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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1917

316 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 16

Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 5

THE first meeting of the new Council was held on Monday, the 9th inst. Ald. J.H. Hill Mayor, presided, and there were present—Ald. T. Dick, G. Webb, J. Wrigley,…

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Taree Municipal Council

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 4

The new council hold its first meeting on Wednesday night. The Mayor (Ald Wrigley) said the first business would be to elect a…

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Death of 'Shire Engineer

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 4

SHIRE Engineer J. B. [?] died from heart failure at [?] on Monday night, aged 59 years…

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Municipal Lighting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 4

THERE are few sections of the Local Government law which create more dissatisfaction, both to councils and ratepayers, than those which impose lighting…

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Shire Council Routine

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 5

The practice of passing of motions "that the work will be carried out as soon as funds are available" received a knock-out blow at the…

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Shire Council. Monthly Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Gloucester Shirrs Council was held on Thursday 12th instant at the Shire Council Chambers Gloucester at…

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Manning Shire Council. (Held over from last issue.) Confirmation of Minutes

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 3

A letter was read from the Shire Association regarding the confirmation of minutes of meetings. Briefly, a new system was outlined, and…

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Nambucca Shire Council. Balance of General Report

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 8

Progress Association, Upper Eungai (E. Williams, Secretary) drew attention to the road through portion of 74 and asked about…

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Shire Roads, Etc

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 8

Acting Shire Engineer Patterson submitted the following report to the last meeting of the Council:-- Gentlemen,--I have the honor to…

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Shire Council. Engineer's Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 1

I beg to report on the progress of work as follows:— Main Road to C. Parker's— Work is now in hand filling ruts,…

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Taree's Mayor

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 4

MR. W. Wrigley has been re-elected Mayor of Taree, and well deserves the honour. He is a man with unbounded energy and advanced ideas,…

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By Invitation of the Mayor

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 8

On Wednesday night of last week at the conclusion of the municipal council meeting, Alderman Wrigley, who had been re-elected Mayor,…

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On Military Service. Grantham, England. May 25, 1917 To the President, Gloucester Shire Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1917 · page 2

Dear Sir,—From, private correspondence I have learned, that 1 have been unopposed for "Riding B" and understand that no…

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Wingham Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 2

A special meeting of the above was held on Saturday night last. The Mayor explained that the object if the meeting was to consider…

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 3

At Friday night's Council meeting there were present Mayor Lane and Ald. Savage, Gosbey, O'Meara, May, Ga[?]ack and O'Neill. An apology for…

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Wingham Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Monday evening last. Present: The Major (Ald. E. McC. & Hill) and Ald. J. Skinner, John T…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 4

THE regular meeting of the Council was held on Monday the 23rd inst. The Mayor, Ald. Hill, presided, and there were present—Ald. T. Dick, G. Webb, J. Wrigley…

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Wingham Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 2

A special meeting of the Wingham Council was held on Monday night, the Mayor (Ald. McC. S. Hill) presiding. There were also present:…

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Bad Times Forebodings at Labor Council

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 4

"Bad times ahead" was the burden of the remarks of several delegates at the Sydney Labor Council on Thursday night…

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Costly Shire Car

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 4

The auditor's report on the Dorrigo Shire tangle takes up no less than 21 columns of space in the "Daily Examiner." It looks a lovely sort of…

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