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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1952

724 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 37

Shire Road Application

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

Leo Barry wrote to the meeting of the Macleay Shire Council on Tuesday stating that he had read in the Press that S…

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Wingham Council

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 6

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

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Council Guarantees Arts Council for £200

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 7

Kempsey Municipal Council on Tuesday night decided to be guarantors in the sum of£200 for the Kempsey Branch of the Arts Council. A move that the amount be only £50 was defeated on the…

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Wingham Council. Sympathy

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

The Mayor moved that sympathy be extended to the relatives of the late Mr. E. McElwaine, Mrs. McDermid, Miss…

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Progress of Works in Shire Area

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 7

The Macleay Shire Council Engineer (Mr. R. E. Baker) included the following in his report submitted to the Council's meeting on Tuesday. HE said the Kempsey…

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Captain Theo may Pilot Lord Mayor's Cup Field

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY, Friday.— Form horse, Captain Theo, who is opposed to a moderate field of middle-distance performers in the Lord Mayor's Cup, should be one of the best bets of the day…

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Water Extensions Before Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 3

Last Monday night Kempsey Council dealt with several requests for water extensions. V. Silcock and K. A…

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Association's Requests To Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 7

On Tuesday, Yarrahapinni and Stuart's point Progress Association requested the Macleay Shire Council:--…

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Smithtown Matters Before Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 4

As stated in Tuesday's issue of the "Argus," Smithtown Advisory Committee submitted three matters to the Macleay…

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Shire Employees May Not Be Stood Down

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

Contrary to general rumours, and a resolution passed in Committee last Tuesday, outdoor staff of the Macleay Shire Council may not be stood down as from to-day…

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Beer Quota for County Council

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

Tooth's, Sydney, have decided to allow Macleay County Council a quota of two dozen bottled beer, per month, for…

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Crumbs From The Council Table

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 5

At its Works Committee meeting and subsequent meeting of full Council to confirm the Committee's recommendations, Taree Municipal Council dealt with a long list of business…

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Council Seeks Conference on Carnival Dates

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 4

Taree Municipal Council will endeavour to arrange a conference between representatives of Taree R.S.L…

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Council Experiments to Improve Water Supply

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

The Kempsey Municipal Council has instructed the Engineer (Mr. R. Escott) to carry out a test which will put the maximum, if not more, strain on the rising water main in an effort to improve the…

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Council to Seek Alternate Street Lighting Costs

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 4

Taree Municipal Council will seek information as to the relative costs of installing, maintaining and…

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Mr. Bruce Cowan President Oxley C.P. Council

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 12

Mr. Bruce Cowan was elelected President of the Oxley State Electoral Council at the annual meeting, held…

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27 Fined Over Breaches of Council Water Restrictions

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

A total amount of £88106 -- £30 8- in fines, £1512- Court costs, and £42 106 professional costs -- was imposed on 27 defendants who appeared in Kempsey Petty…

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P. and Co Council Presentation to Mr. E. Laird

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 5

At the meeting of the Mid-North Coast District Council of P. & C. Associations at Gloucester on Satudray,…

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Extension Project For Upper Avon On Way Report of Electrical Engineer to Council

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

More than half the poles of the Upper Avon electricity extension project have been put in position, the Electrical Engineer…

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Council Endorses Gloucester's Requests on School and Classroom Large Attendance at Mid-north Coast Meeting of Parents & Citizens' Associations

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 1

Two Gloucester motions carried by a conference of the Mid-North Coast Council of P. & C. Association, held here last Saturday, asked for replacement of the Third Class room with a pre-fabricated aluminium room, and when construction of the proposed secondary…

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