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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1919

425 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 22

Hillgrove's Mayor

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

Aid. A. J. Soutar, formerly master of Rawdon Island Public School, and now occupying a similar position at Hillgrove, has been elected Mayor of that town…

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Election of Mayor

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

Alderman M Parker was elected Mayor of Taree (unopposed) on Wednesday night. Report in next issue…

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New Shire President. Councillor Downes Elected

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 4

A SPECIAL, meeting of the Council was held on Monday to confirm the rate and elect a president for the ensuing year. The motion passed at a former meeting,…

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Council and Officials. Clerk Holds Up Busineess for a Time. "The Mountain and the Mouse."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1919 · page 5

On Monday afternoon the councillors of the Manning Shire Council sat in committee till 6 p.m. considering a problem with which the…

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Shire Staff Troubles

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 18 February 1919 · page 2

The Manning Shire Council met on Monday, and the best part of the day, was occupied in considering the trouble in the Shire office so far as the staff is…

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Taree Municipality. Election of Mayor. Alderman M. Parker Elected Unopposed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 3

A special meeting of the aldermen of Municipality of Turee was held on Wednesday night for the purpose of electing the Mayor for the ensuing…

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Train from Tablelands. Shire Council's Action

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

At the shire council, meeting on Monday Councillor Machin Said Unit representatives from Walcha and other places on the tablelands would…

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2
Also in The Northern Champion

AT Friday night's Council meeting there were present Ald. C. A. Lane (Mayor), P. J. O'Neill, N. E. Savage, J. J. Webster, W. T. Coshey, W…

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Shire Council and its Staff. the Clerk's Agreement Terminated

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 February 1919 · page 2

A special meeting of the council of the Shire of Manning was held on Monday, its chief object being to consider the unsatisfactory working of…

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Manning Shire Staff Troubles

Macleay Argus · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 5

Judging by newspaper reports, the Manning Shire staff have been far from a happy family for a long time. The Clerk and Engineer have been at…

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Deputation to Council. Sympathetic Reception

Macleay Argus · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 10

At the meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council on Friday night, Ald. C. A. Lane (Mayor) presiding, Messrs. P. J. Arnold, A. Knight, McLaren and…

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Municipal Council. Influenza Precautions. Quarantining Sydney Favored. 188 in Hand.--overdue Rates £350. Defaulters Given a Last Chance

Macleay Argus · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 9

The Kempsey Municipal Council met on Friday night, there being present: Alds. C. A. Lane (Mayor), P. J. O'Neill, J. Gamack, N. E. Savage, J. J. Webster,…

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Shire Valuator

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

Cr. Scrivener asked the Clerk at the last Council meeting if applications had been called for a valuator. He had not seen anything in the…

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Shire Engineer's Report

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

Mr Hunuings submitted the following report at last meeting: Mr. Patterson's gang completed the Buccrabendinni extension…

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Trouble in the Shire Office

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 2

Full Council in attendance At Monday's meeting of the Shire Council, the trouble in the Shine of the office among the officials was discussed…

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Wawbucca Shire In the Land where Droughts are on a

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 3

President, Matthew Wallace Shire Clerk, Thos. Evans Engineer, J. Hunnings Shire Chambers, Bowraville…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 5

THE regular meeting of the Council was held on Monday, the 17th inst. Ald. J. H. Hill, Mayor, was in the chair, and there were also present—Ald. Spence, Webb,…

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The Shire Council and its Officers. The Clerk's Agreement Terminated

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 3

There was a full council meeting on Monday to deal with the matter of the unsatisfactory working of the office staff…

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The Manning Shire

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 4

Tennyson wrote: "All experience is an arch Wherethro' gleams the untravelled world." The Manning Shire Council is in search of another shire clerk…

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