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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

446 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 23

Shire Anxious Understand Project Position

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 4

Copmanhurst Shire Council will ask the Northern Rivers County Council for a copy of the report…

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Ulmarra Society Help-Of Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

The Ulmarra P. and A. Society has sought the help: the Ulmarra Municipal Council in having Small…

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Shire Clerk Resigns at Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 3

BELLINGEN, Sat. --Mr. F. A. Phillips wrote to the meeting of Bellingen Shire Council, tendering his…

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Shattering Blow To Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

Derrigo Shire Council received a shattering blow when the president. Cr. W. H. Bailey, rang[?] from Dorrigo and said…

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Urban Committee's Recommendations to Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 8

A number of requests from Coffs Harbour Urban Committee were, dealt with at the monthly meeting of Dorrigo…

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Long Periods of Service with Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 2

Councillors S. Hooson and R. G Wilson and Mr. Ray E. Smith, Shire Clerk have served Dorrigo Shire Council for 22…

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Bellingen Shire Clerk Resigned26 Years'service

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 4

Mr. F. JL Phillips wrote last Wednesday's Bellingen. Shire Council meeting. tendering his resignation as Shire…

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Explanation From Nrcc Wanted by Dorrigo Shire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

Dorrigo. Shire Council wants an explanation from the Northem Rivers County Council why information regarding the…

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Shire Does Not Want Change in Voting System

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 7

Dorrige Shire Council is satisfied with the proportional representational system of voting and does not reguire any…

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Building Applications Approved by Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 6

Nice budding applications for coffs Harbour and three for Woolgoolga were approved at the meeting of Dorrigo Shire…

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Great Work by County Council Officers and Staff

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

Officers and staff at the Northern Bivers County Council rendered a great service during the cyclone and…

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Council Inspects A Road 5 Days B.F. (Before Flood)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 5

All members of the Copmanhurst Shire Council last Wednesday rose from their deliberations in the Council Chamber in Grafton and travelled fourteen miles alone rain-swept roads to inspect the Whiteman…

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Shire Bridges In Bad Way

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

A quick survey yesterday of flood and storm damaged roads in the Copmanhurst Shire within 20 miles of Grafton showed that local government authorities face a…

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Restoring Services In Harwood Shire

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 3

MACLEAN, Sunday.--Harwood Shire Council has been working continuously since Tuesday opening roads and restoring ferry services in the Lower River area…

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Maclean Council Finances

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN.--The financial statement presented to Maclean Council showed a debit in the general fund of…

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Alderman Upbraids Fiery Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

An alderman of the Grafton City Council described last night's council meeting as the most childish she had attended. She told aldermen they must be…

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Arts Council Plans for Eventful Year

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 6

Coffs Harbour Arts Council has plans well in hand for a most eventful year. The first presentation will be the now…

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Aldermen Irate About Delays

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

Aldermen of South Grafton Council are extremely angry over the protracted delay on the part of the…

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Staff Rallies to Aid Mayor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

Members of the male staff of the South Grafton Council showed their sympathy, in the damage…

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United Council Action Not Supported

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

On the casting vote of the Mayor (Ald. W. E. Crisp), South Grafton Council decided to take no action on a proposal to form a Clarence River Local Government…

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