A Shire Council Truck Was Stolen
First report of an accident in which a truck belonging to the Kyogle Shire Council was involved on December 17, 1948,…
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Council & local affairs, 1949
472 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 24
Timber Man's Offer to Spend £1000 on Building of Shire Roads
An offer to spend £1000 on the proper construction of a road from property owned by Messrs. W. Hillyard and T. Little, at Back Creek, to what is known as Ellis's dip, was made at the meeting of the Kyogle Shire Council on Monday, by a Kyogle timber contractor, Mr. W. P. Barrett, on behalf of Messrs. Barrett and O'Neill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Move to Send Bananas to New Zealand Tweed B.G.F. Council Meeting
Tweed B.G.F. Council at Murwillumbah yesterday decided to recommend to the board of directors that it explore the possibilities of selling bananas to New Zealand and that it arrange for fruit and vegetables to be sold on the Tasmanian market…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire of Albert Election Meeting
A public meeting was held in Beenleigh recently, to discuss the coming elections, for the Shire of Albert, about 60…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tomki Shire Rate
CASINO, Monday.—At a special meeting today Torriki Shire announced its new levy rate 3¾d on the u.c.p. on all ratable land in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Engineer To Leave Kyogle
Mr. F. J. Bamfield, who has been engineer of the Kyogle Shire Council for the past three years, will leave Kyogle shortly to take up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ratepayers Seek Attention To Shire Roads At Dyraaba
Two sub-branches of the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. had letters before the last meeting of Kyogle Shire Council, in which repairs were requested to all roads in the Dryaaha area, so that residents may be permitted to travel to surrounding towns. The sub-branches were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Legion Represented at Council Meeting
Kyogle branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women was represented at the Council meeting at Byron Bay by Messrs. R…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spies "Not Council's Mouthpiece"
Mr S. E. Spies stated at yesterday's meeting of Tweed District Council of the Primary Producers' Union that he would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Commission Plan to Council
A Housing Commission subdivision plan has appeared for the first time before Lismore City Council Works and Building Committee. The plan provides for the erection of 23 additional houses in Dibbs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Rejects Army Move to Halt Victory Camp Work
CASINO, Tuesday.—A request from Australian Military Forces headquarters that no improvements be made to Victory Camp without their authority has been refused by Casino Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goolangatta Council Railway Dept Not to Move Trucking Yards
At Coolangatta Town Council meeting last night a letter was read from the Commissioner for Railways declining to grant a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman's Protest Fails
Ald. J. L. Gordon took exception at Tuesday's meeting of Coolangatta Town Council to the Council delivering sand from Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Electricity Line to Mooball Started
The City Electric Light Coy Ltd advised Tweed Shire Council yesterday that a gang had started on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council May Buy Own Trucks
Hiring trucks had cost the Council £3600 for six months, said the Chairman of Tweed Shire Council, Cr. C. E. Cox, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council to Inspect on Proposed Fingal Road
The position at Fingal was "sticky" and the people there could not agree among themselves where the road should be, said the Chairman of Tweed Shire Council, Cr C. E. Cox, at the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Privy Council To Hear Tax Defamation Claim
LONDON, Wednesday: The Judical Committee of the Privy Council today granted William George McGrath, an Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Round-up of Council News and Views
The Department of Public Health advised Tweed Shire Council yesterday that it could not vary its decision declaring land at Greenhills unfit for building. Cr S, E. Spies said it looked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albert Shire Gaven Candidate For Chairman
The candidature of Cr E. J. Gaven for the chairmanship of the Shire of Albert was endorsed as a recent meeting of the three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Choked Drains Problem for Southport Council
Stagnant pools of water from Southport's choked drains are forming breeding grounds for mosquitoes and rats. Several letters were received by Southport Town Council at its meeting on Thursday from townspeople…
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