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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 9 of 23

Council Delegates Debaet Varied Agenda

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 2

MACLEAN, Sat.--Nineteen delegates from the 11 councils of the Clarence region dealt with a varied agenda at the first quarterly meeting of the Clarence…

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Council Considers Meters For Taxis

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 3

Grafton City Council last night decided to confer with taxi cab proprietors on proposals for the installation of meters in their vehicles…

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"Corinthian's" Eyes Right On Sport Sports Council Revival

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 7

Expansion of Grafton's sporting areas will be advocated at a meeting of the Grafton District Sports…

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Mosquito Control Beyond Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 5

Control measures to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in the Baker's swamp area were of such magnitude as to be beyond the council's resources…

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Grafton Sports Advisory Council

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 3

An organisation to advise the Grafton City Council on sporting needs and how best to allocate present and future sporting grounds was formed at a…

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Council Work at Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

IN a special Mayoral minute to the Ulmarra Municipal Council, the Mayor, Ald. H. V. D. Baret,…

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Harwood Shire Discusses Plant

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 4

MACLEAN, Saturday.-- In a special report to Harwood Shire Council, Mr. D. Drewett, shire engineer, recommended the purchase of additional plant to cope…

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Woolgoolga Requests to Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 3

A number of requests from Woolgoolga were befire Dorrigo Shire Council at the monthly meeting. in each case…

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New Overseer Aphmnied by Shire Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 4

A new overseer was appointed by Dorrigo Shire Council last Wednesday. He was Mr. G. A. Moxham, who occupies a…

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Council Vacancy At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 5

MACLEAN. Mon.-- Maclean Council is looking for a man to take the position of health inspector-works…

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Shire Reversed Town Plan Deoshn on Land

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council reversed a decision of the Town Plan Committee at its meeting last Wednesday. A decision of…

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Explanation by Mayor on Works

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 4

IF council desired him to sit down and do nothing when unexpected urgent works cropped up and the…

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Sawtell Matters At Bellingen Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 12

A number of letters from Sawtell were dealt with by Bellingen Shire Council. They were as follow:—…

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Council Control of Brelford Park Wanted

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 10

Two letters were before Dortigo Shire Coucil at the monthly meeting requesting that Council assume control of…

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Pension Anomalies Disclosed At R.S.L Council

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 9

Anomalies in the treatment of war pensioners by the Department of Repatriation were disclosed by delegates who attended the conference of R.S.L. sub-branches of the NorthCoast…

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Lord Mayor Surrenders Sword

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh received a great welcome when they drove from Buckingham Palace to the Mansion House, London, to be entertained at a welcome home luncheon given in their honour by the Lord Mayor of London. Photo shows the traditional ceremony as the Queen…

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Council Wants Bulldozer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 6

Mr. Frank Dodd, Shire Engineer, recommended to Dorrigo Shire Council that an additional bulldozer be purchased. He said he made the request because of the amount of work…

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Council to Conduct Anti Diphtheria Campaign

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 1

Dorrigo Shire Council will conduct a diptheria immunisation campaign, throughout the whole Shire area. The…

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Sports Council President Is Mr. L. N. O'neill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 3

MR. L. N. O'Neill was elected president of the Grafton District Sports Advisory Council at its first…

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Orara Shire And Regional Library

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 4

Orara Shire Council yesterday carried the formal resolution applying for the library ordinance to be…

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