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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 8 of 26

Photograph of the Queen for Shire Chambers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council has decided to purchase a photograph of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, to hang in the Council…

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Council Appeal Upheld By Full Court

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--State Full Court to-day upheld an appeal by Fairfield Municipal Council against…

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May Appeal to Privy Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday The Stevedoring Industry Board may appeal to the Privy Council against a High…

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Loan Council Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA, Mon.--The Treasurer and Chairman of the Loan Council, Sir Arthur Fadden, announced…

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Outstanding Work Council Problem

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

The difficulty of keeping to a rigid priority of maintenance work and the necessity for not seeking more…

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£5000 Cover On Aldermen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 4

Aldermen of Grafton City Council are each to be covered by £5000 of insurance against injury while…

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Poundyard Policy Before Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 4

Suggestions to close down the. unsightly poundyard in Turf Street, Grafton, and institute direct prosecution against owners permitting stock to stray, have been made…

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£50,000 Insurance For Shire Councils

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

Orara Shire Council yesterday decided to support, in principle, a master public risk insurance policy for £50,000 as suggested by the Shires' Association of New…

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Further Moves In Fight For Coffs Municipality

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 6

COFFS HARBOUR, Fri.--The Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce has invited the president and…

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South Aldermen To Be Insured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

South Grafton Council last night decided to insure aldermen, for £ 1000 each. The move was made on…

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Compliment for Asst. Shire Engineer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

At the Urban Committee meeting the Assistant Shire Engineer, Mr. Lionel Fowler, was complimented on the excellent report…

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Shire Costs Discussed by Chamber of Commerce

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Figures supplied by the Dorrigo Shire Council formed the beans of a lengthy discussion at last night's meeting of Coffs…

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Council Support For Amenities At Red Rock

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 3

AN effort to have a refreshment room established at Red Rock is being supported by the South Grafton…

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Chamber Not Competent to Deal With Shire Council's Figures

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 2

The figures regarding the Shire Council administration and engineering costs did not convey much information to the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. After a lengthy discussion…

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Aluminium Council Chambers

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 4

The new buildings of the Merioneth County Council at Dolgelley represent an entirely new application of the system of aluminium unit construction developed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Flanking the stone central…

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Casino Council On Fire Brigade

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 5

CASINO.--Casino Municipal Council will give serious consideration to placing the Casino Fire Brigade on…

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Safety Council Seeks New Meeting Place

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 3

Grafton and South Grafton branch of the Road Safety Council, which formerly met at the Historical…

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Council's Obligations On Swimming Baths

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

This article is written in the hope that the City Council will to-night take into consideration, in its latest deliberations on swimming baths for Grafton, two pertinent…

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Loan Council Meeting States Will Seek £436,953,000

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday-- Common wealth and State representatives to-morrow will seek authorisation from the Loan Council expenditure of £436,953,000 in the…

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Repair Of Ferries By Harwood Shire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 5

MACLEAN, Mon.--The state of the docking slip and council's equipment for repair of ferries was again referred to by Harwood Shire engineer (Mr. D. Drewett) at the last meeting…

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