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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1947

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Council Chairman Gets £1250 For Entertainment

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Cr. F. G. PurCell [?]as appointed Chairman of the Sydney County Council for the next year at a meeting today. The…

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Criticism of North Coast Cricket Council

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 2

Attacks on the administration of the North Coast Cricket Council, headquarters of which are at Lismore, were made at…

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'Abolition of Privy Council Appeals Should Come'

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 8

OTTAWA, Tuesday (AAP).—Commenting on the Privy Council's judgment concerning the Canadian Parliament's right to establish a…

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Casino council Tighter Control on Camping Area

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday. — At the monthly meeting of Casino Municipal Council to-night concern was expressed at the use the camping…

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Privy Council Upholds Canadian Act Abolishing Appeals

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The judicial committee of the Privy Council has declared in a judgement that the Canadian Act abolishing appeals from the Dominion courts to the Privy Council was constitutional…

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C'gatta Council Purchases From Former Navy Camp

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 5

At Tuesdays meeting of Coolangatta Council the executive was empowered to negotiate with the Disposals Commission…

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C'gatta Council "Big Four" Left in the Minority

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 5

The absence of Aid. L. J. Bateson (who is stated to be resigning) from Tuesday's meeting of Codlangatta Town…

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Woodburn Council Vacancy

Northern Star · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

CORAKI, Thursday. — The Woodburn Shire Clerk (Mr. C. Q. Walker) announced today that an extraordinary election would be held to fill the…

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Recommendations to C'gatta Council From Health Dept

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

During the Christmas-New Year holiday period an officer of the Department of Public Health was stationed at…

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Need for Culvert Repairs in Byron Shire

Northern Star · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 10

There were about 30 culverts listed for attention throughout the shire, it was stated by the Shire Clerk (Mr. R. Brownell) at the…

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Tweed Shire Roll Stated to Be In Shocking State

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 2

Commenting on the result of the poll taken at Tweed Heads recently on the question of Saturday afternoon trading the…

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Byron Shire Culverts in Bad State

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of Byron Shire Council, the Engineer (Mr. Montague Smith) drew attention to the…

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Proposed RSL Move on Shire Appointment

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: The NSW Branch of the RSSAILA will endeavor to have two cases of alleged non-observance of the…

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Four Aldermen Miss Estimates

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 4

Four of the 12 aldermen on Lismore City Council were absent when the estimates for…

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New Shire Roll of Electors

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

The Department of Local Government informed Tweed Shire Council meeting last night that the council should forthwith have…

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Council Refuses Bridge Request

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 4

Ironpot Creek P. and C. Association has asked Kyogle Shire Council to construct a high level bridge at Doolan's to replace the low level…

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17 Present at Council Meeting

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

Councillors and council executive officers made up a large at tendance at Tweed Shire Council's meeting last night…

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Council Overdraft £8193 Above Estimates For 1946

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 4

Expenditure outside the estimates in 1946 had resuited in the council having an overdraft of £12,193 at the end of the year instead of the £4000, for which the adopted estimates had made provision…

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More Camps at Shire Resorts

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

Peak figure of camps at Tweed Shire beach resorts last Christmas-New Year was 467, compared with 408 in the previous…

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Shire Chambers Sought for a Home

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 2

Just how desperate Murwillumbah's housing shortage is was revealed in a letter read at Tweed Shire Council meeting…

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