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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1931

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Shire Doings

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

The usual monthly meeting of the Nambucca Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers, Bowraville, on Monday, Dec. 8…

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Shire Finances

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

It will be seen by the Council report that the annual endowment granted this Shire, which has been £5350, has been cut down by £2000…

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Cr. Flannery Resigns Form Stroud Shire

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. W. E. Flannery has written to the Shire Clerk, Stroud, as follows : I hereby tender my resignation as a Councillor for D riding, Stroud…

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Home-makers in Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

With the school holidays in fall swing, the new wardrobe is of great interest to most little girls, and the frock worn by Mitzi Green, who is…

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Shire Ferries. Croki Ferry Contract. Letter of Protest

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

The Under Secretary L.G. Department (Mr. W. Walker) wrote under date December 16 to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on…

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Unemployed and Shire Relief Works. Engineer Replies to Criticism

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Reporting to Monday's Shire Council meeting on a letter from P. Chapman, complaining of the method under which men were being engaged for…

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Federal Unemployment Grant. Shire Councils' Special Vote. Money Equally Divided

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

The L.G. Department notified the meeting of the Maiming Shire Council on Monday of the making of a special grant of £250 from the…

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Macleay Cricket Association. Mid-north Coast Council Mooted

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

A meeting of delegates to the Council Association was held at the School of [?]cil of the Macleay River District Cricket Arts last night (Thursday). Rev. Father…

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Shire Rates. [?]Uction of ½d Agreed To. [?]Posal for Loan Against Rates Turned Down

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

Monday's meeting of Manning Council the clerk (Mr. S. S. [?]rd) presented the following [?]…

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Gloucester Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 1

The regular monthly meeting of the Gloucester shire council was held on Friday last, Cr. White presiding over a full attendance of councillors…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 6

The Council met on Monday, 12th inst., there being: present-Ald. Elliot (Mayor). Fowler, McCabe, Bailey, McLaren, Wrigley, Orr, Hayward…

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Taree Municipal Council Monthly Meeting

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 2

The regular meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday night with the mayor (Ald. R.S. Butter worth) in the chair. Also present Ald…

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Taree Health Matters Report by Council's Inspector

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 7

Mr. W. Fielding, health inspector for the taree municipality, submitted the following report to Wednesday night's meeting of the council: —…

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L.g. Act Case Alderman Charged

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

Reference was made in the Grafton Police Court on Monday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., to a case in which Norman Clarence McLennan,…

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Wingham Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the above Council was held on Monday night January 18th., 1931. The Mayor (Ald. H. Machin)…

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End of Shire Councils

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

The Mayor of Armidale (Ald. W. H. Watson) at a recent Council meeting, forecast the end of the Shire Council system. The time was not…

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Mayor's Minute. Removal of Band Room

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. Butterworth) presented the following minute to the meeting of the Taree Municipal Council on Wednesday night:—…

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Church and State Appeal. the Mayor's Desires

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 4

The Mayor (Ald. Butterworth) in a letter to the meeting of the Board of Management of the M.R.D. Hospital on Tuesday night said: "At the…

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Gloucester Shire Council

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

At the Gloucester shire council meeting on Friday week the engineer reported as follows:— I have to report the amount allotted…

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Municipal Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

At the regular fortnightly meeting of Kempsey Municipal Council Monday evening last, Aldermen S. B. Lacey, Mayor, C. J. Barsby, A. A. Somerville,…

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