitumen kettle used by council until replaced by the modern Littleford…

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Mayor's Tribute To Folk Lore Society

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 3

Tributes to the work of the few members of the Grafton Folk Lore Society were voiced by the Mayor of Grafton (Ald. W. R. Weiley) at last night's annual meeting…

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Council Headquarters

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 4

A motion that Wingham slipper factory promises be acquired as administrative headquarters for Manning…

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Grant to Shire Increased by £1000

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

Advice has been received by Dorrigo Shire Council that the grant from Federal Aid funds has been increased from…

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First Meeting Of Pacific Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Monday.--Representatives of Australia, New Zealand and the United States will meet at Honolulu in August to establish a mutual defence organisation for the South-West Pacific…

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Arts Council Will Provide Two Night's Fun

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 7

Coffs Harbour Arts Council will present the famous farce, "Tons of Money" at the Jetty Memorial Hall on July 17-18…

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Candidates For Legislative Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Australian Labour Party has called for nominations for two A.L.P. candidates to…

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Shire Not Represented On New Country Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 3

Regret was expressed a! the meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council by the president, Cr. W. H. Bailey and other councillors that Dorrigo Shire was not represented on the newly raised Northern Rivers County Council which…

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Extra Grant for Orara Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

Orara Shire Council was advised yesterday of a supplementary grant of £2000 in respect of the 1951-52…

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Cream Boxes on Shire Roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

The erection of cream boxes on Shire roads was discussed at the meeting of the Shire Council when it was decided to ask…

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Council Against Salaries

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

An emphatic protest will be forwarded to the Minister of Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) against the proposal that aldermen and councillors should be paid…

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Arts Council Confident

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

Confidence that the financial commitments of the forthcoming Arts Council show "Let's Make An…

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Northern Rivers County Council

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 6

Confidence that the operations of the Northern Rivers County Council would lead to greater electrical development…

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Compliment For Council Officer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

At the June meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council the president, Cr. W. H. Bailey, expressed appreciation of the services of Council's…

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Labour Council Suspends Three Unions

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--The N.S.W. Labour Council to-night agreed to the suspension by the A.C.T.U…

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Farewells By Bellingen Shire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 4

BELLINGEN.--In the lounge room at the Federal Hotel, Bellingen, a farewell was tendered to the Shire…

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Importance Of Pacific Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.--All-out American co-operation in Pacific defence and the supply of military equipment to Pacific countries could well result from the meeting of the Pacific…

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