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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1953

503 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 24 of 26

Shire Employees First Picnic Pronounced Success

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 6

The first picnic, staged by Dorrigo Shire Council outside staff at Park Beach recently, was a pronounced success, and…

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Final Figures For Shire and Urban Committee Elections

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 1

Last night the Returning Officer, Mr Ray E. Smith, released the fined figures for the Dorrigo Shire, Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga Urban Comittee elections. These revealed that all sitting councillors were returned,…

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Ald. Long Again Kempsey Mayor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Tues.--The retiring Mayor, Ald. N. C. Long, was re-elected for his fourth successive term, at a…

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Decisions Of Graziers' Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 4

Interesting resolutions carried at the General Council meeting of the Graziers' Association in Sydney were…

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Road Safety Council Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 2

The future of the Grafton branch of the Road Safety Council will be discussed at a meeting to-night…

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Alderman Opposed To New Voting System

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 2

Opposition to the new method of proportional representation of voting was voiced by Ald. L. C. Munns…

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Communist On Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wed.--For the first time in Sydney's history a Communist has been elected to the City…

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Harwood Shire Rates Unchanged

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 5

MACLEAN, Thurs.--Harwood Shire Council at a meeting to-day adopted estimates of income and…

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Control Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Nine Labor Party candidates, six Civic Reform-Liberals, and one Communist have now…

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Some Highlights on Saturday's Shire Elections

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 1

Although the majority of electors took the poll on Saturday for the Shire and Urban Committee very seriously,…

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New Depot Site For Orara Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 4

Application will be made by Orara Shire Council to the Land Board Office for a special purchase of three quarters of an acre of land below the South…

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Labour Control Of Sydney Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—An Independent Labour candidate was to-night elected to fill the 17th seat in the City…

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Labour Majority On Sydney Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. --The Labor Party has gained an absolute majority of two in the City Council, over the other parties represented…

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To Halt Atomic Arms Race Atlantic Council May Back Eisenhower's Plea

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 1

PARIS, Sunday. --The Atlantic Council, supreme governing body of the 14-nation aliance, is expected to give warm backing to President Eisenhower's plea for a halt to the atomic arms race when it meets here next week…

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Certificate For Former Alderman

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

The Local Government Certificate of Merit for outstanding service was presented to former alderman J. C. Lane at last night's meeting of the South Grafton…

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No Bitterness Mayor's Hope

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

The hope that council would discuss its business without bitterness or ill feeling was expressed by…

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Ald. R. Granger Lismore Mayor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

LISMORE, Mon.--Ald. R. Granger was re-elected Mayor of Lismore by nine votes to three at a meeting…

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Ald. Crisp Again Mayor Of South

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

A RECORD attendance in the public gallery saw Ald. W. E. Crisp unanimously re-elected Mayor of…

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Ald. W. M. Smith Maclean Mayor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

MACLEAN. Mon.--Ald. W. M. Smith was elected Mayor of Maclean at a special meeting of the new…

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Ald. Moorhead Re-Elected City Mayor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 3

Ald. J. I. Moorhead was re-elected Mayor of Grafton last night at a meeting of the City Council. The…

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