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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1944

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Kyogle Shire Rejects Request To Enlarge County Council Area Crofton Weed Eradication

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 5

At its meeting yesterday, Kyogle Shire Council unanimously decide to lodge an objection against the enlargement of the area [?] by the Richmond County Council for the purpose of eradicating Crofton Weed…

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Refreshment Room at Saleyards: Council Proposal

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

The Works and Parks Committee of the Lismore Municipal Council, at a meeting last night, instructed the Engineer (Mr H. G. Murray)…

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Electricity Development Lismore Council Engineer To Visit Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

On the suggestion of Casino Municipal Council, the Electricity Committee of Lismore Municipal Council decided last night to recommend that the Electrical Engineer (Mr. E. W. Thorncroft) be…

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R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Council Move to Help Returned Men Get Land

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

A resolution designed to eliminate the sale of land to speculators and to afford every opportunity for land purchase by…

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Financing of Post-war Works "Will Need To Be Assumed By Council Concerned" Premier's Answer To 'Examiner's' Queries

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

". . . Summed up, the position as to the financing of post-war works programmes submitted by Shire and Municipal Councils is that the financial responsibility for any proposals included in such programmes will…

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Drainage Problems For Council

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

A number of drainage problems due to natural conditions, were considered by the Public Works and Parks Committee of…

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Objection to Extension of County Council

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 2

Contending that it could effectively control the weed within its own area, Kyogle Shire Council, at Monday's meetings unanimously…

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Big Postwar Programme Of Works Adopted Murwillumbah Council

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 3

A programme of postwar works running into well over £200,000 was adopted by Murwillumbah Municipal Council meeting last night for submission to the New South Wales Postwar Reconstruction Advisory Committee and the…

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Woodburn Council Loan Sought for Levee Bank Construction

Northern Star · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 4

Woodburn Shire Council has received communications from the Commonwealth Treasurer, the Minister for Agriculture and Mr…

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Tweed Shire Council "Silting of River Reducing Fertility of Tweed"

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

The silting of the Tweed River bar, by increasing flooding of the river flats, was reducing the fertility of…

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Overseer's Report to Shire

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 8

The overseer (Mr A. Olssen) reported on the following matters to the monthly meeting of Kyogle Shire: A RIDING…

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Tweed Shire Roads Farmers' Sell-Help Wanted

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

Serious shortages of manpower and plant having made it impossible for the council to care properly for…

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U.a.p. Quits War Council

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—A meeting of the United Australia Party, by an overwhelming majority, toright instructed its representatives…

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UAP Decides to Withdraw From War Council

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: By 20 votes to 4 the UAP decided tonight to terminate its association with the…

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Electricity Development Terania Council Discusses Casino Proposals

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

Casino Municipal Council is of the opinion that it is desirable that the councils of the Richmond should confer upon the advisability…

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Council Move Fire Menace From Gas Producers

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

Tweed Shire Council decided yesterday to ask the police to take action to prevent motorists using gas producers from running them…

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Council to Declare War on Rag Weed C.r. Cook's Warning

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

"If steps are not taken to control it. Rag Weed is going to become a definite menace, in this shire," warned Cr Cook at Monday's…

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Municipal Rates and Charges

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

The following rates and charges for 1944, which were in accordance with the estimates previously approved by the council, and…

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Terania Shire Civic Fund

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 4

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Terania Shire Civic Fund, at Lismore, the financial statement for January,…

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Extra Meat Coupons For Shire Workers Away From Home

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 2

As the result of representations made by the Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia, for extra meat…

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