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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1935

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No Reduction Woodburn Shire Rating CORAKI

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 10

Faced with loans and overdrafts amounting to £27,852, of which £4587 will be due in 1935, Woodburn Shire councillors were…

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Shire Finances Comprehensive Review by Retiring President

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 2

Cr. E. J. Cook, retiring President of Byron Shire Council, submitted a very comprehensive revew of the council's finances to the meeting of…

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Main Road Expenditure in Byron Shire. Interesting Comparisons

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

The Main Roads income for the par 1934 was £13175/17/8, as against £8144 in 1933 and £11719 in 1932. stated Cr. E. J. Cook, retiring…

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Shire Allocations Road Works for 1935. Interesting Figures

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

On Tuesday last the Byron Shire Council adopted the suggested allocations for the various roads throughout the shire. The amounts voted for the…

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1935 RATES Mullumbimby Council MULLUMBIMBY

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 12

The Mullumbimby Municipal Council, at its last meeting, determined a rate of 5¾d in the £ in the town area, and 2 7-8d in the £…

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Curtail Expenditure Woodburn Shire Position Evans Head Reserve CORAKI

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 9

Approval or the Main Roads Department's agreement for the reconstruction of the road from Coraki ferry to the southern boundary of the old municipality was given at yesterday's meeting of Woodburn Shire Council. The…

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Re-count Request Woodburn Shire Election Legality of Votes Coraki

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 11

Ex-councillor J. T. Olive, of Evans Head, who contested the recent Woodburn Shire election and was defeated by a small…

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Breach of Traffic Regulations Council Declines to Take Action

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 1

Although the police reported to the council on Monday last concerning the breach of certain traffic regulations which come under the direction…

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Year In Retrospect Byron Shire Cr. E. J. Cook's Report Byron Bay

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 13

Interesting details of the operations of Byron Shire Council were made available yesterday in a report covering 1934, submitted by…

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Renew Request Later Dedication of A'VilleWardell Road Tintenbar Council

Northern Star · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 11

In reply to representations by Tintenbar Shire Council that the Alstonville-Wardell be gazetted a main road, the Department of Main Roads wrote to last meeting of the council stating that the Commission could not see his way clear…

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Sow Winter Growing Pastures Dairy Council Scheme Norco to Receive Applications

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 4

To still further the work of pasture improvement, the New South Wales State Advisory Committee of the Australian Dairy…

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Murwillumbah Rating Municipal Funds Town Charges Same As Last Year

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 4

Murwillumbah ratepayers will pay on the same scale in 1935 as in 1934. The Murwillumbah Municipal Council last night adopted…

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£3,000 in Grants Sought Byron Shire Roads Engineer's Report to Council

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

It was reported by this Clerk (Mr. R. Brownell) and the Engineer (Mr. M. Smith) to Tuesday's meeting of Byron Shire Council…

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Norco's Aid Shire Electricity

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

Norco Co-op. Ltd., which had previously been asked to assist the eastern portion of Terania Shire to obtain electricity from Nymboida, advised…

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POSTPONED Loan Council Meeting

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday:--Mr. Casey (Assistant Treasurer) announced today that the meeting of the Loan Council, which was to have been held…

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Woodburn Shire Estimates the Rates for 1935

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

The Clerk, in submitting the estimates to Tuesday's meeting, said:—In order to assist Council fit deciding the rates to be levied for 1935, the following figures…

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Estimates Terania Shire to Consider Overdue Rates

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 10

Preliminary estimates of income and expenditure were approved by Terania Shire Council at its meeting yesterday. The…

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Loan Council Postponed Canberra

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

The Assistant-Treasurer (Mr. Casey) announced to-day that-the Loan Council will not meet in February…

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To Obtain Advice Re-count of Poll Terania Shire

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

Terania Shire Council will seek legal advice on the position which has arisen as a result of the re-count of the poll in "A" riding. This was…

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Road Works in Byron Shire Grants Applied for Byron Bay

Northern Star · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

It was reported by the clerk (Mr. R. Brownell) and the engineer (Mr. M. Smith) at Tuesday's meeting of the Byron Shire…

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