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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1929

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Council Property

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

Lismore council still has a number of meters and some machinery on hand that formed part of the scrapped direct current supply system, from the…

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Salvation Army's Leader. High Council to Decide

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 6

Commander Evangeline Booth, head of the American section of the Salvation Army, is stated, to have placed the Army's good above family ties in…

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City Council Finance

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 8

The City Council budgeted this year for a deficit of nearly £100,000, but when the year's revenue and expenditure figures are available it will…

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Special Meeting of Council

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Casino Council will hold a special meeting on Monthly night next, when consideration will be given to the estimates for 1929. The question of the…

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Salvation Army the High Council Important Developments Likely

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Considerable interest ia being taken in the meeting of the Salvation Army High Council. Friends of General Booth declare that his illness does not prevent…

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General Booth Unable fo See Delegates to High Council

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—Asked why General Booth was unable to see High Council delegates, General Tucker, a high official of the Salvation Army,…

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Ballina Municipal Council in Session

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 13

Reading from left to right.—Ald. D. R. Clark, Ald. P. Daley, Ald. Dr. F. Lynch, Mr. J. McNamarra (foreman), Mr. A. N. Fripp (town clerk), Ald. P. E. Tighe (Mayor), Mr. R. H. Rowe (health inspector), Ald. G. E. Roberts-McCarthy (Deputy Mayor), Ald. Edwd. Hogan, Ald. J. Hollinshead…

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Special Meeting of Town Council

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 2

A special meeting of the Town Council will be held on Monday evening at 7.30, to deal with the reply from the Health Department concerning the…

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Seeing for Themselves Councillors Make a Tour of Inspection Kyogle Shire C Riding

Northern Star · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 4

In order to ascertain the condition of the roads within C Riding of Kyogle Shire, Crs. Johnston and Carey, with the engineer (Mr. Muntz) and shire dark (Mr. C. G. McKee), accompanied by a representative of the "Northern Star," recently made a trip through the riding via Mallanganee, Woodenbog, Bonalbo, Tooloom, Urbenville, and Boomi Creek. Over 200 miles…

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Evening Dress for Aldermen "Conducive to Decorum and Gentlemanly Conduct"

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 1

"How would Casino's civic fathers like to wear evening dress to the council meetings. When douning his robes of office for…

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Evening Dress for Aldermen "Conducive to Decorum and Gentlemanly Conduct"

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 1

"How would Casino's civic fathers like to wear evening dress to the Council meetings? When donning his robes of office for…

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Shire Engineer Refuses to Resign

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

At the first meeting of the new Talloganda Shire Council, the principal business was in connection with the reads, and a rather stormy discussion…

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Writ for £400 Echo of Council Election

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

It is understood on reliable authority that a writ claiming £400 for alleged defamation of character has been issued out of the District Court at Casino…

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Writ for £400 Echo of Council Election

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

It is understood on reliable authority that a writ claiming £100 for alleged defamation of character has been issued out of the District Court at Casino…

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General Booth To Appear Before Council If Health Permits

Tweed Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—Surprises continue to occur in the Salvation Army crisis. The "Daily Express" General Booth is planning a [?]…

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SHIRE v MUNICIPALITY

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

Just what the newly-elected Tweed Shire and Murwillumbah Municipal Councils intend doing in connection with the North Arm road…

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Shire Engineer Refuses to Resign

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

At the first meeting of the new Talioganda Shire Council, the principal business was in connection with the roads, and a rather stormy…

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Ballina Council Rates Struck for Year

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

Ballina Municipal Council met last night to consider the estimates. When the water supply account came up for consideration the council was faced…

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Aboriginals Camp in Lismore? Council's Knotty Problem

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 6

Lismore Council last night considered whether it would be advisable to permit the erection of three houses in North Lismore to house aboriginals…

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District News Mullumbimby Municipal Council Septic System Opposed

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 2

Mullumbimby Municipal Council met on Monday night. The Mayor (Ald. W. E. Selwood) presided, others present being:--Ald. Frost, Bryant,…

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