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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1910

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Shire Capital

Nambucca News · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

Young Lochinvar and his feat of swimming the Esk river where ford there was none was not a circumstance in comparison to the heroism of the Bellingen Shire…

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Shire Councilt. (To the Editor of the S.M. Herald.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 5

SIR,—The above are proving a complete failure, through the majority of the councils being composed of big landholders, who are only enforcing a…

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The Gloucester Shire Cahmbers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 10

This building is now drawing near completion; and the Clerk went into occupation this week:—Following is a description of the building supplied…

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Proposed Alteration of Stroud Shire

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 10

Mr. Mollison, assistant Local Engineer, held an inquiry at the Shire Chambers, Stroud, on Wednesday to take evidence in reference to the…

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1910 · page 5

THE ordinary meeting wm held last evening, when there were praaent:— Aldn. Small (Mayor), McQuade, O'Halloran, Barnett, O'Meara, and…

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Kempsey Municipal Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 April 1910 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the above Council was held on Tuesday evening last. The Mayor (Ald. Small) occupied the chair, and Ald. Rowe,…

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Shire Councillors. To the Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 4

DEAR SIR,—Will you permit me to further draw attention to the necessity of the mining community of the district combining municipally for the…

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Shire Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 3

THE regular meeting was held on Monday, when all the Councillors were in attendance, with President Lancaster in the chair…

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Stroud Shire Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 2

At a meeting of the above held on Thursday April 5th, there were present:—Council for Grant, vice-president in the chair; Councillors Gorton,…

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Gloucester Shire Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held in the new Council Chambers on Friday afternoon last, with a full attendance of Councillors…

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Rich Lands for Shire Horses

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 April 1910 · page 4

Really heavy and massive Shire horses can be raised only on rich and fertile land, where the grazing is of the best. Such…

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Macleay Shire Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 13

THE usual monthly meeting of the above Council was held on Monday last. The President (Councillor Lancaster) occupied the chair, and Councillors O'Meara,…

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A Mayor Murdered. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 April 1910 · page 11

Dr. Hart, the Mayor of Morehouse (U.S.A.) was fatally wounded by Mr. Claude Hay, editor of The Hustler. The tragedy is the result of a political feud…

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Wallarobba Shire Council. Booral Wharf

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 13

At last meeting of Wallarobba Shire Council there were present— President G. S. Waller, Councillors R W. Alison, R. B. Boy dell, A. G…

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Building Act. (To President of the Shire Council.)

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1910 · page 8

Sir,—I desire to draw your attention publicly to the unfair manner in which the law is administered by the Council over which you preside. You…

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Bellingen Shire Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Bellingen Shire Council, Cr. Black moved, and Cr. Dowie seconded, that a motion previously passed that the offices of the council and the…

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 10

ALL the aldermen were present at the regular meeting on Friday evening, with the Mayor presiding. Permission was given for the…

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Shire Government To The Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 3

SIR,—I was much interested in that letter in a recent issue of your paper from the pen of R. Bartlett in which he denounced the baneful influence of…

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Kempsey Municipal Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 19

THE above Council met on Friday last week. The Mayor (Ald. Small) occupied the chair, and Ald. McKenzie, McQuade, O'Halloran,…

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Shire Mis-Government and Some Other Things. To The Editor

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 4

DEAR SIR,—I desire more space in (our valuable journal) to stir up more strife and upset something or other. First, in reply to Mr. "No Riding" in…

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