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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1921

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Troubled Ireland. Arrest of Aldermen. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

The Cork corporation has re-elected Ald; O'Callaghan Lord Mayor At the end of the meeting the police arrived and arrested three aldermen and seven…

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Lord Mayor of Cork. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Remarkable scenes occurred at a meeting of the Cork Corporation for the election of Lord Mayor. Armed police surrounded the building. During the…

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Legislative Council

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.—Interviewed owed aboard the Orsova to to-day the Premier of N.S.W. (Mr. Storey) stated emphatically that no appointments would be made to the…

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Legislative Council Appointment Perth

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

The Premier (Mr. Storey) interviewed aboard the Orsova to-day, stated emphatically that no appointments would be made to the Legislative Council until…

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Municipal Election

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

The election of an alderman in place of ex-Alderman French, whose scat in the Maclean Municipal Council was declared vacant recently, owing to his not attending…

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Lismore Municipal Council

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 6

The Lismore Municipal Council met on Monday night, when there were present Alervmen McKenzie (Mayor), Parry, Muldoon, Bondfield, Birke, Brewster and White…

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Parliamentary Vis[?] Byron Shire Ignored

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

A communication was read from the North Coast Railway League at the Byron Shire Council on Tuesday notifying that the Parliamentary parry would…

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Council and Borer Beetle

Northern Star · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

When a request was recently made to the Tweed Sire Council to take action in connection with an outbreak of borer beetle in a banana plantation at Bilambil, the…

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P.p. Union. Tweed District Council. Annual and Quarterly Meetings

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Tweed District Council of the P.P. Union was held at the Shire Council Chambers yesterday…

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Byron Shire Council

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The above Council met at Byron Bay on Tuesday. Present: Mrs. Banner (President), Collings, Armstrong, Wills, and Gibson. An apology was read from…

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Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The usual fortnightly meeting of Murwillumbah Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, there being present: Ald. Connor (Mayor), Holston,…

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Casino Municipal Council, Fort[?]tly Meeting

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

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Casino Municipal Council

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

The Casino Municipal Council met on "Wednesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Ald. J. B. McDougall), and Aldermen Elsmer Jones, W. Wallace,…

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Engineering Experts. When Opinions Differ. Council Rejects Gratuitous Advice

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

There was a letter before the Casino Council on Wednesday night from Spencer and Co., consulting engineers, commenting upon the report of the…

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44-Hour Week. Labor Council Wants Extension to All Industries. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 5

The Labour Council appointed a deputation to wait on the Minister of Labor and Industry to recommend the reconstitution of the Royal Commission which…

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Shire Money Expenditure

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

Cr. E. C. J. Marks writes to the editor of the "Daily":- Would you give me space in your paper to enable me to vindicate the position I took up at the…

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Monash on Council of Defence

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Minister for Defence in announcing the new military appointments said the Government was extremely anxions that Sir John Monash's…

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Electrical Engineer Resigns Expressions of Regret in Council

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 2

Mr. M. Reid yesterday tendered his resignation as electrical engineer to Murwillumbh Municipal Council, and a special meeting was held last…

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Trouble Threatened. Concerning a Municipal Appointment

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 2

At the special meeting of the Town Council the Mayor (Ald. Connor) stated that members of the maintenance staff threatened to strike as a result of a…

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Jeering at Loud Mayor

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—This morning about 200 men marched down George-street, pulling up outside the Town Hall. They hooted and shrieked jeeringly at the Lord…

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