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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

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Spiralling Costs Concern Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 5

Reveiwing the activities of the Copmanhurst Shire Council for the year, the president (Cr. O. V. Small) said the ever increasing spiral of costs continued to embarrass…

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Report On Year's Work For Copmanhurst Shire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 2

An interesting facet of the report of the Copmanhurst Shire Engineer (Mr. C. L. White) yesterday was…

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No Rise in Shire General Rate Little Money For By-roads

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 1

The general rate of 8d in the £ on the unimproved capital value of land in die Dorrigo Shire was not altered when Council discussed the 1953 estimates at Wednesday's…

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Ratepayers Thank Shire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 4

Appreciation of the fine work carried out on the Upper Myall Creek road has been received by the…

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Road Grant For Shire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 4

NYMBOIDA Shire Council has been advised by the Department of Public Works of a grant of £8750 for road…

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Council Lives Within Means

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 2

The wisdom of the council's policy of living within its means and not working on a large overdraft, was…

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Bid To Dismiss Council Staff

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 4

MACLEAN, Fri.--A move by Cr. Aubrey Carr for the dismissal of some of Harwood Shire Council's works…

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Maclean Council Discussion on Ferry Loads

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 3

MACLEAN.--A deputation from Maclean Municipal Council was received by Harwood Shire Council. The…

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C.A.R. Grants To Harwood Shire

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 3

MACLEAN.--Harwood Shire Clerk, Mr. P. L. Purcell, informed his council at the last meeting that since the inception of C.A.R. grants an amount of £32,559 had been…

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City Council Committees

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night elected its standing committees for 1953. The old finance…

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Grafton Council Seeks Grader

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 3

After a long discussion, Grafton City Council last night decided to advertise for the purchase of a secondhand grader in good condition to replace the old existing unit…

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Reorganisation Proceeds At County Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 4

The chairman, Mr. W. M. L. Hughes, and the reorganisation committee of the Northern Rivers County…

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Formation of Municipality

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 1

The committee elected at the public meeting to take steps to form a municipality at Coffs Harbour has met on several…

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Aldermen Subject To Disqualification

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.--The Mayor and five other aldermen of Leichhardt Council had become subject to a…

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Ninth Term As Ulmarra Mayor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 5

ALD. A. G. Bailey was re-elected Mayor of Ulmarra for the ninth successive term, at a special meeting of Ulmarra Municipal Council yesterday…

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Shire President Re-elected

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 1

Cr. W. H. Bailey, who has just recently been re-elected as President of Dorrigo Shire Council. This is Cr. Balley's 6th. term…

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Shire President For 6th. Term

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

Cr. W. H. (Harry) Bailey was re-elected unopposed president of Dorrigo Shire Council at the last meeting…

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Maclean Council Holiday Arrangements

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

MACLEAN.--In his report to Maclean Council at its monthly meeting the Town Clerk (Mr. G. W…

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Bonville Reserve Trustees Seek Council's Help

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 8

The Trustees of Bonville Recreation Reserve are seeking the co-operation of Bellingen Shire Council in having facilities and amenities provided which should place this reserve…

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No Rise in Shire General Rate Little Money For By-Roads

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

The general rate of 8d. in the £ on the unimproved capital value of land in the Dorrigo Shire was not altered when Council discussed the 1953 estimates at Wednesday's meeting. Councillors had…

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