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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

582 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 30

Wingham Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council was held to the Council Chambers, Memorial Town Hall, on Tuesday night, February 24…

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Wingham Municipal Council Ordinary Meeting

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 4

The ordinary meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council was held in the Council Chambers, Memorial Town Hall, on Tuesday night, February 24…

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Kempsey Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 2

At Monday night's meeting of Kempsey Council there were present Ald H. E. Chapple (Mayor), M. Brosnan, N. Long, J. Murray, H. C…

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Municipal Library Modernising Effort Council Moves

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 5

The Municipal Council at its Monday night meeting decided to take steps to modernise and popularise the Kempsey…

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Kempsey Council Question Complex

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 6

The meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council on Monday night was an outstanding one in the number of questions asked by various aldermen…

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New Charcoal Plan Shire Councils to Help

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

The State Government plans to increase production of charcoal considerably by April 10. The executive of the War Effort…

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The War Council and Evacuation

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

The War Council decision that mass evacuation of civilians should be strongly discouraged is to be commended, for it would mean…

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Access to Municipal Records

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 5

In a court case in Kempsey on Wednesday one of the parties stated that he had been refused access to records of the Council, notably the…

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Claim Against Council

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 6

Gerald Oscar Hill v Wingham Municipal Council, claim for £20 12s 6d for damages alleged to be caused by negligence in erecting an electric light wire…

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"Fear Complex" Posters Taree Council Protests

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 2

During the week the Taree Town Clerk received a couple of vividly coloured photographs depicting a hateful Jap clawing towards Australia, and with…

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Burning Charcoal Macleay Shire Uninterested

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 5

Yesterday's meeting of Macleay Shire Council dealt in committee with a communication from the State Premier asking Councils to undertake…

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A Linking Road Hickey's Creek-taylor's Arm Shire Seeks Grant

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 5

A special grant is to be asked for by the Macleay Shire Council in order to connect by road Hickey's Creek and Taylor's…

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Gladstone Bridge £200 for Repairs Council Appreciative

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 2

Macleay Shire Councillors in their meeting yesterday were appreciative of advice from the Main Roads Department of a…

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School Bus Fares Held to Be Excessive Council Control

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 5

Fares charged children travelling by bus from Smithtown to Kempsey High School were considered by the Macleay Shire on…

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Macleay Shire Council

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 3

At Monday's Shire meeting there were present Councillors Albert Jeffery (President), D. J. Avery, J. E. Saul, D. Mighell, H. Notley and Les…

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Western Lane Drain. Causes Shire Breeze. Cr. Saul Objects to Suggestion That He Let the Shire Engineer Down

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 2

At Monday's Shire meeting Engineer Stretch presented the following report in regard to drain across Western Lane:—…

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Nambucca Shire Council

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

Present at last Monday's meeting of Nambucca Shire Council were : Crs. W. Knight (President), A. G. Henderson, T. G. Lamph, L. J…

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Gloucester Shire Council March Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 1

Cr. A. J. B. Laurie was the only Councillor absent from Tuesday's regular monthly meeting of the local Shire Council. The meeting…

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Wingham Municipal Council. Ordinary Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 3

The ordinary meeting of the Wingham Municipal Council was held in the Council chambers, Memorial Town Hall, on Tuesday night, March 10th,…

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Wingham Municipal Council. in Committee

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

The following business was transacted is committee at last Tuesday night's meeting or the Wingham Municipal Council:…

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