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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1937

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Municipal Offices Closed For Two Days

Northern Star · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 6

The Lismore municipal offices will be closed to-day and to-morrow. They will re-open for business at 10 a.m. on Monday. The majority of…

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Loan Council and Bank

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

IT is likely that 1937 will see, first, an accentuation of the differences between the Loan Council and the Commonwealth…

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30 Years in Local Govt. Crs. T. Armstrong and J. W. Banner Original Members of Byron Council Byron Bay

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 6

THE record Crs. Thomas Armstrong and John William Banner, who have completed 30 years' continuous service together on Byron Shire Council, dating from the commencement of local government…

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Mayor's Congratulations

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 5

The Lismore District Ambulance and the people of Brunswick Heads were congratulated by the Mayor of Lismore (Ald. S. J. Hosie) at the official opening on New Year's Day of the ambulance sub-station at Brunswick Heads. The President of Byron Shire ([?]r. J. G. Snow), who performed the…

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Alderman's Ale Stolen

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 3

Before attending the Wallsend Council meeting the other night, Ald J. Dennis had a Christmas box in two bottles of ale, given to him by a…

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Terania Shire Endowment

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 6

The clerk of Terania Shire Council (Mr. J. Allen) said yesterday that he had been notified of the gazettal of the allocation of shire endowments…

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Marked Activity in Building Kyogle Shire Figures

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

During the past year, Kyogle Shire Council approved of plans for the construction of buildings, in Kyogle, to the value of…

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Had Novel Ideas Mayor Resigns VIOLIN V. Speech Pittsburg

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 4

Municipal life in Pittsburg will be much less amusing in future, for Mr. William Nissley McNair, the eccentric Mayor of the chief…

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APPROVED Council's Loan Drainage Works

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

MINISTERIAL approval has been given to the Lismore Municipal Council raising a loan of £4292. The money will be used for…

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Tomki Shire Council CASINO

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

Tomki Shire Council's first meeting for 1937 will be held on Friday next. There will be no meeting of the Casino Pastures Protection Board this…

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Shire Endowments

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

A proclamation published in the Government "Gazette" of December 31 last by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Spooner)…

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Brisbane Seeks Loan Lord Mayor's Search Anzac Day Observance (From a Correspondent)

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

BRISBANE is back to work—or most of it, at any rate, A few of the stragglers have still to report for duty, but for the great majority the New Year has started in earnest and "business as usual" is once more the prevailing inspiration in shop,…

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Local Government Temporarily Embarrassed Coolangatta Council Finances

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 3

Through having to meet heavy loan commitments at the end of December last and with about £1700 due for reimbursement, Coolangatta Council is temporarily embarrassed from a financial point of view. It was reported to Tuesday's…

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Eliminate Race Results Radio Sets in Cars Sydney County Council's Problem

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--Receiving wireless sets for 30 cars of the Sydney County Council will be specially constructed so that they…

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Outside Party Politics Referendum Intention Primary Producers' Union Notes (Issued by authority of the Central Eecutive Council)

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

A vote against the referendum is in effect an act of outlawry, depriving the producer and retailer of the benefits of legal protection for his trade. The referendum, as the Primary Producers' Union points out,…

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Shire Council Unit

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

On the motion of Crs. E. C. J. Marks and E. Merry weather, Tweed Shire Council yesterday decided to purchase a new patrol grader…

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Kyogle Shire Endowment

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

A proclamation published in the Government "Gazette' of December 31 last by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr…

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Local Goverment Tweed Shire Council Numinbah Road £3,900 to be Spent on Development

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

The Department of Main Roads advised yesterday's meeting of Tweed Shire Council that a sum of £3,000 had been allotted from…

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Registrations at Council

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 6

During 1936, 52 dairymen and 39 milk vendors, making a total of 91, were registered at the Lismore Municipal Council office. Of this number, 39 still…

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J.F. Club Council

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 9

The Junior Farmers' Club Council of New South Wales will hold its quarterly meeting in Sydney on Monday, January 25, according to advice received…

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