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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1924

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Bush Fires Shire Council to the Rescue. Alarm in Grenfell

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Outbreaks of bush fires are reported from the western and Riverina districts. When the cry for fire fighters rang throughout the…

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Labour Council

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Messrs. J. Beisley and J. S. Garden have been re-elected president and secretory respectively of the Labour Council…

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Casino Council

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 6

The Mayor, Ald. Elsmer Jones, presided at the Casino Municipal Council meeting on Tuesday night, when there were also present Ald. Sullivan, Olive, Clark,…

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No Water Town Council and Unemployed

Northern Star · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—Protests against cutting off water from houses the unemployed tenants of which had failed to pay rent or rates were made at a meeting of…

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Byron Shire Loan

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. R. Brownell, shire clerk of Byron Bay, has been advised that the Lieut.-Governor has approved of the loan of £25,000 to the Byron Shire Council for the…

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Tomki Shire Rates

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

At a special meeting of Tomki Shire this morning, presided over by Cr. D. W. Cowan (president), a general rate of 2d in the £ on the u.c.v.,…

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Parochial Council

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 7

At a meeting of St. Andrew's Parochial Council the Vicar presided, with ten other members present. The chairman reported on the condition of…

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Council's Work Appreciated

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Numalgi branch of the P.P. Union the secretary was instructed to forward a letter of appreciation to the Mayor and aldermen of the Lismore…

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The Legislative Council

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The centenary of the inauguration of the Legislative Council of N. S .W. will fall due next August. At the meeting of the Cabinet…

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Legislative Council Centenary

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The centenary of the Legislative Council will fall due next August. At a meeting of the Cabinet to-day the…

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Greater County Council

Northern Star · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 6

The Grafton Chamber of Commerce has convened' a conference of all local governing bodies on (the northern tablelands to be held at. Glen Innes on February 15. The…

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Taree Aldermen Eulogistic

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

A message to the "S.M. Herald" states that the Taree aldermen, after eulogising the action of Basil Conaghan, in stopping a bolting horse at…

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Tintenbar Shire Review of the Year's Work Meeting of Council

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

ALSTONVILLE, Tuesday.—The last meeting of the Tintenbar Shire Council was held in the Shire Chambers, Alstonville, when the full council was present. Cr. D. A. Robins,…

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Aldermen's Expenses Attending Conferences. HON. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick Explains

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

The Honorable J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, having seen paragraphs in several country papers in which it was alleged that the…

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Council as Agisters

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

The recent decision of the local council in withholding Richmond and Carrington Parks from lease, with the object of making grass available for…

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Motor Speeding Ballina Council Takes Action

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

BALLINA, Thursday.—At the last meeting of the Ballina Municipal Council the question of the excessive speed at which motor vehicles are driven through the streets…

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Poll on Municipal Electric Scheme

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 2

A revision court to revise the roll of electors within the local municipality will be hold at the Court House on February 12. Following the ratification…

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Municipal Tennis Courts

Northern Star · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

Practically the death1 knell of the hopes for a municipal tennis court in Grafton in 1924 was sounded at last night's meeting of the council. The Mayor stated that, he…

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Local and General Tomki Shire Rate

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 2

Tomki Shire Council, at a special meeting on Wednesday morning, fixed the general rate for the year 1924 at 2d. in the £ on the unimproved capital…

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Ex-alderman Arrested

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--R D. Martin (secretary of the Christ church Bakers' Union) has been arrested on the charge of having stolen…

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