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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

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Manning Shire Council

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 3

An ordinary meeting of members of Manning Shire Council was held on Monday. All the councillors were present in the forenoon, but in the…

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Gloucester Shire Council. Triennial General Election

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 3

I EDMUND HENRY JAMES O'HALLORAN Returning Officer for the Shire of Gloucester, hereby announce the proposals for nomination of…

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Shire Doves

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

The relation of the Shire to the Commonwealth hardly enters into the minds of the ordinary shire electors. That relation, however, is ever present to the holders of land whose unimproved capital value is over or just under £5000. The…

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Shire Meeting Gleanings

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 4

The accepted tender for the Shire valuation, June last, was £875 The next highest tender was £450 Crs. Mannix and Saul deny voting…

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The Shire Election

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

The fallowing gentlemen stand nominated as candidates for the forth-coming Shire election to be held on the 31st of this month…

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An Epochal Shire Election

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

The forthcoming Shire Election will, for better or worse, inaugurate a new ora for Gloucester. The newly elected Council, whatever its personal will…

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Manning Shire Elections. a Riding Asfirants. (Notes by "Civis")

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

A riding has to choose three councillors out o[?] six old councillors and two new-bloods. Mr. Stanley Flett is perhaps the…

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The Shire Valuation Rows and Recriminations Gilt and Guilt. Committee Secrets. Election Sidelights. Farcical Procedure

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 4

AT Monday's Shire meeting there were enacted some circus scenes that would perhaps cause more merriment than a hundred clowns turning clouds of…

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Shire Council

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Nambucca Shire Council was held last Monday, when there were present Crs. Martin (President), Scrivener,…

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Macleay Shire Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The following completes our report of the Macleay Shire Council meeting on Monday last, Cr. Lancaster (President) presiding…

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Manning Shire Council "Biting Breezes Blow."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Monday last. Present: Cr. Latham (in the. chair), Crs. T. Wells, H. Hammond, C. E. Drury, M. Parker,…

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Shire Council. Three Councillors Not Seeking Election. Councillors Felicitate

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

At the Shire Council meeting on Monday (portion of the report of which appears on page 3) Councillors expressed kindly feelings towards…

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Wingham Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Monday night, when there were present: The Mayor (Aid. E MeC. S. Hill), and Aid. P. N. Dark…

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The Shire Valuations. Further Stormy Sitting. Position: "As You Were."

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

The adjourned meeting of the Macleay Shire Council opened at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The business was at a deadlock on the question of…

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Sydney Labor Council. and Liquor Trade. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Notice of motion was tabled last at the Sydney Trades and Labor Council, that in view of the attitude of the Brewers' Association towards trades…

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Returned Soldiers' Protest. Against Culcairn Council Candidates. Premier Promises Action. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. Holman was interviewed by a deputation of returned soldiers, at Cootamundra, who protested against three nominations, including two former…

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Municipal Elections

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

Nominations for the Municipal Council elections close on Thursday next and Friday is the nomination day. So far the only new candidate announced is…

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Hastings Shire Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

THE monthly meeting of the Hastings Shire Council was held in the Shire Chambers, Wanchope, on Monday last. The President (Cr. Downes) was in the chair, and there…

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Manning Shire Council (Continued from last Issue.)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

An ordinary meeting of members of Manning Shire Council was held on Monday last. All the councillors were present in the forenoon, but in…

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Correspondence Shire Elections. (To the Editor)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 4

Sir,— I find that notwithstanding full report you gave of the meeting when I resigned, there are some in C riding still arguing that I did…

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