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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1942

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Murwillumbah Council. May Soon Lift Water Restrictions

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 6

Murwillumbah Municipal Council at its meeting on Wednesday night approved of the imposition last week of restrictions on the use of…

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Electric Current for Weed Shire Council Rejects B.g.f. Request

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

Tweed Shire Council yesterday decided to advise Tweed District Council of the N.S.W. Banana Growers Federation that it could…

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Tweed Shire Licences

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

Tweed Shire Council at its meeting yesterday, on the recommendation of the health inspector (Mr. C. H. Webster), granted renewal licences for four…

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Shire Workmen's Week

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

The secretary of the local sub-branch of the Federation of Municipal and Shire Employees' Unions (Mr. R. S. Norris) at Tweed Shire Council…

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Big Decline in Holiday Camps in Tweed Shire

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

Only 178 camps were erected on Tweed Shire camping grounds during the Christmas-New Year holiday season, compared with 385 in the…

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Fewer Cases of Diphtheria in Shire Last Year

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

An appreciable decrease in diphtheria cases occurred in Tweed Shire last year, compared with 1940, the health inspector (Mr. C. H…

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Building More Than Doubled in Shire in 1941

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

Building in Tweed Shire last year more than doubled the 1940 total. The health inspector(Mr. C. W. Webster) reported to Tweed Shire Council…

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10¾d. at Tweed Heads; 2½d. Elsewhere Tweed Shire 1942 RATING

Tweed Daily · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

A total rating of 2½d. in the £ on the unimproved capital value for all sections of the shire except Tweed Heads urban area and a…

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Ald. Dalziell Deputy Mayor

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

Ald. C. A. H. Dalziell was elected deputy Mayor unopposed at a meeting of Lismore Municipal Council last night. He commenced…

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Shire Engineer for Defence Work

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

Kyogle Shire Council yesterday granted its engineer, Mr. A. J. Muntz, leave of absence for the duration of the war so that he can carry…

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Council Rates for 1942

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

Rates to be levied by Kyogle Shire Council for 1912 will be the same as those charged in 1911. The rates were levied by the…

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Ratepayers' Letters to Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

Letters considered by Kyogle Shire Council yesterday contained a number of requests from ratepayers for attention to roads and…

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Fewer Meetings at Council Chambers

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

Lismore Council Chambers will only be available in future for council meetings, civic receptions, and public meetings convened by the…

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Suggestions by Industrial Relations Council

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: Because it was an advisory body, recommendations made by the Australian Industrial Relations Council…

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First Conference Industrial Relations Council

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday. — The Australian Industrial Relations Council, at its first meeting in Canberra to-day, considered a…

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Review of Shire Health in 1941 Many Diphtheria Cases

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

Thirty-six cases of infectious diseases occurred in Kyogle Shire during the year ended December 31, according to the…

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Council to Conduct Drive for Aluminium

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 1

At the request of the State Salvage office, Kyogle Shire Council yesterday decided to take action to launch a campaign for…

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£13,752 Was Spent on Buildings Shire's Figures for 1941

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

Plans for buildings estimated to cost £13,752 were approved by the council during 1941. the Health Officer, Mr. A. W. Yates,…

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Tas. Council Strikes Rate For A.R.P.

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

HOBART. -- The Clarence Municipal Council has created a precedent in Tasmania by striking a rate of 3d. in the £ to…

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Council Restores Mayoral Allowance to £200 a Year

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

Lismore Municipal Council last night rescinded its decision at the previous meeting to reduce the mayoral allowance from £200 to £100 and decided to revert to the original allowance of…

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