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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

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Wingham Municipal Council. Adjourned Meeting. Many Matters Dealt With. Council Sits in Committee Till 11.30

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

The adjourned meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Wingham, on Tuesday night,…

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Allied War Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 3

Canberra: Following General Wavell's appointment as Supreme Allied Commander in Chief in the South-west Pacific, an Allied War…

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Stroud Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 4

Stroud Shire Council held its mommy meeting on Friday, 19th December. Prior to the general meeting a special meeting was held for the purpose of…

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Kempsey Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 6

At Monday night's meeting of Kempsey Council there were present Ald. H. E. Chappie (Mayor), H. C. Henderson, H. Dodds, Albert Jeffery and…

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Nuisance Value. Deliberate Destruction of Municipal Property

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 4

At Monday night's meeting of Kempsey Council Overseer Kennedy drew attention that several trees recently planted in Belgrave-street Park had…

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Wingham Municipal Council. Special Meeting. The Water Question

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

A special meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council was held on Thursday night last, 8th January, 1942, for the purpose of discussing the water…

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Municipal Quarry Profitable Enterprise Scope to Develop

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

On a plant capital value of about £700 in its blue metal quarry on Church Hill, Kempsey Municipal Council showed the…

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Stroud Shire Council

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

The clerk (Mr. H. H. Adocok) reported as follows at the last meeting of the above council:— Since last meeting building permits…

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Wingham Municipal Council Adjourned Meeting

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

The adjourned meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Wingham, on Tuesday night, December 23rd,…

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Reduced Lighting May Ease Rating in Macleay Shire

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 2

At Macleay Shire Council meeting yesterday, the Clerk, Mr. N. L. Parker, reported that, if street lighting was reduced…

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Macleay Shire council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 6

Councillors Discuss many Questions, particularly Drainage Trouble at Jerseyville, Pine Forests on Five Day and Coachwood on Carrai. The necessity for retaining the Assistant Engineer, the pretty post trouble at Aldavilla turn-off, the Hickey's-Taylor's Arm road, and…

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Manning Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the above council was held on Monday when there were present Crs. H. E. Milligan (president), W. J. Wamsley, J. H. Cameron,…

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Nambucca Shire Council

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

At the Council Chambers, Bowraville, on Monday last, the January meeting of the Nambucca Shire Council was held…

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Gloucester Shire Council January Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 1

Tuesday's meeting of the local Council was attended by all Councillors and was another very long sitting—business not being…

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Manning Shire Council. Ordinary Monthly Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

The first meeting of the year of Manning Shire Council was held at Taree on Monday. Present: Councillors H. E. Milligan (President), N. E…

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Wingham Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Wingham Municipal council was held in the council chambers, Memorial Town Hall, on Tuesday night, January 13th,…

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Shire Works Report by Engineer

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

The Shire Engineer, Mr. Hodgkinson, at last Monday's meeting reviewed the December works of the Council in the following report:…

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Council and N.E.S. Action Creates Crisis

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

The extraordinary attitude taken up by the Gloucester Shire Council at its meeting on Tuesday in refusing to appoint the N.E.S,…

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Municipal Council

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 6

A special meeting of the council was held on Monday, 12th Inst., there being present—Ald. N. E. McLaren (Deputy Mayor), T. Maloney,…

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Taree Rates and Charges Fixed by Council

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Taree Municipal Council, held on Wednesday night, the rates and charges for 1942 were fixed. There were present Ald…

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