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Northern Rivers · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1949

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"Eyewash" in Petition to Council

Northern Star · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

CORAKI, Wednesday.—A petition signed fay 60 ratepayers and occupiers claimed at Woodburn Shire Council today that the…

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Coolangatta Council to Visit Redcliffe

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 5

Members and officers of Coolangatta Town Council will visit Redcliffe on March 15. The Mayor, Ald L. Peak,…

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Casino Council Not to Blame

Northern Star · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 5

CASINO, Thursday.—Any delay in the construction of a power line for the Milk Products factory at Casino was not the fault of Casino…

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Orders-in-council for Southport Loans

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: Orders-in-council were issued today authorising Southport Town Council to borrow sums totalling…

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Deputation Seeks Secession From Kyogle Shire

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Friday. — A deputation from Mummulgum today waited on the Tomki Shire seeking consideration for a portion of Kyogle Shire to be included in Tomki Shire area…

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Council Farewell to Engineer

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 5

CASINO, Friday.—When he attended a Tomki Shire Council meeting for the last time today, the retiring Engineer (Mr. H. E…

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Southport Council and Bus Services (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 6

Sir: In your published report of the last meeting of the Southport Council, Alderman Lennie is reported to have said that he would…

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B'bane Council to Prosecute Tramwaymen

Northern Star · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The City Council will prosecute nearly 1000 tramwaymen who stopped work for 24 hours yesterday. The staff of…

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Shire President Outspoken on Secession Policy

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 1

At yesterday's meeting of Kyogle Shire Council, the president (Cr. E. L. Vincent) attacked the policy of the south-western residents of the Shire who desired to secede from Kyogle Shire that portion of C Riding east of the Richmond Range. "It's about time we called their bluff as far as this…

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Kyogle Council Is Firm Against Secession Move

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 4

KYOGLE, Monday.—An attack on residents in the south-western section of Kyogle Shire who wanted to secede was made at today's meeting of Kyogle Shire Council by the President (Cr. E. L. Vincent)…

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Meeting on Kyogle Shire Secession Move

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—Dyraaba sub-branch of the R.S.L. will nominate three delegates to a public meeting at Doubtful Creek on March 24,…

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Council Can Prosecute Tramwaymen

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — The Brisbane City Council meeting late this afternoon gave authority to i lay complaints against any…

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"City Council Workmen Not Pulling Weight"

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 7

"Certain employees in the Council's gas department, sent to dig a gas main, spent their time digging out lizards' eggs," said Alderman L. Evans at a meeting of the Lismore City Council on Monday night…

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Mullumbimby Council Sewerage Plan Covers Limited Area; Extension to be Sought

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

When a sewerage survey plan for Mullumbimby was placed before the Mullumbimby Municipal Council meeting on Monday night it was revealed that only the main portion of the town had been surveyed…

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Evatt Puts Points to Privy Council

Tweed Daily · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Dr. Evatt (for the Commonwealth Government of Australia) continued his reading of the High Court judgment this morning when the Privy Council resumed its hearing of the bank case appeal, in which the Commonwealth is trying to have set aside the…

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Inspector Sought. Noogoora Burr Worries Council

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 3

Kyogle Shire Council will employ an additional weeds' inspector for a period of two months. At Monday's meeting of the shire,…

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Council Faced Barrage of Requests For Road Repairs At This Week's Meeting

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 8

Many district residents were members of deputations, and had letters before Monday meeting of Kyogle Shire Council, in which they declared that they are suffering hardships in being unable to get supplies in and out of their properties after rain. The…

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Coolangatta Council Looks Over Redcliffe

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

When Coolangatta aldermen and members of the council staff visited Redcliffe recently they found the Redcliffe Council tackling the same problems as exist at Coolangatta--beach erosion,…

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Kyogle Shire Secession Move

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 6

Sir,—I note the report of Kyogle Shire meeting in your issue of March 15. It is quite apparent thei people the President attacked were…

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No Special Ambulance District For Byron Shire

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 5

The New South Wales Ambulance Transport Board advised Byron Bay Progress Association that it could not supply details of income and expenditure of Byron Bay Ambulance Sub-Station…

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