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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1925

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£60,000 Loan. Ipswich Council Decision

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 3

IPSWICH, Wednesday.— The Ipswich City Council has accepted. an offer by the A.M.P. Society of a loan, by the sale of debentures, of £60,000, the term…

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Their Happy Time. Australian Cadets in London Enjoy Hospitality of Lord Mayor

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Monday-- The Mansion House rang to the skyrocket with Australia cries this afternoon when the cadets visited the home of London's…

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Hole and Corner. Coolangatta Council Again Car On In the Dark. Ratepayers Ordered Out

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

Some time ago the Mayor of Coolangatta announced that the press would be exclunded from council meetings in, future Through various…

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Can't Agree. Members and President of Cessnock Shire Council. Minister Takes a Hand. Dissolution Ordered

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Fitzgerald (Minister for Local Government) has decided to dissolve the Cessnock Shire Council, and to appoint an…

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Coolangatta Council Chambers

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

Another effort is being made by the Coolangatta Town Council to secure part of Warner. Street for a site for the proposed new council chambers…

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Cessnock Council Dissolved

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Local. Government (Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick) has decided to dissolve the Cessnock Shire Council and to appoint an administrator…

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The New County Council

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

Another forward move made the Joint Electricity Committee of Northern Municipalities and Shires at its meeting on Thursday night last,…

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Coolangatta Council Actions Questioned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 6

According to the provisions of the Local Authorities Act, the action of the Coolangatta Town Council in excluding the public and the Press from its…

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Primary Producers' Union. Tweed District Council. Annual Meeting. Secretary's Report

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 6

The annual meeting of Tweed District Council of the P.P.U. will be held in the School of Arts, Murwillumbah, on Feb. 20, at 10.30 a.m…

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Charge That Failed. Shire President Charges Councillor With Offence, But the Magistrate is Not Impressed

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--At Cess nock Police Court yesterday, James R. Scott (president of Cessnock Shir Council), charged Joseph Cousins, a member of…

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Cartage Tenders Council Vote for £50 Alleged Ald. Walker Again Mentioned

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Before, the commission which is in quiring into the alleged City Council scandals, A. D. Couling, one of the tenderers, gave, evidence that he had…

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Cartage Contract. Startling Evidence at City Council Inquiry. Money Freely Offered. One Witness Talks of £1000

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Mr. Lamb, K.C., sitting as a royal commission, continued the inquiry to-day into the charges of corruption in the City…

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The Urgent Necessity of Immediate Attention Being Given to the Drains and Gutters of Mullumbimby Municipality

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

Typhoid fever has broken out at Coff's Harbor Jetty. The drains of some of the streets at the Jetty are suspected of being the cause of the…

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Council Matters. Meeting of Tweed Shire Council. Correspondence and Formal Business

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

A meeting of Tweed shire council yes, held yesterday. There were present .Crs., R. T. Gillies (president), E. J. Lyle, J. H. McCollum, J. Connor, A…

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Dubbo's Mayor Indignant

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Mayor of Dubbo (Ald. J. B. MacDonald), who had been subpoenaed to appear before the New States Commission, attended yesterday and…

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Monthly Shire Meetings

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

At the meeting of Tweed Shire Council yesterday, Cr. Connor, pursuant to notice, moved that the Council meet monthly, instead of…

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Kyogle Shire Roads

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

The Acting Under-Secretary to the Local Government Department (Mr. W. Walker) has advised Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A., that approval has been given to a grant…

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Request for a Road. Deputation From Eviron Estate Makes Unavailing Appeal to Shire Council

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

A deputation, representing the block- holders of Eviron estate subdivision, Condong consisting of. Messrs. H. L. Athony, J. Bathgate and .W…

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Kyogle Shire Amount of Endowment

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

Messrs. George Nesbitt and W. T. Missingham, M's.L. A., have been informed by the Acting Under-Secretary for Local Government (Mr. W. Walker), with reference tof…

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City Council Inquiry

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the city council inquiry into the cartage contract, allegations to-day, George Todd, cartage contracor, said that he asked Mr. Couling whether he…

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