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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1926

2,028 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 102

Byron Shire Council Main Roads Board's Letters Byron Bay

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

The Byron Shire Council met to-day. Cr. J. G. Snow. president occupied the chair. There was a full attendance of members, together with the clerk and engineer,…

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They Would. Labor Aldermen Like Adult Franchise

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Glebe Council, 11 of the 12 of whose aldermen were elected on the Labor ticket, last night carried a resolution upholding the…

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Bailed Up the Mayor

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--George Canale (21), a deserter from the U.S.A. Navy, and Thomas Suttin (21), who bailed up the Mayor of Auburn and demanded…

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Shire Engineer Leaving

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. Frank J. Bamfield, engineer to the Tomki Shire Council, has tendered his resignation, having accepted position as engineer to the Botany…

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Shire Office Alterations

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

For some time the arrangement of the upstairs portion of the Tomki Shire offices, and particularly the meeting room, wherein both the Shire and the…

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Gundurimba Council Works Recommended Inspection of Roads

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

Cr. J. B[?]ckly, president, occupied the chair, and Councillors J. Kennedy, W. H. Hoskin, W. N. McPherson, and O. H. McPherson were present…

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Ballina Council Metal Supplies Electricity Question Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 7

A special meeting of the Ballina Municipal Council was held last night. The Mayor (Ald. J. Barlow) occupied the chair, and there were also present Ald. Wallace, Ball,…

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Council Criticised For Work in Connection with Mullumbimby Hydro-Electric Scheme. Chamber of Commerce Members Critical

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

At the meeting of Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night the Municipal Council was criticised for manner in which the…

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Municipal Vacancy Two Candidates Contesting

Northern Star · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

The official nomination of candidates for the vacancy in Lismore Municipal Council, caused by the resignation of Ald. R. W. Simes, took place yesterday. There were…

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Byron Labour Council

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 2

A meeting of Byron Labour Council is to be held at Lismore to-night, when proposals will be considered for discussion at the forthcoming A.L.P…

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Primary Producers Tweed District Council

Northern Star · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 6

The following is the agenda paper for the annual meeting of the Tweed District Council of the Prmary Producers' Union, to be held in the School of Arts, Murwillumbah,…

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BRISBANE--KYOGLE Meeting of Railway Council. Way Paved for Satisfactory Arrangements

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Railway Council appointed under the Act providing for the building of the Kyogle to South Brisbane railway rose…

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Teachers' Promotion. Council of Federation Advocates Retiring of All Officers Over 65 where Retention Stops Promotion

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--The Council of the Teachers' Federation unanimously carried a resolution protesting against the retention of any officer over the age…

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Kyogle Shire Council Monthly Meeting

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of Kyogle Shire Council was held yesterday (Monday), when there were present Crs. R. E. Alcorn…

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Legislative Council

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 4

In view of the proposal of the New South Wales Labour Government to abolish the Legislative Council the following from "Lord Macaulay's History of England"…

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Shire Councillors. Inspect Tweed Roads

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 2

Tweed Shire Councillors are in the middle of their main annual inspection of shire roads. Yesterday they travelled through the North Arm and…

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Shire Employees. 44-Hour Week

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 2

At the Council meeting on Monday a petition was received from a number of roadmen in the employ of the Council regarding the working of the…

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Cobocorn Creek Road. Deputation to Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 3

A deputation consisting of Messrs J. Montgomery: H. Cullen and C. Everitt waited on the Council on Monday to "clear the air" in respect to the…

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Council Contracts Greater Brisbane Problem Brisbane

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 6

Brisbane City Council to-day applied to the Full Bench of the Board of Trade and Arbitration for a declaration that the industrial agreement entered into by the old…

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Cheap Electricity. Railway Commissioners to Supply Municipalities

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 4

Within two months, it is expected, the work of building an electric power house for the Railway Commissioners near the State coal mine at Lithgow…

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