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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 8 of 23

Cheaper Current Pleases Aldermen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 5

Pleasure at a reduction of 10 per cent. in electric light bills for current supplied by the N.R.C.C. was expressed by Ald. N. L. O'Neill at a Grafton City Council…

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Council Against River Conference

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 5

Grafton City Council has declined to ask its Engineer to join a conference of Local Government engineers to report on the condition of the Clarence and the…

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Miscellaneous Council Business T.B. In Cattle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1954 · page 4

Among the miscellaneous matters dealt with by the Department of Local Government was a letter from…

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Affiliated With Labour Council

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs. -- The N.S.W. Police Association was to-night affiliated with hie State Trades and Labour…

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Some Woolgoolca Problems Before Council Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 6

Several matters affecting interests at Woolgoolga were before councillors at the April meeting of Dorrigo Shire on…

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Torrential Rains,Floods And Cyelones Set Council's Plans A- wry

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

Speaking at Wednesday's meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council, the President (Cr. W. H. Bailey) said that although the position of Council at the beginning of the year was most promising…

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Alderman Critical Of City Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

Aid. M. V. Durrington, at last night's meeting of South GraFton Council, criticised Grafton City Council for declining to co-operate in a proposal for a…

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Report For South Council On Town Planner

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

South Grafton Council last night took a further step in regard to town planning. Council adopted a minute by the Mayor that the Finance Committee report…

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Fines On Former Alderman

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. --A former Leichhardt Council alderman was convicted in Central Court to-day of…

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Comment on Privet by Shire Noxious Weed Inspector

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 2

Privet is not a noxious plant anywhere in NSW." said Mr. J. W. Towell. noxious weed inspector, in his report to Dorrigo…

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Arts Council

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 2

A new departure by the play reading circle of the Grafton Arts Council was the performance of Twelfth…

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Council Defers Decision On Library Site

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night deferred consideration of recommendations by the Town Clerk (Mr. Wilfrid C. Sheather) On the proposal to erect a…

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Council Discussions With Minister

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 8

MACLEAN.-- Maclean Municipal Council was told at its meeting that any move for an extension of the Lower Clarence County Council would have to be initiated by the Council concerned, by an…

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Shire Supports Need For Dredging

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 4

Orara Shire Council will support representations for dredging to be carried out in the Clarence River…

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Ald. E. S. Hudson Resigns From Council

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

South Grafton Council was last night advised of the resignation of Ald. E. S. Hudson…

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B.g.f. District Council Discuss Varied Agenda

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

A full attendance of branch delegates from Woolgoolga, Korora-Moonee, Coffs Harbour, Boambee and Valery, at…

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Shire President W. H. Bailey Stands for A.L.P. in Cowper Health Minister O'Sullivan on Same Platform

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

There was a good attendance at the C.W.A. Rooms last Wednesday evening especially considering the extreme weather conditions, when Mr. W. H. Bailey a local Dorrigo business man who is standing…

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No Blanket Ban On Attendance At Peace Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday-- Favourable consideration would be given to the passport application of a church…

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Shire Protest On Power Charge

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 4

Nymboida Shire Council will protest to the Northern Rivers County Council against a service charge on rural consumers…

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Shire Presidents In Exchange At Maclean Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Sat.--A brief exchange between two Shire Presidents occurred at a meeting of the…

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