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Mid North Coast · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1954

1,039 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 52

Taree Council Declines Request for Sunday Football on Park

The Northern Champion · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 4

Taree Municipal Council on Wednesday night declined a request by Manning River Rugby League for permission to play Sunday football on Taree Park…

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Hastings Shire Looks to Future

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 3

No doubt spurred on by the attractiveness of the O.C.C. Headquarters Building in Wauchope the…

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Letters (To the Editor) Shire Rates

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

Sir,--I read with concern in the "M.R. Times" of January 25 of the increase of 1d. in our shire rates. I venture to say…

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Council's Position Was Never Better

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

The President of Dorrigo Shire Council (Cr. W. H. Bailey) said he faced the future with the greatest…

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County Council Investigations Union Position

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 7

At the Macleay County Council meeting last night the County Clerk (Mr. J. Salter) asked that Council…

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No Council Seal on Badges, Spoons

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 8

Maitland City Council rescinded, by eight votes to four, a decision made at a previous meeting, refusing…

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Letters Received By County Council Are Contradictory

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

Two letters received last night by Macleay County Council were of a somewhat contradictory nature…

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A New Residence Recommended For County Council Depot

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 7

Mr. H. Welch, Chief Electrical Engineer, reporting to Macleay County Council. Thursday night, said he had…

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Road Tax Trouble County Council Has an Example

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

Macleay County Council has struck another example of road tax trouble. The Council has ordered a…

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Commonsense Basis For Town Planning "The Department of Local Government has given the Council a commonsense town planning basis on which to proceed," stated the Mayor (Ald. M. M. Hooke), at the latest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

He was giving answers to four questions on town planning submitted by Aid. A. R. Woolston…

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Manning Shire Council. President's Minute

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 2

The President (Councillor L. C. Jordan, MLA) presented the following minute to the meeting of the Manning Shire…

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Manning Shire Presidential Allowance

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 7

Sir, I have read Mr. Barry's and Mr. Churton's letters and also have noted comments on them made by Shire…

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Manning Shire Aim Bitumen Twenty Miles

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 7

The Manning Shire Council, aiming at a bitumen seal of 20 miles of road this year, has raised its general rate from 9d to 10d in the £, u.c.v., and the success or otherwise of this effort will be watched…

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County Council May Re-Employ Consulting Engineer

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 5

The New South Wales Electricity has informed Macleay County Council that no subsidy will be paid in…

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Correspondence Shire Council Criticism of Critics

The Northern Champion · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 9

Sir,—Mr. Jordan and several Councillors apparently objected to my recent letter. Cr. McPherson "took…

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Shire Council Baulks At Aerodrome Payment

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 6

On the motion of Councillor McPherson, the meeting decided not to pay money respecting the cost of the…

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Manning Shire Council Shire Rate l0d. Increase of 1d in £

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 3

A rate of 10d in the U.C.V. for the year was decided upon by the Manning Shire Council on Monday week, in accordance…

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Shire Looks to Future

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 7

No doubt spurred on by the attractiveness of the O.C.C. Headquarters Building in Waucnope, the Hastings Shire…

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Shire Attitude On Subdivisions

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 3

A new note on subdivisions was struck by the Manning Shire Council at its meeting on Monday week…

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Six for One Was Council's Rule

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 4

A KB to the Gundaigai district Shire Council, which "raised no objection" to an application by a chap who…

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