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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 21 of 23

Proposed Municipality Must Embrace Sawtell Statement at Public Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

At the public meeting called to discuss whether Coffs Harbour should have a municipality or otherwise, Mr. W. K. Burns said he was informed that a Coffs Harbour…

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Opinions Differ On Municipality

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 December 1952 · page 3

COFFS HARBOUR, Sot.—Af the public meeting called in Coffs Harbour to discuss the formation of a municipality, many speakers expressed dissenting opinions…

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Ald. J. I. Moorhead New Grafton Mayor Youngest Mayor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 3

Ald. J. I. Moorhead was last night elected unopposed as Mayor at a special meeting of the Grafton City Council. He had held the position of deputy-Mayor for…

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Country Council Shows Surplus

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 1

A reading [?] of [?] for the last [?] was reported by the Country Clerk (Mr. C.M. Seymour) at a…

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City Council Approves 1953 Rate

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 4

GRAFTON City Council approved an overall rate of 10⅝d in the £ for 1953, to return a revenue of £62,694…

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Another Council Session On Sunday Sport

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 5

The evergreen subject of Sunday sport on council parks as it affects church services flared up again at Monday night's meeting of Grafton City Council…

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Shire Work Appreciated

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 5

Three letters of appreciation were received at yesterday's meeting' of the Orara Shire Council…

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Wooli Thanks Orara Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting at Wooli recently resolved that a letter of appreciation be forwarded the Orara…

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Coffs Move for Municipality

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1952 · page 8

A public meeting at Coffs Harbour last Tuesday night appointed a committee to take preliminary steps towards the…

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Australian As Oxford Mayor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 December 1952 · page 6

LONDON, Fri.--Australian A. B. Brown, lecturer in law at Oxford University's Worcester College,…

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AId. W.E.Crisp Again Mayor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 3

Ald. W. E. Crisp was last night elected unopposed for the third consecutive term…

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Important Shire Meeting To-morrow

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 1

Tomorrow's meeting of Dorrigo [?] c[?] will be very [?] because the general [?] for 1[?]53 will…

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S. G. Council Has Audience

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 3

Last night's meeting of the South Grafton Council was attended by several Ratepayers and visitors…

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Baths Bill Staggered Aldermen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 4

AN expenditure of close on £200 to put the South Grafton baths in a fit condition to use this season…

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New Lord Mayor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--Sydney's new Lord Mayor, Aid. P. Hills, was elected to-day, with an annual allowance of…

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Mayor Promises Action On Baths

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 3

An assurance that the Grafton City Council would make every endeavour in 1953 to construct baths was given by the Mayor (Aid. J. I. Moorhead) last night…

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Shire Office Closing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 6

Copmanhurst Shire Council office in Grafton will close for the Christmas period from December 24 to…

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Shire Approves Mine Lease

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 5

COPMANHURST Shire Council will offer no objection to a mining lease being granted near Lionsville for a calcite mine. The application to the…

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Dorrigo Shire Rates Unchanged

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 4

COFFS HARBOUR. --There will be no change in the rates levied in the Dorrigo Shire Council in 1953…

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Record Term As Shire President

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 5

The re-election of Cr. O. V. Small yesterday as president of the Copmanhurst Shire Council constituted a…

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