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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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Coolangatta Council Objection To Leave Of Absence

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

At Coolangatta Town Council meeting last night exception was taken by Ald A. G. Winchester to a…

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Diphtheria Immunisation Big Campaign Plan By Council

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

If negotiations between three councils, the Department of Health and Lismore Base Hospital succeed, one of the most extensive diphtheria immunisation schemes on record will take place on the Far…

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Casino Council Home Building In Casino: 82 Last Year

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 5

CASINO, Tuesday.—The total value of building applications approved by Casino Municipal Council during 1948 was £125,371. This…

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Byron Shire Council Short of Money

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

The Byron Bay Shire Council has exceeded its legal overdraft by £2155. At a meeting of the Council, on Tuesday, the Shire Clerk, Mr…

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Shire Seeks Flood Loss Details For State Survey

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 5

CORAKI, Wednesday.—Woodburn Shire Council will request property owners in the shire tp supply details of losses caused by the flood last June so that full information, of the extent of damage can be…

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"Iron Curtain" At City Council

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 6

Sir.—Congratulations on your effort on behalf of the ratepayers and public of Lismore. It would almost appear as. though you are the…

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Council to Build House for Engineer

Northern Star · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 4

BALLINA, Wednesday.—The new Thief Electrical Engineer for the Richmond River (Electricity) County Council (Mr. Olson) was…

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Shire May Build Two Houses As Temporary Hospital

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 7

BYRON BAY, Thursday.—A meeting of Byron Shire Council approved in principle a suggestion that it build two houses at an amount not to exceed £4,000, to be used as a temporary hospital…

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End Coming to Privy Council Appeals?

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday: If the Government took action along the lines of the Canadian Government, towards the abolition of…

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Allowance Only For Authorised Council Trips

Northern Star · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 6

BALLINA, Thursday. — A claim by the President of the Richmond River (Electricity) County Council (Cr. H. D. Alcorn) for a special…

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Road Safety Council Plan To Remove Level Crossing

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 8

Kyogle Shire Council is to be asked by the Kyogle branch of the Road Safety Council to discuss with a deputation from the…

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Coolangatta Attitude on S. C. Mayor

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 2

If a Southport man is elected Mayor of the new council of South Coast, Coolangatta Progress Association candidates, if…

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Sydney Trip for Mayor After Pipes for Ballina Supply

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 4

BALLINA, Friday.—In view of the continued serious water position at Ballina, the Mayor (Ald. J. S. Easter) will go to Sydney to ask the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Cahill) if he would have pipes…

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Gundurimba Shire Lists Works For Government Grant

Northern Star · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 6

Gundurimba Shire councillors yesterday took over an hour to select projects to be financed under the Government Aid Roads Grant for 1949. After two amendments,…

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Claim Dutch Defying Security Council

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday: The Indonesian representative, Mrs L. N. Palar, in a letter to the Security Council today,…

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Masterson Elected to Shire Council

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

Mr S. A. Masterson, of Burringbar, was elected a representative of D riding on Tweed Shire Council at the by-election…

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New Shire Not Active in Forming Council

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

Progress associations throughout the new Shire of Albert have not yet shown interest, or taken any action in the selection of…

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Sweden Will Join Council Conference

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

STOCKHOLM, Monday: A Swedish Foreign Office spokesman announced that Sweden had told Britain that she was willing to…

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City Council Claims Architect Not Needed For Pig Saleyard Plan

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 6

"Engaging an architect to prepare a plan for proposed alterations to the saleyards is like getting a sledge hammer to crack a peanut," said Aid. Cresswell, at a meeting of the Lismore City Council…

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Resolutions for Tweed Ppu Council

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 2

At the quarterly meeting of Tweed PPU Council at Murwillumbah on Tuesday next Murwillumbah branch will propose…

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