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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1920

736 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 15 of 37

Peel Valley Problems. Three Shire Councils in Conference. Proposed Joint Committee

Daily Observer · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 6

The Tamworth Town Council recently decided to invite the Peel, Cockburn and Nundle Shire Councils, to meet the aldermen in conference for the purpose…

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"We are Governed from Sydney. Singleton Shire. In Sympathy with Proposed New State SINGLETON

Daily Observer · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 1

At the Shire Council meeting yesterday, a letter was read from Tamworth Municipal Council asking co-operation and support in forwarding the…

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"AYE." In Favor of the New State Namoi Shire Council. Inverell Municipal and Shire Bodies. Interesting Discussion

Daily Observer · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 1

The Tamworth Municipal Council's letter was received by the Namoi Shire Council, at Narrabri, asking the members to support the agitation in favor of…

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Bannockburn Shire. Only One Dissentient

Daily Observer · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 1

When the Tamworth Council's letter was brought up at the Bannockburn Shire meeting at Inverell, President. A. T. Hapgood announced that he was…

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Inverell Municipal Council Unanimous. Public Meeting to be Called

Daily Observer · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 1

At a meeting of the Inverell town council a letter from the Tamworth Municipal Council, in regard to the New State proposal, was tabled…

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Shire Council

Manilla Express · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

The President (Cr Ratliff), Crs Garland, White, Bowman, and Hey wood were present at the regular meeting on…

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The New State. "Angel Unawares." Turned Away by Dumareso Shire Council. Armidale Press View

Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 1

Under the heading "A Friend in Disguiese," Armidale "Chronicle" thus deals with the refusal of the Dumaresq Shire Council to support the Tamworth…

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The New State. Mandowa Shire Unanimous

Manilla Express · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

A letter from the Tamworth Municipal Council favoring the New State proposal came before Mandowa Shire…

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Council's Warning to Flower Stealers

Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 1

The Council is losing its flowers from the Oval and parks, and persons are warned against taking flowers, as it caught, a prosecution will follow…

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Severn Shire Council Solid. "No Argument Against the Idea."

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 1

The New State question was before the Severn Shire Council, at Glen Innes, on Saturday, when the resolution from the Tamworth Municipal Council, urging…

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Liverpool Plains Shire in Support

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Liverpool Plains Shire Council a letter was received from Tamworth municipality asking the council to co-operate in…

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Apsley Shire Indifference. Walcha

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 1

The Apsley Shire Councillors, at their meeting on Saturday, did not see their way to support the New State movement, as after the letter from the…

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The New State. How the Councils View It. Scone Aldermen Sympathetic. Tweed River Support

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 1

The Tamworth Municipal Council's lettter asking for support for the New State came before the Scene Municipal Council…

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Breakdown at Electricity Works. Council's Difficulty. Public Asked to Assist

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 1

At about 12.30 a.m. yesterday morning the breaking of a bolt in tho 150 K.W. Steam Generator set, the largest in the Tamworth Electricity. Works,…

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The Latest Poland and Russia. Status of Supreme Council. Question in Parliament. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Kenworthy, Mr. Bonar Law stated that Poland had not consulted Bri­tain before taking the offensive against…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council

Daily Observer · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, held at Scone, the correspondence read included a letter from the Municipality of Tamworth,…

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Municipal Council

Manilla Express · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 4

The regular meeting was held on Tuesday night. Present—The Deputy Mayor (Ald A C Veness) Aldermen Kennedy, Byrnes,…

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Warialda Municipal Council Unanimously in Favor

Daily Observer · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 1

The Town Clerk of Warialda yesterday sent the following wire to the "Daily Observer:"—The Warialda Municipal Council…

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Conference at Gunnedah. Between Municipal and Shire Councils. GUNNEDAH

Daily Observer · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 1

At last night's meeting of the Municipal Council, a letter was received from the Liverpool Plains Shire Council requesting the former to meet the shire…

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The New State Municipal Council Takes Action

Manilla Express · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 4

The circular letter from the Tamworth Municipal Council was read at the Municipal Council on Monday night…

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