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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1916

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Nambucca Shire Council

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Last week a meeting of the Nambucca Shire Council was held at Bowraville, when the estimates for 1916 were considered and adopted…

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Shire Council Classification

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 8

Mr. Robert E. Jones engineer in charge of local government, has presented his fourth triennial…

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New Shire Council. Conferred Powers

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

The following Powers have been conferred on the Councils of the reconstituted shires of Bellingen and Nambucca with…

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Lord Mayor

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

The City Councillors being unable to decide who should be Lord Mayor of Sydney, the Government have appointed [?] R. D. Meagher (Speaker…

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Patriots Shire Officials

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Sheard, Shire Engineer, has his only three sons at the front and did not his age prevent would be there himself. Mr. Campbell (the new Clerk)…

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Council Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council was held in the Shire Chambers on Thursday last there being present: Councillors…

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Shire Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 6

At Monday's meeting of the Shire Council, there were present President K[?]er, and Crs. Hill, O'Meara, Lancaster, Mannix, and O'Sullivan…

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

At Friday "flights" meeting if the above there were present Mayor Lane, and Ald. Savage, O'Meara, Harvey, and Hardi[?]an…

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Shire Endowment

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

The list of endowments to be made by the Local Government Department to Shire Councils throughout New South Wales has been published in the…

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Shire Council's Carts

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

A discussion arose at the Councils meeting on Tuesday on an application by McNeill, of Eungai, to be allowed to retain his horse…

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Nambucca Shire Council. Tuesday, January 11th, 1916

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

Present: President R. McCarthy, Councillors Bear, Wallace, F. W. Line, Gardiner and Scrivener. CORRESPONDENCE…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

THE regular meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Monday evening last, the Mayor, Ald. D. Stewart, presiding. There were also present— Ald. J. Hayward, Hill, Hibbard, McGrath…

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Municipal Cases

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 2

A number of local young men who all pleaded guilty, were each fined 5s and 6s costs for riding bikes without lights, or on the footpaths…

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Speaker Lord Mayor

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 8

Sydney Evening News, commenting upon the appointment of Mr. R. D. Meagher, M.L.A., the Speaker, as Lord Mayor of Sydney, says:—Let…

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The New Lord Mayor

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

Alderman R. D. Meagher has attained the object of his ambition. He is now Lord Mayor of Sydney, as wall as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly…

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Original Correspondence. [We do not nec[?]sarlly identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents under this heading.] Municipal Muddle. To the Editor of the Macleay Chronicle

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 4

SIR,—Kindly allow me space in your valuable columns to draw the ratepayers' attention to the way Kempsey is being treated of late. Only yesterday the dust…

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Shire Valuations

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

The "Macleay Argus" reports that at last Monday's Shire Council meeting, during a discussion on the funds, Cr. Hill said, "If our land was rated…

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Shire Clerk's Salary

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 6

The Bellingen Shire Council is about to re-arrange the office of Shire Clerk. Cr. McLennan first proposed that the salary be £208, but after…

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Hastings Shire Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of tie Hastings Shire Council was held in the Shire Chambers, Wauchope, on Tuesday last. The President, Cr. Downes, was in the chair, aud there was a full attendance of…

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Manning Shire Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting was held at Taree on Tuesday when President Perrett and Councillors Wells, Irvine, Singleton, McKinnon and stitt were…

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