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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1943

734 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 37

Electricity Price Revision Tintenbar Shire Seeking Legal Opinion

Northern Star · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3

At last meeting of Tintenbar Shire Council the Shire Clerk (Mr. Pearse) was instructed to obtain legal opinion as to the…

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No Interference by Govt. Where Council Rates Rise

Tweed Daily · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Premier (Mr McKell) reiterated in the Legislative Assembly today that he would not interfere with…

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Coolangatta Mayoress Is Alderman

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 2

The election of the Mayoress of Coolangatta (Mrs A. M. Winders) as an alderman of Coolangatta Town Council yesterday,…

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Race Meetings to Aid Loan Lord Mayor's Proposal

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A proposal that Liberty Loan race meetings should be held throughout the Commonwealth on April 3, the next…

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P.P.U. Council Move for Award with Price Rise

Northern Star · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—The recent outbreak of swine fever which resulted in thousands of pounds of compensation being paid was one of…

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Speculation on N.y, Mayor's Future

Northern Star · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK, Saturday (AAP).—The New York "Post" to-day publishes a speculation that the Mayor of New York, Mayor La Guardia,…

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Council and Sunday Sport We Do" "As We Say, Not As

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 4

A charge that the Lismore Municipal Council last season had adopted the doctrine "Do not as I do, but as I say" in relation to Sunday…

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Coolangatta Council "Fitting Answer To Govt."

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

At Coolangatta Town Hall yesterday the Mayor and Aldermen who were returned unopposed when nominations closed last Friday were…

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Lord Mayor Retracts "Go to Town" Appeal

Northern Star · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Although the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Aldermen Bartley) yesterday urged citizens to shower papers and…

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Local and General Council Finances

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

At Murwillumbah Municipal Council meeting last night the Finance Committee reported the following balances in council's…

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Murwillumbah Council Three New Road Sirens to Be Erected

Tweed Daily · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

A letter from the NES Director (Mr R. H. Hicks) stating that the council's offer to carry out the work of installing three…

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Council Staff Enlistments

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 5

As a result of enlistments by skilled employees of the Lismore Municipal Council, a position has now been reached that unless…

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Rats on Council Property

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 4

There was a new angle on the Lismore Council's rat eradication campaign at last night's meeting when a letter and a council report…

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Ppu Move to Retain Shire Road Plants

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 2

Central executive of the PPU at its latest meeting carried a motion that the Union urged the appropriate body to seek the return or…

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More Work for Council Workers

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Because manpower authorities refused to grant permission to the Sydney Council to replace men in classes…

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"Cost Share Avoided By Dept." Council to Send Deputation

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 3

A charge that the Department of Local Government and Housing had avoided meeting any part of the cost of construction for Goonellabah reservoir by the expedient of instructing the council to accept a tender…

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Byron Shire Council Farmers Form Gang for Road Work

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 3

BYRON BAY, Tuesday.—Mullumbimby Creek residents, at the request of the engineer of Byron Shire (Mr. M. Smith), have…

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Byron Shire Council Road Gang of Farmers at M'bimby Ck

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 4

Mullumbimby Creek residents, at the request of the engineer of Byron Shire (Mr M. Smith), have mustered a gang of five…

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School Class at Council Meeting

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 4

For the second successive meeting a class of school children was present at the fortnightly meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council…

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Taximen Incensed at Council's Scale of Charges

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 4

The possibility that a taxi strike would be declared as a protest against the scale of charges adopted at Monday night's meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council was mentioned by several taxi…

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