Mayor to Preside at Presentation
The Mayor of Lismore (Aid. R. Granger) will preside at the public function, to be held at the Lismore Water Brigade and…
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Council & local affairs, 1951
308 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 16
Go Easy on Water Shire Clerk's Appeal
Although the emergency pumping line is once again operating (after the second major stoppage within a week) an appeal was made yesterday morning by the Shire Clerk, Mr. W. N. Duncan, and the Shire Engineer, Mr. E. H. Harris, for caution to be…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—A petition for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against death sentence on three Australians was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Monthly Collection Of General Rubbish Suggested by Mayor
A suggestion by the Mayor (Ald. R. Granger) that monthly household collections of general rubbish and excess garbage be introduced is to be referred to Lismore City Council…
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GRAFTON, Monday.—Clarence River County Council today decided to give Lismore City Council permission to supply electricity to Gundurimba Shire consumers on terms which included that the agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Privy Council to Hear Death Sentence Appeals
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—A petition for leave to appeal against the death sentences on three Australians will be heard by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World Council Of Churches To Meet Next Week
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Australian Council of the World Council of Churches will hold their annual meeting at Gilbulla. Menangle, next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Restrictions on Use of Power in Tweed Shire
MURWILLUMMBAH, Wednesday. —Electricity restrictions will be imposed from tomorrow by Tweed Shire Council throughout its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Art Exhibition to Be Displayed at Council Chambers
A public meeting at the Lismore Council Chambers last night accepted an offer by the Arts Council to stage an art exhibition in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Move Town Hall Site Discussion to Be Reopened
A successful attempt to reopen discussion on the proposed Lismore Town Hall site was made by Ald. N. T. Thompson at last night's meeting of Lismore City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Byron Shire To Limit Wages Bill
In an attempt to keep the expenditure on wages down to the amount allowed in the estimates, Byron Shire Council will restrict its fortnightly wages bill to £900…
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KYOGLE, Tuesday.—A recommendation that the lease on property occupied by Mr. R. G. Morrow, of Kyogle, he cancelled, was made…
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Lismore City Council had great Faith in the East Lismore Progress Association investigation committee, Mr. H. G. Clancy, secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wide Range of New Plant For Woodburn Shire
CORAKI, Wednesday.—Woodburn Shire Council today adopted, on the motion of Cr. J. P. C. McDonald, a works committee recommendation for the purchase of a wide range of new plant, including a power shovel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Byron Shire to Raise Two Loans For Water Schemes
Byron Bay Shire Council intends raising several loans this year, including one of £6000 to cover expediture on the Byron Bay-Bangalow water scheme, and £10,000 as an initial loan on the Brunswick Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Amendments to Byron Shire Building Code Urged by Department
The Department of Local Government has suggested to Byron Shire Council that several amendments should be made in the council's building code. A letter from the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terania Shire Roads Cause Concern Annual Council Inspection
Councillors at yesterday's meeting of Terania Shire Council resolved to carry out an annual inspection of roads throughout the shire. Councillors expressed "grave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woodburn Shire Gets £6600 Road Aid Grant
CORAKI, Thursday.—The Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. J. Cahill) in a letter to Woodburn Shire Council advised that this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Correspondence Road Problems Main Worry
As might be expected, roads, and their bad state of repair, was the subject of most of the correspondence before the Kyogle Shire Council at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Correspondence These Little Pigs Can't Go To Market
Asking what the Kyogle Shire Council intended to do about the closure of a local road, Mrs. E. A. Bottrell, of Theresa Creek (in a letter to Councillors at their meeting on Monday), said that until something was done she would have to keep her fat pigs in their…
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