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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1922

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Heavy Timber Traffic. Damage to Shire Roads. Who Should Pay for Upkeep? Scheme to Relieve the Farmers

Northern Star · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 6

The question of taxing the right people is one that is of great importance to shire councils over whose road heavy timber traffic passes to the sawmills. Great damage is…

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Self-appointed Saviours. Working Class Need Help. Labour Council to the Rescue. Garden Leads "Proletarian Army."

Northern Star · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the Labour Council to-night the annual report of the secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. S. Garden, showed the number of unions affiliated on…

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Casino Municipal Council

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

The ordinary meeting of the Casino Municipal Council was held an Tuesday night. Those present were: Aldermen. Elsmer Jones (Mayor). Nicholls,…

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Shire Values

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 2

Indignation meetings, are being held throughout Wallarebba Shire to protest against valuations arrived at by officers of the…

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Once More -- The Cow Straying Stock Nuisance. Alderman Clark's Motion

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

Ald. Clark moved, upon notice, at Tuesday's Council meeting the recision of the resolution adopted by the Council in August last relating to…

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Lismore Municipality. Work Now in Progress. Uhoed Work Required Council Engineer's Reports

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 7

At the fortnightly meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council the supervising engineer, Mr. C. A. Almeida, reported as follows:—"Casino Road: The road plant has been…

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South Osafton Council Quandary

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 3

The South Grafton Council is in the remarkable position of having purchased a stone crusher, but having no place to put it. Three or four places have been finally…

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Casino Council and Buildings

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

When some building applications came before the Council on Tuesday night, Ald. Wallace complained of the haphazard manner in which they were…

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County Council. Opposition on the Clarence

Northern Star · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 3

An effort extending over the past four months to form a county council on the Clarence is still going on, but is meeting with strong opposition, writes pur Grafton…

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Shire Valuations. Increase of 250 Per Cent. Ratepayers Up in Arms

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1922 · page 6

The valuations made by the Valuer-General's Department have just been issued in the Wallarobba Shire (Dungog), and land owners are up in arms…

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Casino Municipal Council

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 6

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Casino Municipal Council was held on Tuesday night last…

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The City Council

Tweed Daily · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.--Ald. Lindsay Thompson, at the next meeting of the City Council, will move for the appointment of a Royal Commission to…

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British Politics. National Liberal Council. Demand Foe Preetrade. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Liberal Conference unanimously decided to from a Nationel Liberal Co[?] and invite the affiliation of the Liberal organisations. Mr. Lloyd…

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Tenterfield Shire Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 1

At the last meeting of the above a letter was read from Kyogle Shire to the effect that a Shire Council would succeed in action to secure…

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Barracking at Cricket. Sydney Lord Mayor's Views

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Lord Mayor (Ald. McElhone) deprecates barracking at big cricket. He says barracking at the forthcoming match, N.S.W., ve[?]…

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Council V. Department

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

A case presenting peculiar features affecting the rating powers of a municipality was investigated by the police magistrate at Wagga, and his decision has a…

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Shire More Than Doubles its Income

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Tweed Shire Council this week the rate for 1922 was fixed at 2d in the £, the same rate as last year. Owing to…

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Shire Clerk Resigns Question of Efficiency. Katoomba

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

On the application of Mr. S. Daley, Shire Clerk to the Blue Mountains Shire Council, an inquiry, which closed to-day, was held into the matter of his…

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A Limit to Barracking. Victorian Cricketers Arrive. Lord Mayor's Warning to Public

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The Victorian cricketers who arrived in Sydney to-day were accorded a civic recepition by the Lord Mayor, Ald. McElhone…

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City Council Commission of Inquiry. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 5

The City Council to-night decided to abolish many of the extreme, proposals of the Labor regime and also decided by 13 votes to 4 to move for the…

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